Tiger to Snow Leopard without disk

Hello everyone,
The hard drive on my 2.16 ghz white MacBook just gave up the ghost. Luckily, my computer fit the specs to have Apple replace it for free.
Earlier this year, I upgraded to Snow Leopard. I am currently living in Germany and didn't bring my Snow Leopard disk with me (obviously didn't think I would need it). I didn't think it would be a big deal, but when I got my computer back I realized many of the programs, including Adobe, don't run on 10.4.
So I was wondering if there was any way to upgrade to Snow Leopard without having to buy another disk. The disks that I've found over here are more than in the US and I can't shell out the money for that right now (poor student budget).
I would really love any tips that you could offer. Thank you!

Why Apple does what it does is something only Apple knows for sure, but consider that:
• To provide for what you suggest, there would have to be a unique serial or registration number or some similar way to prove that you did buy Snow Leopard, & it would have to be provided with every sale. This would be a hassle for Apple, for resellers, & for users.
• A disk failure is a rare event. Installing or upgrading to Snow Leopard is not. It is even rarer for users to have a disk failure & no access to their Snow Leopard installer disc.
• The OS installer still has to be obtained. Even if you could use a registration number (if you had that with you) to gain access to a secure site to download an image of the installer disc, you would still have to have access to a working Mac (with a functional copy of the Mac OS on it) to use the image file. Plus, you are looking at over 5 GB of installer data, a very large download.
• Your system discs are an essential part of your computer. They not only allow you to format & reinstall the OS but also are the only source for reinstalling bundled applications like iLife (which do not come with retail copies of Snow Leopard or Leopard) & for running the Apple Hardware Test.
• The Apple software license already allows you to maintain one backup copy of each of your Apple installer discs. If you travel, it is a good idea to take a backup copy of the essential discs with you. Not much help for you now I know, but something to remember for the future.

Similar Messages

Updating from Tiger to Snow Leopard without buying the Mac Box Set

Is it possible to update from Tiger to Snow Leopard without buying the Mac Box Set? My sister already has iLife 09 so I could borrow it and simply buy Snow Leopard. Is that possible or would it still violate the licensing agreement?

R C-R:
Barry Hemphill wrote:
You will note that Apple says that the upgrade is for OS X 10.5 users.
Note that this does not say Snow Leopard is not an upgrade for 10.4 users.
Did you read item C from the license link you posted (underline was added for emphasis)?
Leopard Upgrade Licenses. If you have purchased an Upgrade for Mac OS X Leopard license, then subject to the terms and conditions of this License, you are granted a limited non-exclusive license to install, use and run one (1) copy of the Apple Software on a single Apple-branded computer _as long as that computer has a properly licensed copy of Mac OS X Leopard already installed on it._ If you have purchased a Family Pack Upgrade for Mac OS X Leopard license, then subject to the terms and conditions of this License, you are granted a limited non-exclusive license to install, use and run one (1) copy of the Apple Software on up to a maximum of five (5) Apple-branded computers at a time as long as those computers are located in the same household (as defined above), are used by persons who occupy that same household, and each such computer has a properly licensed copy of Mac OS X Leopard already installed on it. The Family Pack Upgrade for Mac OS X Leopard License does not extend to business or commercial users.
The OP asked about using the upgrade (and, obviously, try to avoid buying the box set) to move from OS X 10.4 to OS X 10.6. I mentioned the license agreement to allow the OP to make their own decision.
Barry

Any way to upgrade from Tiger to Snow Leopard without a working CD drive?

I have an older MacBook (maybe 5 years old). I'm running 10.4.11. I was happy with that until I bought an IPad. It wants Snow Leopard. But I just dicsovered that my CD drive has stopped accepting discs. I've tried everything suggested to fix it outside of taking the machine apart.
How can I upgrade to Snow Leopard now without it? Can it be done at an Apple store? I don't have an external drive.

Snow Leopard comes on a DVD. I believe your Mac has a CD/DVD disc drive.
It's possible that your disc drive has some dust inside. You can buy a disc drive cleaner disc. Might fix it. If not, the best solution is to replace the disc drive. Another option is to buy an external disc drive.
That said, if you have access to another Intel processor Mac, you can use a technique as described in the following links.
Installing OS X 10.4 'Tiger' on DVD-Challenged Macs Using FireWire Target Disk Mode @ http://lowendmac.com/misc/06/0710.html
Installing Tiger Without a DVD Drive
http://www.oreillynet.com/mac/blog/2005/05/thecats_mustachesinstalling.html
How To: Installing Tiger Using FireWire Target Disk Mode
http://www.applelinks.com/index.php/more/osx_odyssey_752_how_to_installing_tiger_using_firewire_target_diskmode/
 Cheers, Tom

How to restore snow leopard without disk.

Hi I have a macbook with snow leopard on it, and I recently tried to restore it with the disk until the superdrive litterally carved grooves into the disk. So I know I can purcahse replacement disks, but the disk drive doesn't work, so what do I do now? Is there any way I can do it without the disk, or will I have to drop 100 dollars into a disc drive and a new replacement disk? I would really prefer not to so any help is appreciated.

You can get a fairly cheap external CD/DVD burner/player at Newegg.com http://www.newegg.com/External-CD-DVD-Blu-Ray-Drives/SubCategory/ID-420?Order=PR ICE

Tiger to Snow Leopard WITHOUT iWork '09

I would like to update my OSX4.11-running machine to Snow Leopard. I realize after reading a bunch of forums that legal upgrading of this sort requires more than just buying a simple Snow Leopard install disc for an intel mac. What I'm wondering is: is it still completely legal to just buy iLife '09 and the Snow Leopard install disc to upgrade without having to buy the whole Mac Box Set?
Basically, I just don't want iWork '09. It wouldn't be very useful for me considering everything that I turn in to my professors electronically has to be in MS Office format anyway. Thanks for reading and I look forward to your response!

You can buy just whatever products you want. Each comes with a license to use it; the Snow Leopard license does not require that you buy anything else. iWork will read & save MS Office formats, but does not support all the features that MS Office itself does, nor are all conversions exact. If you need that for work & already have MS Office, there is no reason to buy iWork unless you want its unique features as well.

What problems are associated with an upgrade from Tiger to Snow Leopard?

Hi folks.
Is it possible to upgrade directly from Tiger to Snow Leopard, without having to buy Leopard? I've seen many answers around the web, many of them conflicting. There appear to be possible associated problems if you bypass Leopard. But as I'm not certain that what I read is correct I thought I'd come straight to the Community and ask.
Thanks in advance.
(Only reason I'm asking is I persuaded my mother to buy her first Mac (second hand) and it has Tiger loaded onto it. I'd like her to have a more up to date software.)

The computer has to be an Intel Mac.
The basic requirements for Snow Leopard are as follows:
An Apple computer with an Intel Processor
1GB of Memory (RAM)
5GB of hard drive space (Storage)
DVD drive for installation
You can go directly from Tiger to Snow.
Possible problems: make sure the current third party Tiger apps will be compatible. 1 GB RAM is bare bones. You want more than that.
Before upgrading make sure you have the current Mac configuration backed up completely. Use a cloning program like Carbon Copy Cloner to make a bootable clone on an external drive.
http://www.bombich.com/
Message was edited by: WZZZ

Before I install snow leopard, I tried to move tiger into the external harddrive. My mac says it can't do because it is the OS X. So I installed snow leopard without removing tiger. After that, my computer often freezes. How can I remove tiger?

Before I install snow leopard, I tried to move tiger into the external harddrive. My mac says it can't do because it is the OS X. So I installed snow leopard without removing tiger. After that, my computer often freezes. How can I remove tiger? Or How can I prevent my mac from freezing?

McHagihara wrote:
Before I install snow leopard, I tried to move tiger into the external harddrive. My mac says it can't do because it is the OS X. So I installed snow leopard without removing tiger. After that, my computer often freezes. How can I remove tiger? Or How can I prevent my mac from freezing?
When you installed Snow Leopard, Tiger was replaced, leaving your programs and files intact.
What is causing your freezing problem is unknown, you can take Kappy's advice and remove everything, but you lose your files and free iLife programs that came with Tiger/new machine.
The 10.6.3 disk you "upgraded" with has the full 10.6.3 on it, but no free iLife suit, so a erase and install will remove what you already have installed.
You can try to locate your problem without the erase and install method by running through this list of fixes.
Step by Step to fix your Mac
But before you do anything, backup your personal data off the machine to a extenal drive and disconnect.
Most commonly used backup methods
Because if you have to follow Kappy's advice and wipe and install 10.6 fresh, it will cure your problem in nearly 99% of cases, but you have to rebuild everything. All programs and files.
How to erase and install Snow Leopard 10.6
If this is all too much for you, then STOP and call a local PC/Mac service or competant friend to assist you.
Yuo might need to install more RAM into the machine to make 10.6 run better as well.

I am trying to upgrade from Tiger to Snow Leopard. When I insert the disk and install starts, it states "This disk is used for Time Machine backups" and Mac OSX can't be installed. Does anyone know how to correct this (since Tiger doesn't have Time Mach

I am trying to upgrade from Tiger to Snow Leopard. When I insert the disk and install starts, it states "This disk is used for Time Machine backups" and Mac OSX can't be installed. Does anyone know how to correct this (since Tiger doesn't have Time Machine)?

http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2986

How can i do a factory reset in snow leopard without the disk to start off new without losing my other programs

how can i do a factory reset on snow leopard without the disk to start off new without losing my programs?

You can't. You will need a Snow Leopard disc. You can purchase replacements for your computer from Apple:
Apple Store Customer Service at 1-800-676-2775 or visit online Help for more information.
To contact product and tech support: Apple - Support - Contact Apple Support.
A "factory reset" means you erase the drive securely. All of your files will be removed permanently. I suggest you make a backup:
Clone using Restore Option of Disk Utility
1. Open Disk Utility in the Utilities folder.
2. Select the destination volume from the left side list.
3. Click on the Restore tab in the DU main window.
4. Select the destination volume from the left side list and drag
it to the Destination entry field.
5. Select the source volume from the left side list and drag it to
the Source entry field.
6. Double-check you got it right, then click on the Restore button.
Destination means the external backup drive. Source means the internal startup drive.

Tiger to Snow Leopard upgrade fails with buffer overflow

I'm not sure where to proceed with the following situation:
I have a 17" MB pro with 1GB memory and 22GB free hard drive space. I booted into the installer from the CD and stepped through the prompts without changing any options to the point where the install starts doing it's magic. Shortly after starting, the install will crash complaining about a buffer overflow during/just after the part where it's finding system files.
I originally tried to do this with only 10GB free, but after the first failure, I did a repair disk using the Disk Utility and removed a bunch of really old files I no longer needed, which brought the available disk space to 22GB, but this did not help anything. At this point, I'm not sure what to do. I use Carbon Copy Cloner as a backup so I can do a full wipe and install, however I would prefer to avoid that as it is a lot of work to get things back.
Any assistance is greatly appreciated!
Error log follows. I cut out a lot of stuff so please let me know if that detail is needed.
Sep 10 10:35:26 localhost OSInstaller[142]: Total install size including padding: 7325778944 b
Sep 10 10:35:28 localhost OSInstaller[142]: Starting installation:
Sep 10 10:35:28 localhost OSInstaller[142]: Calculating expected install size requirements
Sep 10 10:35:28 localhost Unknown[84]: 2009-09-10 10:35:28.624 Mac OS X Installer[142:c607] Looking for system packages
Sep 10 10:35:42 localhost Unknown[84]: 2009-09-10 10:35:42.115 Mac OS X Installer[142:c607] Finding system files...
Sep 10 10:36:01 localhost Unknown[84]: buffer overflow!
Sep 10 10:37:55 localhost LCA[83]: Child exited with status 6
Sep 10 10:37:59 localhost Unknown[162]: Launching the Installer Crash Log Viewer
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: Process: Mac OS X Installer [142]
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: Path: /System/Installation/CDIS/Mac OS X Installer.app/Contents/MacOS/Mac OS X Installer
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: Identifier: Mac OS X Installer
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: Version: ??? (???)
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: Code Type: X86 (Native)
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: Parent Process: LCA [83]
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]:
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: Date/Time: 2009-09-10 10:36:12.446 -0700
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: OS Version: Mac OS X 10.6 (10A432)
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: Report Version: 6
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]:
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: Exception Type: EXC_CRASH (SIGABRT)
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000000, 0x0000000000000000
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: Crashed Thread: 9
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]:
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: Application Specific Information:
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: abort() called
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]:
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: Thread 0: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: 0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x002b78fa machmsgtrap + 10
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: 1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x002b8067 mach_msg + 68
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: 2 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x005d9dbf __CFRunLoopRun + 2447
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: 3 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x005d8d34 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 452
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: 4 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x005d8b61 CFRunLoopRunInMode + 97
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: 5 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x05143fec RunCurrentEventLoopInMode + 392
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: 6 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x05143da3 ReceiveNextEventCommon + 354
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: 7 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x05143c28 BlockUntilNextEventMatchingListInMode + 81
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: 8 com.apple.AppKit 0x00bdbb99 _DPSNextEvent + 847
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: 9 com.apple.AppKit 0x00bdb40e -[NSApplication nextEventMatchingMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 156
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: 10 com.apple.AppKit 0x00b9d5fb -[NSApplication run] + 821
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: 11 com.apple.AppKit 0x00b95695 NSApplicationMain + 574
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: 12 com.apple.MacOSXInstaller 0x00006393 0x1000 + 21395
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: 13 com.apple.MacOSXInstaller 0x00002f25 0x1000 + 7973
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]:
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: Thread 1:
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: 0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x002e582a _semwaitsignal + 10
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: 1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x00311681 nanosleep$UNIX2003 + 188
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: 2 libSystem.B.dylib 0x00347872 sleep$UNIX2003 + 63
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: 3 com.apple.installframework 0x000abe13 dologwatch + 51
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: 4 libSystem.B.dylib 0x002e4fe1 pthreadstart + 345
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: 5 libSystem.B.dylib 0x002e4e66 thread_start + 34
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]:
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: Thread 2: Dispatch queue: com.apple.libdispatch-manager
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: 0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x002de10a kevent + 10
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: 1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x002de824 dispatch_mgrinvoke + 215
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: 2 libSystem.B.dylib 0x002ddce1 dispatch_queueinvoke + 163
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: 3 libSystem.B.dylib 0x002dda86 dispatch_workerthread2 + 234
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: 4 libSystem.B.dylib 0x002dd511 pthreadwqthread + 390
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: 5 libSystem.B.dylib 0x002dd356 start_wqthread + 30
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]:
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: Thread 3:
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: 0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x002b78fa machmsgtrap + 10
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: 1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x002b8067 mach_msg + 68
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: 2 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x005d9dbf __CFRunLoopRun + 2447
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: 3 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x005d8d34 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 452
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: 4 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x005d8b61 CFRunLoopRunInMode + 97
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: 5 com.apple.Foundation 0x00863498 +[NSURLConnection(NSURLConnectionReallyInternal) _resourceLoadLoop:] + 329
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: 6 com.apple.Foundation 0x0082a964 -[NSThread main] + 45
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: 7 com.apple.Foundation 0x0082a914 _NSThread__main_ + 1499
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: 8 libSystem.B.dylib 0x002e4fe1 pthreadstart + 345
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: 9 libSystem.B.dylib 0x002e4e66 thread_start + 34
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]:
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: Thread 4:
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: 0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x002b78fa machmsgtrap + 10
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: 1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x002b8067 mach_msg + 68
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: 2 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x005d9dbf __CFRunLoopRun + 2447
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: 3 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x005d8d34 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 452
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: 4 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x005d8b61 CFRunLoopRunInMode + 97
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: 5 com.apple.Foundation 0x008643e4 -[NSRunLoop(NSRunLoop) runMode:beforeDate:] + 279
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: 6 com.apple.Foundation 0x008b93c8 -[NSRunLoop(NSRunLoop) runUntilDate:] + 79
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: 7 com.apple.osinstallframework 0x0002dbc3 -[OSPreInstallSizingQueueElement _calculateReapedFreeSpace] + 176
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: 8 com.apple.osinstallframework 0x0002e1dd -[OSPreInstallSizingQueueElement run] + 178
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: 9 com.apple.installframework 0x0007be54 -[IFSession(Jobs) _runMetaQueueEngine] + 1594
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: 10 com.apple.Foundation 0x0082a964 -[NSThread main] + 45
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: 11 com.apple.Foundation 0x0082a914 _NSThread__main_ + 1499
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: 12 libSystem.B.dylib 0x002e4fe1 pthreadstart + 345
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: 13 libSystem.B.dylib 0x002e4e66 thread_start + 34
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]:
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: Thread 5:
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: 0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x002b795a semaphoretimedwait_signaltrap + 10
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: 1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x002e5469 pthread_condwait + 1066
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: 2 libSystem.B.dylib 0x00314268 pthreadcond_timedwait_relativenp + 47
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: 3 com.apple.Foundation 0x00866aec -[NSCondition waitUntilDate:] + 453
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: 4 com.apple.Foundation 0x0081f881 -[NSConditionLock lockWhenCondition:beforeDate:] + 279
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: 5 com.apple.Foundation 0x0081f764 -[NSConditionLock lockWhenCondition:] + 69
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: 6 com.apple.installframework 0x0006aef6 +[IFDTargetController(WorkerThread) _handleTargetRequests] + 1169
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: 7 com.apple.Foundation 0x0082a964 -[NSThread main] + 45
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: 8 com.apple.Foundation 0x0082a914 _NSThread__main_ + 1499
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: 9 libSystem.B.dylib 0x002e4fe1 pthreadstart + 345
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: 10 libSystem.B.dylib 0x002e4e66 thread_start + 34
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]:
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: Thread 6:
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: 0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x002e582a _semwaitsignal + 10
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: 1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x00311681 nanosleep$UNIX2003 + 188
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: 2 com.apple.Foundation 0x008b4c30 +[NSThread sleepForTimeInterval:] + 123
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: 3 com.apple.SystemMigration 0x01a04b69 -[SMManager _suppressSpotlightThread:] + 104
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: 4 com.apple.Foundation 0x0082a964 -[NSThread main] + 45
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: 5 com.apple.Foundation 0x0082a914 _NSThread__main_ + 1499
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: 6 libSystem.B.dylib 0x002e4fe1 pthreadstart + 345
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: 7 libSystem.B.dylib 0x002e4e66 thread_start + 34
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]:
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: Thread 7:
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: 0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x002d6876 select$DARWIN_EXTSN + 10
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: 1 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x0061904d __CFSocketManager + 1085
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: 2 libSystem.B.dylib 0x002e4fe1 pthreadstart + 345
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: 3 libSystem.B.dylib 0x002e4e66 thread_start + 34
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]:
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: Thread 8:
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: 0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x002b78fa machmsgtrap + 10
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: 1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x002b8067 mach_msg + 68
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: 2 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x005d9dbf __CFRunLoopRun + 2447
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: 3 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x005d8d34 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 452
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: 4 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x005d8b61 CFRunLoopRunInMode + 97
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: 5 com.apple.Foundation 0x008643e4 -[NSRunLoop(NSRunLoop) runMode:beforeDate:] + 279
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: 6 com.apple.Foundation 0x008b93c8 -[NSRunLoop(NSRunLoop) runUntilDate:] + 79
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: 7 com.apple.installframework 0x0007d48d -[IFDInstallController(Private) _install] + 1561
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: 8 com.apple.osinstallframework 0x00018ccc -[OSInstallController(Private) _install] + 552
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: 9 com.apple.Foundation 0x0082a964 -[NSThread main] + 45
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: 10 com.apple.Foundation 0x0082a914 _NSThread__main_ + 1499
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: 11 libSystem.B.dylib 0x002e4fe1 pthreadstart + 345
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: 12 libSystem.B.dylib 0x002e4e66 thread_start + 34
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]:
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: Thread 9 Crashed:
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: 0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x00324c8e _semwait_signalnocancel + 10
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: 1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x00324b72 nanosleep$NOCANCEL$UNIX2003 + 166
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: 2 libSystem.B.dylib 0x003a05b2 usleep$NOCANCEL$UNIX2003 + 61
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: 3 libSystem.B.dylib 0x003c1c68 abort + 105
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: 4 com.apple.bom 0x0194fb3d _defaultHandler + 64
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: 5 com.apple.bom 0x0194fa8f _BOMExceptionHandlerCall + 89
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: 6 com.apple.bom 0x01971c01 BOMStreamReadUInt32 + 134
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: 7 com.apple.bom 0x01954e40 BOMBomOpen + 226
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: 8 com.apple.PackageKit 0x019a98e7 -[PKBOM initWithBOMPath:] + 148
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: 9 com.apple.PackageKit 0x019b82fe -[PKReceipt(Private) _BOM] + 77
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: 10 com.apple.PackageKit 0x019b7d55 -[PKReceipt(Private) _directoryEnumerator] + 34
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: 11 com.apple.SystemMigration 0x01a4deff -[SMFindSystemFiles _findSystemPaths] + 1785
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: 12 com.apple.SystemMigration 0x01a4e490 -[SMFindSystemFiles systemPaths] + 796
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: 13 com.apple.SystemMigration 0x01a50387 -[SMPathAnalyzer prunedSystemPathsReturningSize:] + 179
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: 14 com.apple.SystemMigration 0x01a508ca -[SMPathAnalyzer prunedReaperPathsReturningSize:] + 53
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: 15 com.apple.osinstallframework 0x00028807 -[IFDiskObject(OSExtensions) calculateReapedFreeSpace] + 404
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: 16 com.apple.osinstallframework 0x0002daf4 -[OSPreInstallSizingQueueElement _calculateReapedFreeSpaceThread] + 71
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: 17 com.apple.Foundation 0x0082a964 -[NSThread main] + 45
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: 18 com.apple.Foundation 0x0082a914 _NSThread__main_ + 1499
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: 19 libSystem.B.dylib 0x002e4fe1 pthreadstart + 345
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: 20 libSystem.B.dylib 0x002e4e66 thread_start + 34
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]:
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: Thread 9 crashed with X86 Thread State (32-bit):
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: eax: 0x0000003c ebx: 0x00324ad9 ecx: 0xb04aa82c edx: 0x00324c8e
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: edi: 0x00000000 esi: 0xb04aa888 ebp: 0xb04aa868 esp: 0xb04aa82c
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: ss: 0x0000001f efl: 0x00000247 eip: 0x00324c8e cs: 0x00000007
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: ds: 0x0000001f es: 0x0000001f fs: 0x0000001f gs: 0x00000037
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: cr2: 0xffe2a178
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]:

a brody wrote:
Regarding the need to buy the packaged bundle, I keep seeing folks here and elsewhere claiming that is not necessary.
That's because they have not read, or concern themselves with the license agreement. Section 2. "Permitted License Uses and Restrictions", section C says on http://images.apple.com/legal/sla/docs/macosx106.pdf
It's been read forwards, backwards, and upside down. Nowhere on the packaging is there any identification of the $29 (or $49 family pack) version as only suitable as a "Leopard upgrade" version. There are vague mentions about it on Apple's online sales page and in press releases. I've read the license terms thoroughly and the only conclusion that could reasonably be conferred is that the $29 version carries a "single user" license simply because it doesn't say "family pack". There are plenty of reports that it installs over Tiger just fine.
Granted I've read numerous reports and I installed my copy over Leopard. However - imagine someone who vaguely heard about it, walked into a store and bought a copy, thoroughly looked over the box and the license terms (within the disc), and installed it in good faith over Tiger. There is ZERO, ZIP, NADA on the package that would lead anyone to believe it is anything but a copy with a "SINGLE USER" license where the terms don't preclude installing over Tiger.
C. Leopard Upgrade Licenses. If you have purchased an Upgrade for Mac OS X Leopard license, then subject to the terms and conditions of this License, you are granted a limited non-exclusive license to install, use and run one (1) copy of the Apple Software on a single Apple-branded computer as long as that computer has a properly licensed copy of *Mac OS X Leopard already installed on it.*
The emphasis above is mine.
While this may not be enforced by a software key, it is there in the license agreement on the PDF included on the CD, when you purchase the under $100 licenses, which are also called "Upgrade" on the store.
There's an opinion that "Leopard upgrade" only applies to the "Up To Date" versions that require proof of purchase of a recent Mac computer. The reports on those installer discs are that they do in fact check for a valid Leopard installation.
The following has the most in-depth discussion on the subject of whether or not the license allows for Snow Leopard over Tiger that I've seen so far:
http://www.mackb.com/Uwe/Forum.aspx/mac/26361/the-29-purchase-price-of-Snow-Leop ard
This is the best description I've heard on it, from someone who identifies himself as "David Empson":
http://www.mackb.com/Uwe/Threads/Single.aspx/mac/26361?ArtId=1j5mofd.1pw6lllbtpj dwN%25dempson%40actrix.gen.nz
If someone walks in and buys Snow Leopard, without written notice from
Apple that they are buying an Upgrade version which requires Leopard,
and without discussing that point with the seller, the buyer is under no
obligation to have researched their purchase in advance and know all of
Apple's publicity statements from three months ago.
They are buying it in good faith, and the contract (licence) is valid.

Tiger to Snow Leopard install and back up help

Hi all. First off I am a complete noob when it comes to Mac.
I recently purchased a new imac with Snow Leopard and have been enjoying learning it.
Out of the blue I had an opportunity to buy a late 2006 Macbook at a great price so I went for it. Its a Intel based Mac using Tiger.
I want to upgrade this OS to Snow Leopard and need some guidance.
I have done some research and have determined that I should be able to do this by purchasing the $30 disc rather than the box set with ilife.
I am a bit confused regarding the back up and install procedure however.
After buying the macbook I successfully upgraded the hard drive from the 80gig to a 320 gig using the free download of Super Duper to clone the entire drive. There are a lot of YouTube videos and post outlining this and it went without any problem.
(there doesn't seem to be as much info for upgrading from Tiger to Snow Leopard out there plus I have read some people have had problems)
So I need a back up and install plan.
Can I use Super Duper for this? It seems to me that cloning would duplicate everything including the Tiger OS so I would expect that there may be conflicts? Or does Super Duper have another copying function.(it does not have any help files)
Here is what I have to work with.
The original 80 gig HD and an enclosure. A new untouched 500 gig external drive.
Original Tiger install disc's and soon to be purchased Snow Leopard disc.
FYI the Macbook has no personal files or 3rd party apps that I need to keep. I have only done test uploads of pictures and video to test the all the ports and drives etc.
I do however need to keep all the included apps like iphoto, tunes etc .especially imovie 06 HD
A bit off topic but if successful I want to download imovie 11 but still keep 06 HD. Can I use both on the same machine?
Thanks

The reason to back up is so when you do the installation of the new system if anything goes wrong you can back out of it. Is your backup drive bootable? Although technically almost all models are if you cloned the internal, some Western Digital enclosures aren't. See if the external shows up as a boot alternative in Startup disks preferences, and actually try booting from it.
So let's say you have a bootable clone of your internal on the external. You can now just update the OS on the internal using your SL disc. If all goes well it should only replace system files. If there is a problem you can always clone your external back to the internal and start over.
I don't know about 2 versions of iMovie. I don't use it but in general those more involved applications don't like multiple versions. In particular the new version might want to overwrite the preferences file for the old version, which the old version subsequently would baulk at using. There may also be plugin version issues, etc. I'd post this as a separate question on the iMovie forum.
Things worth reading:
Snow Leopard 10.6 Technical Requirements - [http://www.apple.com/macosx/techspecs> - [note by K Shaffer|http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID= 12921514#12921514]: "Some early Intel-based Macs can't use Snow Leopard 10.6 installers;of those, the Core Duo (not 2 duo) were suspect and had issues." - and a [qualifier by +a brody+|http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=13028822#13028822]: "I think that refers to the ones without at least 1 GB of RAM."
A Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard Application Compatibility List - [http://snowleopard.wikidot.com>

Could i upgarde from os tiger to snow leopard

could I upgrade from os tiger to snow leopard? Do i have to upgrade to leopard then snow leopard?

You may want to check out this thread.
https://discussions.apple.com/message/17909524#17909524
You can go from tiger to snow leopard two ways:
- 1) Get the "Box Set" (takes you from tiger to Leopard i think)
for like $199 from a retailer other than Apple - they no longer sell it but i found it on Amazon.com new and used.
- 2) Get Snow Leopard
the retail disk for like $50 at the Apple store.
or
1) just get Snow Leopard
I've done some research and i've seen folks who've done this. Also i chatted online when i purhcased my Snow Leopard disk and was told by Apple that it will work. Previously, however i was told by Apple that i need the Box Set and that was the only way i could upgrade. This article in apple's support forums confirms that the SL disk alone will work ==> (http://store.apple.com/us/question/answers/product/MC574Z/A?pqid=QH49CCDXJ9DA24K TKTDPCKYKUDDDXKHTK
So, If you don't want or need the extra expense or the extra bundled software that comes w. the box set you can get the Snow Leopard retail disk only and upgrade. It contains the OS and a few applications and cost less than half the price of the box set.
One cavaet - since it was not intended for Tiger to be upgraded using the Snow Leopard disk, installs don't always go without a hitch - what i'm finding is that some installs have no trouble, other macs won't mount the DVD and others say they had to wipe the HD then install Snow Leopard.
I'm in the process of upgrading my 10.4.11 to Snow Leopard, but my DVD dosen't seem to work. I may need to wipe my HD and then try agian.
Cheers, hope this helps!
Message was edited by: Calyxa1

How can I create a disk image of snow leopard installer disk from my Imac which runs it?

how can I create a disk image of snow leopard installer disk from my Imac which runs it? It came without DVD installer, and I want to make a copy of it's OS installer but can't find out how.

You need to have the disc in order to create disk image of snow leopard installer disc. What did your machine ship with? If something later than SL, then why? If earlier, then you can buy the SL installer disc and make the disk image.

Upgraded from Tiger to Snow Leopard - now have problems with basic apps?

I have a 2007 iMac (5.1, 2007) dual core. It's capable of running Snow Leopard and Lion (but not, I believe ML).
I just bought the upgrade SL discs from Apple and installed them as an upgrade, moving up to 10.6.3 (from the discs). After running software update I'm now on 10.6.8.
Since upgrading I've successfully run Time Machine. However I have the following problems:-
A bunch of emails were present in the Inbox, but contained no body text - just the subject line. I have managed to since find most of them successfully from TM. This is a minor annoyance but I thought I'd mention it.
ITunes won't boot up. It booted the first time I tried it, but since then the little icon just bounces up and down.
Certain apps won't quit properly. I quit from the top menu, but the little blue light remains under the icon in the dock. I then have to 'Force Quit - Application Not Responding' *every time*.
Safari frequently won't load up bookmarked or seach pages, the progress bar gets stuck part way across and I stare at the rainbow pinwheel for ages, before having to quit, then Force Quit, then restart Safari and try again.
Now, I'm tempted to do a Clean Install, but after four international moves (Singapore-Australia-UK-Canada) I no longer have any of the original discs, and thus as I understand it will lose iLife. And iLife 11 needs Lion.
I've done a disc permissions repair thing via the Mac Disc Utility. I've run a few clean-up operations via Onyx.
Any suggestions gratefully received. My Mac as been running great for years, but this upgrade has been extremely disappointing thus far.
thanks
Feargus

Hi baltwo
Many thanks for your advice. I've read all the links and will be buying a 2nd external HD to do a SuperDuper back up. I already had a 1Tb drive with Maxtor back up on it, and I also managed to get a Time Machine back up as well, so at least my data should be safe.
Qn - If I back up the System and Utility folders as well as the Home folder, I don't suppose I can restore them after an install and everything (eg iLife) will 'just work'?
Anyway, I went straight from Tiger to Snow Leopard. I don't have any Tiger discs either (see reasons above) so now have no way of restoring original set up. I tried to boot from the SL install CD and then hold 'C' but must be getting something wrong as I don't get the Disk Utility pop up. It just boots as normal to the desktop.
Anyway, via the normal Disc Utitlity I've done a Repair Permissions again with no major issues. However, my Onyx software now won't run at all so I can't clean any caches a second time.
I've contacted the Apple rep who sold be the SL discs but she's not got back to me yet re iLife.
This weekend I'm going to try a fresh upgrade. If that fails I'll try Erase and Install, if I can get the 'C' button timing right. I'll update if I have any successs.
cheers
f

Upgraded from TIGER to SNOW LEOPARD

Hello,
How can I uprade from TIGER to SNOW LEOPARD? Do I simply use the upgrade snow leopard to do so? Will that create any instability or issues?
thank you very much.
Alex

Yes, you can upgrade from Tiger to Snow by purchasing the SL DVD. Doing so would only create stability problems if you already have problems, so you should be sure you have a clean system before upgrading. See the following:
System Upgrade and Installation Procedure
Basic Caveats
1. Disconnect all peripherals except the original mouse and keyboard.
2. Quit all applications if this is not an installation from an Installer DVD.
3. The installation process should not be interrupted. If a power outage or other interruption occurs during installation you may have to erase the hard drive and reinstall from scratch.
4. Once the installation begins do not use the computer in any way except to reply to dialog prompts or to restart when the installation is completed. This is especially critical during the installation stage known as "Optimizing the System."
System Update Procedure
A. Repair hard drive and permissions.
Repairing the Hard Drive and Permissions
Boot from your OS X Installer disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Installer menu (Utilities menu for Tiger or Leopard.) After DU loads select your OS X volume from the list on the left, click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the installer. Now restart normally.
If DU reports errors it cannot fix, then you will need Disk Warrior (4.1 for Leopard) and/or TechTool Pro (4.6.2 for Leopard) to repair the drive. If you don't have either of them or if neither of them can fix the drive, then you will need to reformat the drive and reinstall OS X. Note that Disk Warrior will not work on Intel Macs.
B. Clone your existing system to an external Firewire drive.
How to Clone Using Restore Option of Disk Utility
1. Open Disk Utility from the Utilities folder.
2. Select the startup or source volume from the left side list.
3. Click on the Restore tab in the DU main window.
4. Drag the startup or source volume to the Source entry field.
5. Select the backup or destination volume from the leftside list and drag it to the Destination entry field.
6. Check the box to Erase Destination. Skip this step if you've already formatted the drive.
7. Double-check you got it right, then click on the Restore button.
C. Decide upon an installation option (This does not apply to Snow Leopard.)
You have three upgrade options. If you use the Upgrade installation option be sure you have repaired the hard drive and permissions first and made your backup. If you choose the Archive and Install option then you only need to repair the hard drive.
Neither of the above options will erase the disk. Some of your software may not work with a new system. You will need to upgrade those programs. It would be best to do the upgrades to your software before upgrading to the new system version.
Personally, I would erase the hard drive and do a fresh install of Snow Leopard then use Migration Assistant to migrate your old Home folder from the backup. This may take some extra time but is less likely to have problems that may be the result of an upgrade installation.

Tiger to Snow Leopard without disk

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for