Update from Tiger download

Where can I find the download file to update a MBP running Tiger to Leopard? I know the disc is no longer available at stors and I was told it can be downloaded but all I find starts at 10.5.1 and goes up from there.
Any ideas?
Thanks

No wipe or erase needed, but a full backup or clone is advised,.
10.6 does essentiallly what we used to call an Archive & Install, only giving yoy a new OS.
Snow Leopard/10.6.x Requirements...
General requirements
   * Mac computer with an Intel processor
    * 1GB of memory (I say 2GB at least)
    * 5GB of available disk space (I say 30GB at least)
    * DVD drive for installation
    * Some features require a compatible Internet service provider; fees may apply.
    * Some features require Apple’s MobileMe service; fees and terms apply.
Which apps work with Mac OS X 10.6?...
http://snowleopard.wikidot.com/
It looks like they might still have it...
http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC573Z/A?fnode=MTY1NDAzOA
If it's a core Duo & not a Core2Duo, then it'll only run in 32 bit mode.

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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.
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I've just updated my IMac from Tiger to Leopard (OSX 10.5.6).
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Not quite sure what you are saying... but... If you are trying to use the iOS 5 download for the iPod Touch that could be your problem...
How to update your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
Updating to iOS 5
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4972

Will update from Tiger affect Automatic Software Update?

Hi guys.
It's my first question here. I purchased a MacBook approx 3 years ago from Apple Store which got Tiger(10.4.11) installed.
I would like to update to Snow Leopard because I need to upgrade from Adobe CS3 to CS5. My question is if I buy the Snow Leopard disc from Apple Store and upgrade from Tiger will automatic software update and other stuff work?
Appreciate your help.

Chubbs75 wrote:
My question is if I buy the Snow Leopard disc from Apple Store and upgrade from Tiger will automatic software update and other stuff work?
If you are asking if Software Update will automatically update Snow Leopard & other Apple-supplied software to the latest versions during or immediately after the upgrade, the answer is no. The upgrade should preserve whatever preferences you set for Software Update in Tiger, so depending on them you may see no automatic update notifications, notifications only after the interval for checks you have set has elapsed, or whatever.
Remember that it is highly recommended that you backup your HD, or at least your important data, before applying any upgrade or update. If you do that, you may want to run Software Update as soon as you verify that the upgrade went as expected, & let it recommend & install all the updates your system needs to bring it up to date.

Somehow, after updating from Tiger to Leopard, I've managed to lose my Stickies application from the dock.

I upgraded my non-intel Powerbook G4 from Tiger to Leopard and then to 10.5.8. While reinstalling my files, I dragged the 10.4.11 Stickies app onto the desktop from my backup. Somehow, I got confused when the computer asked if I wanted to replace the old version with the newer version. I think the computer saw the dragged old applicaton as the new one that came in Leopard. Obviously I made the wrong choice and lost the Leopard Stickies. They came off of the dock and also are not located in Applications on the HD. The old copy from the Tiger backup can't be opened.
How can I get the Leopard Stickies back?? All I can think is to reload Leopard and I can't face that right now. Any ideas as to how to get them back relatively painlessly?

Search these discussions for "pacifist" and you should find a link to a utility that will allow you to extract the application from the installer.

Download updates from apple downloads site

Hello,
this is my first try.
Does anyone knows how to download a software from the apple download site without the automatic OS version selection?
I try to download Safari 3.1 from my work computer with Windows XP so that I can update my girlfriend's MacBook that doesn't have an Internet connection. The problem is that when I start the download the site doesn't let me choose the OS Tiger version and allways downloads the Windows version.
Can anyone help?
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Or do Internet Sharing to the Mac from the PC.
3rd option, let her plug her Mac into your Modem for a bit.
4th option, impress her greatly... get a Mac! LOL

Cannot open old iPhoto library after updating from Tiger to Lion

I changed my Mac and now I am using Lion on MacBook Pro.
I am trying to open the iPhoto library that I used to have on my old PowerBook G4 with Tiger, but it does not work.
When I open the library, iPhoto says that the library needs to be updated and asking OK to continue. I press OK to continue and iPhoto starts to work though after hours (I tried to leave the mac to work for three days) nothing happens!
The library is very big, 39 GB!
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NowApple:
Sounds like a damaged database.
Option 1
Back Up and try rebuild the library: hold down the command and option (or alt) keys while launching iPhoto. Use the resulting dialogue to rebuild. Choose to Repair Database. If that doesn't help, then try again, this time using Rebuild Database.
If that fails:
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Download iPhoto Library Manager and use its rebuild function. (In Library Manager it's the FIle -> Rebuild command)
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Regards
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Hi folks,
I plan to update to Leopard when it comes out next week. Since I'm on my first Mac and don't have any experience with installing/upgrading Mac OS I've got a couple of questions.
What I'd like to do is to back up all my stuff on an external drive (I already do that for a while) and then do a clean install of Leopard (that is: erase the harddisk before installing instead of a "live" update). The reason I'd like to do this is that I found out that there's a lot of unused stuff that came with the pre-installed Tiger on my MBP that just wastes space. And some third party applications/drivers that I wanted to check out when I was becoming familiar with working on a Mac also waste space, and a clean install is good way to get rid of this cruft
So the first question is: will I be able to do an "expert" install where I can influence what will be installed (at least to a degree, e.g. select which language files to install) ? I guess only people with access to beta releases of Leopard will be able to answer that, so how is Tiger in this respect ?
Let's assume I now have a clean install of Leopard. I now want my old data back. I know I can backup my iTunes music on CD's/DVD's and should be able to load them back (anything I would have to look out for here ?). I found a document describing how to handle other Apple applications at http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301239 , do I need to look out for something else (apart from third party applications) ? My biggest concern is Keychain, BTW.
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Hi folks,
so I'm on Leopard now Here's what I did. Sorry if I misname programs because I've got the german version and translate back to english.
First, I made a "normal" backup using iBackup just to be sure, then did the real backup: I cloned my Macintosh HD partition using Carbon Copy Cloner to an USB disk. I made sure that I was able to boot from that partitition (I've set it as the start volume in the system preferences and it came up fine). I also made a backup of my bought music in iTunes.
After double-checking back and forth I decided I'm ready and went and bought Leopard. I then started the installer and used the disk utility to erase the Macintosh HD volume. I customized the install to not install the languages I don't want and not install the printer drivers (3.8GB...). The install went fine and I was presented with the migration assistent.
I chose to migrate all accounts except my main account because I wanted to only copy the stuff I really need. Unfortunately I don't remember what else I've checked/unchecked. So I was finally able to log in using my administrator account and created a new main account. And now to my manual migration:
One of the first things I had to do was fix the owner of my account in the backup: because I haven't migrated it the user ID was wrong, so I had to "su" to my admin account and then "sudo bash" to become root and "chown -R myname:staff /Volume/Backup/Users/myname". No idea why the new main group for my account is "staff", but "id" says so. I guess there's a good reason for Apple to do that
First thing I wanted to migrate was my KeyChain. I guess I wasn't very clever, but it worked: I opened the KeyChain Helper and added my old KeyChain. I pressed Apple-A to mark all entries in my old keychain and moved them to my new keychain. It worked... but I had to enter my password for each entry, and there were a lot of them :-/
Importing the Safari bookmarks was a peace of cake: there's a "Import bookmarks" menu entry. Nobrainer.
Then I copied my iPhoto folder and realized there's no iPhoto application: so I popped in my MacBook Pro installation disk, ran "Install Bundled Software Only" to install iDVD and iPhoto. Haven't tried iDVD yet, but iPhoto seems to run fine and only copying the iPhoto directory was enough.
I didn't "migrate" my Mail settings as I'm using IMAP, so just entering the data again was faster and sure to work. I haven't really used the addressbook so I haven't tried migrating it.
Re-importing my bought music in iTunes using the backup DVD was also a no-brainer and I re-added the rest of my music to the mediathek (it still doesn't support Ogg Vorbis...).
The rest of my stuff are documents that don't need any special handling so I copied them with Finder. Haven't checked whether Heroes Of Might And Magic V and Civilization IV run but so far everythings seems to be fine. I had 9GB of free space before the update, now it's 40GB... I need to subtract a few GB because of the games and apps I need to reinstall, so let's say 30GB but all in all it was quite success
Bye,
DarkDust

HELP! - Cannot open old iPhoto library after updating from Tiger to Lion

I changed my Mac and now I am using Lion on MacBook Pro.
I am trying to open the iPhoto library that I used to have on my old PowerBook G4 with Tiger, but it does not work.
When I open the library, iPhoto says that the library needs to be updated and asking OK to continue. I press OK to continue and iPhoto starts to work though after hours (I tried to leave the mac to work for three days) nothing happens!
The library is very big, 39 GB!
Any help?

NowApple:
Sounds like a damaged database.
Option 1
Back Up and try rebuild the library: hold down the command and option (or alt) keys while launching iPhoto. Use the resulting dialogue to rebuild. Choose to Repair Database. If that doesn't help, then try again, this time using Rebuild Database.
If that fails:
Option 2
Download iPhoto Library Manager and use its rebuild function. (In Library Manager it's the FIle -> Rebuild command)
This will create an entirely new library. It will then copy (or try to) your photos and all the associated metadata and versions to this new Library, and arrange it as close as it can to what you had in the damaged Library. It does this based on information it finds in the iPhoto sharing mechanism - but that means that things not shared won't be there, so no slideshows, books or calendars, for instance - but it should get all your events, albums and keywords, faces and places back.
Because this process creates an entirely new library and leaves your old one untouched, it is non-destructive, and if you're not happy with the results you can simply return to your old one.
Regards
TD

Update from tiger 10.4.11 to snow leoprad

I need to update my macbook to snow leopard system
Can i do this?

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Updated From Tiger to snow leopard

Hi all. Wondering if anyone can walk me through the process of upgrading my 10.4 to 10.6. i ordered an external hard drive (IOMEGA MINIMAX 2TB) to back up my current files and bought the newest box set (ilife 11). I haven't used any kind of back up system prior to this so I don't want to lose anything in the process of upgrading. I guess I could use help with all of it.
1. backing up my current files
2. upgrading to 10.6
Anyone up for the task? Thanks in advance.

Hi Robert,
Backing up first is a --good--- great idea.
Get carbon copy cloner to make an exact copy of your old HD to the New one...
http://www.bombich.com/software/ccc.html
Or SuperDuper...
http://www.shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper/
That should put us on safe footing, just boot from the external drive to test it out for being complete first.
The default install of 10.6.x is to do what used to be called an Archive and Install feature, which can give you a new OS, yet preserve your files and settings if you have enough room on your HD...
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107120
No worry there.
On iLife 11, there have been some problems if you have a lot of previous iLife App's data. Will wait to here on that from you, but hold off installing that part for right now.

Unable to install snow leopard (update from Tiger)

Yeah, I know, it's not exactly an original thread title. I'm running 10.4.11 on a Macbook. As far as I know I meet all the requirements except that I don't think I'll be able to benefit from OpenCL. Anyway, I got the yellow caution icon and a message saying I need to run disk utility and do a GUID partition but I'll lose all data. I don't have a backup so that's not a good option for me. I thought I saw a thread somewhere describing this problem at one of the other Mac sites but I can't seem to find it. Can anyone assist?
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Not my intention to start so much consternation. I was just venting my disappointment. Actually, If I were to back up everything, I'd need at least 100 gigs of space, which leaves me 60 gigs. That might be a bit much for DVDs, etc. No worries. It may take me a month or two but I'll eventually get an external drive. That's been on my list of need to do for far too long anyway. I know how it is to lose everything as that happened to me not long ago. If I were to be selective, I could probably get away with just backing up about 60 gigs. but the conventional wisdom seems to be you need at least one half more space than what you back up, right? So I need a 200-250 gig external drive, I think. I also need a backup scenario for my Linux and Windows boxes but I want to start with the Mac since it's my primary machine. I'm just frustrated I've been unemployed so long but I'm not alone in that I'm sure, Well I guess that's it for now.
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Update from tiger to leopard problem

Hi.
I have a problem. I just purchased a new imac with leopard and because it seems faster and i like the new functions i'd like to have it on my older macbook as well. But when i try to install it it simply gives me the error message "Mac osx 10.5 can't be installed on this computer"
Any idea of whats going on? I would really like if i didn't have to format the thing because of all my apps and work.

It is not going to install on your older mac. It is machine specific and a violation of the software licence to install on more than one machine. You will need a retail version of Leopard to upgrade the older mac.
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Do I have to upgrade my software when updating from 10.3.9 to Tiger?

I have pretty much the latest versions of all my software, as far as 10.3.9, anyhow. Mostly, I used Adobe and Macromedia programs, and I use Eudora (I have the latest one- 6.2 - I know they've stopped updating it.)
Also, I still use my Classic environment fairly often... for certain reasons I want to be able to continue using a few old items on this computer. At some point, I'll get another Mac with all the latest and greatest, but this one I need to keep and use the way it is.
The reason I'd put Tiger on it, is because so many things these days need at least 10.4 to run. Including the very latest upgrades for my Adobe software. I go back and forth on whether the possible disrupiton is worth gaining the ability to use more currently available "stuff" that needs 10.4+.
So... I can't seem to find any specifically notes stating that my system 9 software will be okay and run all right in tiger's classic environment, nor whether the programs I use, e.g. Adobe Creative Studio and the DreamWeaver Studio group, will be okay with this update. I hope, too, that things like Eudora, PopChar, Suitcase, etc, will be all right. I will probably update some programs gradually, but am hoping I won't actually HAVE to just because of installing 10.4.
I'll clone my hard drive etc, before doing it, of course...
But, anyway, does anyone have experience of making this change this way, maybe upgrading their software later but not having to do it right away?

Welcome to Apple Discussions.
It is worth doing the upgrade to Tiger. Most or perhaps all your Classic applications will work OK. I still have Tiger & classic works well. You will need the appropriate Tiger retail installation dvd. After installation do all the upgrades. I suggest if the Tiger version you get is less than 10.4.11 that you download the Combo 10.4.11 update from Apple downloads. Then use Software Update to check for any other updates needed. You should run Disk utility after each upgrade and correct permissions.
Neville

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