Upgrade tiger to leopard

Hello,
I just bought a new imac with tiger and I am wondering if apple will upgrade to leopard for free. If I had known that they come now I would have waited. Anyone knows the policy of apple in this regard
thanks
sigi

In the past, people who bought Macs between the date of the announce of the new OS release date, and the actual release date, have been eligible for a free or low-cost upgrade. So if that continues, it looks like you bought your new Mac a little to early to qualify. Moreover, Apple is under no obligation to continue the old free upgrade policy at all.

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Just upgraded Tiger to Leopard. Clarisworks not supported. I can successfully convert CW4.0 doc's to AW6.0 doc's using MacLink Plus Deluxe and then work on them but the problem is that I cannot print them. Neither can I convert to PDF.

If I was trying to get someone else to do my work,
I wouldn't be posting this saying what I have said
would I? I'm not unwilling to do the work myself.From what was stated in your OP, it seemed that you
were.I'm sorry if it seemed that way. I don't want something for nothing. I've spent MANY hours, which I don't have, trying to work this out. I have hit a point where I don't think my expertise is going to solve the problem. That's why I've turned to some experts who might say something along the lines of, "Hey, I know what that is...you're compiling against... and on the Unix box, it's compiling against..." I was NOT looking for something like, "See the code below that fixes your problem."
The only problem is that I don't have direct access
to the sun unix machines I'm running the app on,
so I can't run a profiler on it. Ah, okay. So the only knowledge you have of how it
performs on those machines is from your instructor
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Mail no longer working after upgrade Tiger to Leopard

I know that there are some reports out there on the Internet but I can not find a solution that I trust. i upgraded from Tiger to Leopard and ever since my Mail program has completely disappeared. it is no longer in the dock, it is no longer in the applications folder and I went into the Mac Harddrive and found i. I dragged the icon on the dock and when I now start Mail the bar on top of the screen shows me that it started, but no windows come up. Under File most options are grey. i can see that all my mailboxsettings are still there. I have Entorage 2004 as my default mailprogram, but that gave never problems in the past and I use Mail for my google account. Under View in the menu almost everything is grey.
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In addition the article cited, if you ran 10.3 or earlier prior to upgrading to Tiger, once-upon-a-time, you might also need to remove two files with MessageSorting in their names.
Ernie

UPGRADE TIGER TO LEOPARD WITHOUT LOSING FILES?

How does one upgrade a MacBook from Tiger to Leopard and keep all your Applications, files, emails in Mail?
Message was edited by: You Got Pwnd

Hi You Got.....,
do an "archive & install"..
That will do... all apps will stay as on 10.4 ...all data too...
Please "repair permissions" of the Harddrive before and "backup" all data...
Hope that helps

Upgrading - Tiger or Leopard?

I need to upgrade my DVI TiBook, as it's going to be my primary machine for a while. I'm going to be upgrading the HDD to a 120Gb model, and (eventually) maxing out the RAM to 1Gb (2x 512 chips). My first step is going to be getting the RAM up to 768Mb.
I'm also planning on upgrading the OS from my current 10.3.9 installation. My question is, should I bother with Leopard, or just upgrade to Tiger? I've been hearing talk of AirPort problems with Leopard on the Powerbook G4s, and that it will eat up a lot of my gig of ram. On the other hand, buying retail copies of Tiger is becoming more difficult and more expensive as the days progress. However, it feels like I can't just stick with 10.3, since each day it seems like it can do less and less.
Thanks for your advice.

Hi, Hank. Tiger will be a better fit on your machine than Leopard, all other things being equal — and particularly if you'll be using it for a while with only 768MB of RAM in it. Tiger will run nicely with that much RAM; Leopard would like more elbow room, though it will run. You're right, though, that Tiger discs are getting hard to find and very expensive. If I were you, I'd make a diligent effort to turn up a retail (not model-specific) Tiger installer, new or used. If you don't find one for a reasonable price after as much time and energy as you're willing to put in, buy Leopard instead — but boost your RAM all the way to 1GB right away.
Be aware, also, that Leopard doesn't support Classic mode. If you still use any Classic applications at all, you won't be able to do so in Leopard, but will have to start up the machine in OS 9 (preferably from an external FireWire hard drive) to run those applications.
I have the same Tibook model you have. It served me faithfully many hours every day for almost exactly five years, and I wore much of the paint off it. I was in the same quandary as yourself, continuing to run 10.3.9 as it grew longer in the tooth, trying to choose between Tiger and Leopard for most of the past year. Finally I just opted for a new MacBook Pro instead — but I kept the Tibook to run a couple of indispensable and non-upgradeable Classic apps.
With Tiger or Leopard on it, your Tibook may serve you well for another couple of years. By then it won't have any resale value (it has little enough now), and when you retire it, you can just pull the hard drive out and keep it for use in an external enclosure with your next Mac. The $200-$300 you're planning to put into it is a small price to pay for a couple of years of extended utility.

Prep. Questions for Upgrading Tiger- Snow Leopard for Iphone 4.

Hi,
Like everyone else, I failed to realized iphone 4 was not tiger compatible. Regardless of my carelessness, and my ill-feelings towards Apple for this strange move, I have a few questions that I keep getting mixed answers to and would like to finally clear some of them up. I sincerely hope someone can help me, I've been using my phone for about 2 weeks now with no contacts/apps/previous data, and the longer I wait, the more it's grating on my feelings.
Background:
I have many applications on my computer, like the adobe suite, games, ect. that I am worried about making the transfer. So far, no one seems to be able to tell me what is going to happen to them when/if I upgrade. I do not have the keys for the adobe suite anymore..... could this seriously screw me?
2) I've purchased the simple, $50 family pack snow leopard install discs. Again, I'm planning on jumping from 10.4.11 to whatever comes pre-installed on those discs. My computers specs meet the requirements for snow leopard, so, Is there any problem with this? Sources online say I'm AOK, and only after I bought it from apple and bring it home do they tell me (as I called to ask about backing up my hd) that I can't use this, that I need the box set with Iwork and Ilife.
My frustration rises
I just really need someone to help clear this up for me before I accidently fatally lose everything on my computer because I was given false information.
3) Incase I do totally bomb this, I'm attempting to make a copy of my harddrive to my external through Disc Utilities.
Say I do upgrade successfully to Snow Leopard, but the Adobe Software is lost, would I be able to restore my computer back to this current Tiger state from my external?
4)Is it just not possible to run Snow Leopard with my current versions of Imovie, Iphoto, ect?
I'm trying to keep cool, but seriously, if I have to go back and buy the box set just to upgrade my Iwork(which i don't use) and Ilife set, and then on top of that, repurchase the Adobe suite because it won't make the switch, I'm going to not only be furious, but lose a lot of respect for Apple.
Thanks for any help you can give me. Seriously.

Sources online say I'm AOK, and only after I bought it from apple and bring it home do they tell me (as I called to ask about backing up my hd) that I can't use this, that I need the box set with Iwork and Ilife.
The Box Set is "recommended", not essential, what you have will work.
Say I do upgrade successfully to Snow Leopard, but the Adobe Software is lost, would I be able to restore my computer back to this current Tiger state from my external?
First off, the only way to be 100% safe is to have a bootable Clone of what you have now.
Get carbon copy cloner to make an exact copy of your old HD to the New one...
http://www.bombich.com/software/ccc.html
SuperDuper...
http://www.shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper/
Or the most expensive one & my favorite, Tri-Backup...
http://www.tri-edre.com/english/tribackup.html
Boot from the clone and make certain everything is OK before install SL on the internal, then you could in a worst case scenario clone it back to the internal, or have 2 different OSes to choose from.
Is it just not possible to run Snow Leopard with my current versions of Imovie, Iphoto, ect?
I use iMovie 6 HD in SL/10.6, but be sure if installing iMovie that your current version isn't named iMovie so it doesn't get erased.
and then on top of that, repurchase the Adobe suite because it won't make the switch
You don't mention which versions of Adobe Apps you have.
Which apps work with Mac OS X 10.6?...
http://snowleopard.wikidot.com/

HT2497 how to upgrade tiger to leopard? Where can I find software download??

My system 10.4 is not supporting most of the new software (as I Tunes). I need to upgrade my operating system. I understand that I have to upgrade step by step ... starting with leopard 10.5.
I can't find the software online. The Apple Store in Birminham told me to look in Amazone or to buy a new one :-) I purchased my Mac Book Pro in 2007 (For me it is still a high end product)
Who can help me to find the correct software download
Thanx in advance!
Volker

Leopard is not a download. Those who offer it as a download are violating the law and probably embedded viruses.
You can buy SL which is a stable OS and Apple seels it at 1-800-MY-APPLE for $19.
Leopard disks can be found online, but can run $200, which means you may opt for SL instead.

Unable to upgrade tiger to leopard

Hi all,
When I run the Leopard installer on my mac book pro, my internal disk does not show as a destination for around 10 minutes. When it does show, Leopard says I need to erase the disk before installing.
I've run the verify option on disk utility under Tiger, with no errors reported. However, If I run the verify option on disk utility under leopard, I receive the following errors.
2007-10-28 13:27:40 +0000: Disk Utility started.
2007-10-28 13:27:52 +0000: Verifying volume “MacintoshHD”
Starting verification tool: 2007-10-28 13:27:52 +0000
2007-10-28 13:27:53 +0000: Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume.
2007-10-28 13:27:53 +0000: Checking Extents Overflow file.
2007-10-28 13:27:53 +0000: Checking Catalog file.
2007-10-28 13:28:43 +0000: Checking multi-linked files.
2007-10-28 13:28:43 +0000: Checking Catalog hierarchy.
2007-10-28 13:30:53 +0000: Checking Extended Attributes file.
2007-10-28 13:30:54 +0000: Checking multi-linked directories.
2007-10-28 13:30:54 +0000: Missing private directory for directory hard links
2007-10-28 13:31:30 +0000: Incorrect number of directory hard links
2007-10-28 13:33:37 +0000: Volume check failed.
2007-10-28 13:33:37 +0000: Error: Filesystem verify or repair failed.2007-10-28 13:33:37 +0000:
2007-10-28 13:33:37 +0000: Disk Utility stopped verifying “MacintoshHD” because the following error was encountered:
Filesystem verify or repair failed.
I have in the past had boot camp installed on this mac, though Its no longer installed.
Any ideas on how to fix?
Cheers
Tom

this might help
1. go on tiger and backup EVERYTHING !!
2. boot onto leopard dvd
3. go to disk utility and choose your "Macintosh HD"
4. Select the erase tab then in that window choose a name for you hard drive i chose Leopard HD the in the drop down menu select MAC OS Extended (not journeled)
5. Hit Erase and be patient
This is what i did and it worked

Mac Upgrade Tiger to Leopard on a new Mac

I just received my new iMac today. Leopard was pre-installed on it and did not make use of the data transfer option from my old iBook using firewire at the beginning when I started up the iMac. Instead, e.g. in iCal, I exported all calendars from the iBook to the iMac using the import/export feature (using a USB-stick). In Mail I imported all mailboxes and here is my first question: How do I transfer "Rules" and "Signatures" to the iMac?
Can I just replace the new "Mail" library folder with the old one?

Thanks, I will try to transfer the library and the files with the Migration Assistant and see what it will do to the already configured stuff. I hope it will erase and replace it with the transfer, otherwise I will just do a brand new installation of Leopard and run the Migration Assistent right after. So it will be a clean install.

How can I upgrade from Tiger to Leopard

Hello all, hope you can help me.
I´m running Tiger Last Vers on a white MacBook with 1.83 GHz, 55GB Hd and 2 GB RAM.
The thing is that the iPhone 3gs is running quite well (not last version updated, but at least, it runs) and I recently got an iPhone 4, that is too new for my Tiger.
Thus, needs an upgrade, but the Apple Store only provides the Snow Leopard.
So:
.- Can I upgrade the Tiger to the SnowLeopard directly, buying the OS from the Apple Store?
.- Do I need first to upgrade Tiger to Leopard? If so, how do I do that?
I know the very best option is buying a new Mac, but currently for me it doesn´t make any sense as I only want it to sync my devices...
So, any idea?
It´s been almost 10 days since I got my iPhone 4, and I cannot even start it!
Much appreciated
Regards
Javier Diaz
Spain

According to this article > http://www.google.com/search?q=how+to+upgrade+from+tiger+to+snow+leopard&hl=en&b iw=1005&bih=841&source=lnms&ei=Q-hQTsf0Nq7SiALGss2YAQ&sa=X&oi=mode_link&ct=mode& cd=1&ved=0CC4Q_AUoAA
you can upgrade directly to Snow Leopard without upgrading to Leopard first.
Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard - Apple Store (U.S.
Make sure your Mac meets Snow Leopard's Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard - Technical Specifications

Migrating from Tiger to Leopard Server

Hi,
I'm running two Mac Mini OS X Servers. One running Tiger and one running Leopard.
All my virtual hosting is done on the Tiger server.
I want to move everything over to the Leopard server, upgrade Tiger to Leopard (clean build) and then share accounts and sites between the two.
I guess I'm probably going to have to go down the Open Directory route - is that correct?
Does anyone have any good pointers of where to start this migration? Can it be done?
Any input gratefully accepted.
Cheers,
Stu

Done it the hard way.
StuG

Client Upgraded from Tiger to Leopard Can No Longer Connect to Tiger Server

I just finished upgrading a G5 2GHz DP Powermac from Tiger to Leopard. This was an Archive and Install upgrade with importing the old settings. After verifying the account migration, including .Mac connectivity, and fixing all 3rd party software compatibilities/upgrades, I tried to connect to our Tiger 4.11 server by clicking on the server's Icon in the Shared section of the Finder Sidebar. The finder then switches to browse the the server for shares: "Connecting..." is displayed under the tool bar, with a "Share Screen..." and "Connect As..." buttons to the right.
At this point the "Connecting..." remains displayed with the spinning circle in the bottom right of the Finder window.... spinning. This situation continues for several minutes until is seems the system gives up.
If I click on the Path button on the Tool Bar, and go up to the Shared level, ALL the Shares on the Network are displayed, including all the Tiger Client machine shares. I can click on the triangle beside the Tiger Client's icon, and all the drives and home directories on the Mac are listed. All the client shares can be accessed without any issues. NOTE: There are no other Leopard clients on the LAN.
Prior to the Leopard upgrade, this client could connect to the Tiger server as well. All the other clients on the LAN can access the Tiger server also.
On the Leopard client I have tried clicking and the "Connect As..." button and using the menu "Connect to Server" and specifying the server's IP, and I get the same "Connecting..." message with a "non-connecting" result.
I can only assume that somehow the Account Name and password are not being passed correctly. But, using "Connect As..." should resolve that. However, "Connect As..." does not give me a user/password window!
If I check the AFP Access log on the Server, the only messages displayed are "Mounted Volume..." No messages in the error log, and no messages in the "Connections" section.
Can anyone help me figure out why the Leopard client can not connect to the Tiger Server?
My apologies if the description of my problem is a bit disjointed. I have been thrown into server admin and am learning "Trial by Fire".
Any help or suggestions on how to resolve this issue will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Gary
Message was edited by: Gary Sumlak

OK. A quick update.
After waiting for about 10 minutes for the rotating circle in the bottom right corner to stop, I was able to click on the "Connect As..." button. It took another 10 minutes, but the Connect As window eventual popped up. I entered the Userid and Password (saving to Keychain) and was able to see all the sharepoints on the the server. I browsed all the connected drives and folders without issue.
I then disconnected from the server. Reviewing the AFP logs on the server shows messages for the connection Login and Logout.
I then tried to reconnect to the server, and again another 10 minutes wait, although this time the Leopard client eventually connected automatically with the proper User, as per the AFP logs confirms.
Although, the client can now connect to the server, for it to take 10 minutes will be unacceptable to management, not to mention the end user. Tiger clients can connect in a couple seconds!
Is there a way to reduce the Leopard login time to, say, a couple seconds, like it does with the Tiger clients?
Again, any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Gary

I have recently upgraded my iBookG4 from Tiger to Leopard 10.5.8 and find my Bluetooth USB adaptor no longer connects. The Bluetooth pane says inactive. Does Leopard require USB 2.0. I've had the adaptor for some time so may be USB 1.0

I have recently upgraded my iBookG4 from Tiger to Leopard 10.5.8 and find my Bluetooth USB adaptor no longer connects. The Bluetooth pane says inactive. Does Leopard require USB 2.0. I've had the adaptor for some time so may be USB 1.0

Bluetooth icon on menu bar shows bluetooth off. When opening bluetooth preferences it shows the devices I've connected previously,( my mobile phone), and other devices I've attempted to connect but not very successfully: my iPhone and MiniMac. The bluetooth dongle in the USB port shows a continual blue light but does not react and the iBook does not recognise that it is there. There is absolutely no reaction when I try to pair my mobile phone, which I've done successfully before upgrading to Leopard, either by the iBook or the mobile phone.
I assumed that Tiger was not bluetooth compatible with the iPhone or MacMini running SnowLeopard and hoped by upgrading to Leopard I could achieve some file transfers between the three devices (iBook, iPhone and MacMini)

I upgraded my iBook G4 from 384MBytes to 640Mbytes and upgraded from Tiger to Leopard. After a few weeks the HDD failed. New Leopard install reports: "insufficient memory". I need Tiger install disks so I can install

I upgraded my iBook G4 from 384MBytes to 640Mbytes and upgraded from Tiger to Leopard.
After a few weeks the HDD failed. I bought a new disk, installed it and trued to install Leopard, but the install fails reporting "insufficient memory".
I assume the installation requires more memory than the OS actually needs to be able to run.
I need Tiger install CD/DVD so I can install Tiger first and then upgrade to Leopard.

Call Apple Customer Support 1-800-767-2775, provide the Serial Number and specifications of the Mac, and for a reasonable fee, they will supply a replacement set of system discs (if available).
The discs will be for the original version of the OS that was pre-installed when the Mac was manufactured.
You need much more RAM than that.
Leopard system requirements:
http://support.apple.com/kb/SP517

Spotlight problem after Tiger to Leopard Upgrade

Since I upgraded my Macbook Pro 15" from Tiger to Leopard, Spotlight never worked. Initially I didn't mind too much but now I want to get it work.
I tried all suggestions I found in this forum (see list below) to no avail.
It seems Mac OS cannot index the system disk.
Any Terminal command like mdutil or mdimport have no effect and return no info. As a check, I ran the same utilities on my iMac (same Leopard version, but native) and they do in fact work as expected, as well as Spotlight. Another example: mdfind works on my iMac but return nothing on my MBP.
If I try the regular way, when I write my search string in the Spotlight window I just get nothing on my MBP.
I tried the OnyX features for Spotlight:
- Maintenance/Rebuild/Spotlight Index seems to do something, but in fact it does nothing useful
- Parameters/Spotlight/Options: Enable Indexing the Startup-Disk makes an attempt to enable it and switches immediately back to disabled. No way to keep the option checked. Also removed the Font cache from OnyX as suggested in some post - null.
Some attempts I made:
- used Disk Utility to check the disk (no repair needed)
- used Disk Utility to repair permissions: there are many that are always repaired... this makes me feel the problem might in fact be in the permission area. But after many repair the result is always null.
- added the start-up disk to the Privacy area in Spotlight Prefs, and later on removed - null
- trashed com.apple.spotlight.plist pref user prefs - a new one was created but no effect
- removed /.Spotlight-V100 from terminal - a new one was created but no effect
- used mdutil -E and -i on and off - I always get the message "/: Indexing and searching disabled"
- mdimport -L or -A or -X return nothing (on my iMac they return the list of plugins, schema etc.)
- rebooted many times also in safe mode - null
- the problem exists also for the other user on the same MBP
- tried OnyX as described above.
No effect!!
Now my question is: what can I try next ?
I'm sure there is some parameter somewhere (some .plist ?) that can re-enable Spotlight. But which one and where ?
Thanks in advance
Piero

Take a look at Spotless
http://www.fixamac.net/software/spot2/index.php
It deals mainly with Spotlight indexes, but it also contains some diagnostics - its description includes the following:
Spotless will automatically find and delete the "mds-crash-state" file from selected volumes. The file may be created if the Metadata Server crashed or was unexpectedly closed during the indexing process. The presence of this file can prevent Spotlight from indexing the volume in the future.
Spotless allows you to see exact size of the index directory on each volume.
Spotless also includes an on/off switch for Spotlight.
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