Upgrading a 2007 mid 10.4.11 to snow leopard

I just installed 4 gig of memory into my 10.4.11 mid 2007 desktop MAC. I was hoping to install Snow Leopard and maybe later Lion. Is this possible or advisable? Where do I find the software on the Apple site? Can I upgrade the iLIFE to 2011?

Hi @sgrieshaber, this may be dated if you have already upgraded to Lion, but if you haven't here's my experience to help you decide if you really need Lion at this stage. And before I say that, I pre-qualify by saying I love Lion on my brand new mid-2011 MacBook Air. Particularly I really love gestures and new Mail! Really many of the new features of Lion are very neat.
That being said, upgrading my mid-2007 MacBook Pro (4GB RAM, 2.2GHz Core 2 Duo, 15") was not necessary in my opinion (and would have probably saved me $180 for a repair that was required after damaging my hard drive, probably by 'stressing' it too much with the dual partitions required by Lion (but they two issues may not be linked so not making too much of a deal out of that). What I am going to say though is this: Do you really need Lion?
Firstly gestures requires an up to date trackpad to make full use of. Secondly AirDropdoesn't work on machines that are that old. I am not an iWork user soVersions is not something that affects me a great deal. To boot, it now appears that Snow Leopard will support iCloud so what is the point of Lion on a pre-2008 MacBook Pro?
Besides, as you are not a fast adopter of new operating systems (seeing your machine is on 10.4.11), I would say that's another pointer that you don't need (and probably won't miss) having Lion.
You can get iLife 11 (which is excellent and really needed to get the best out of an iPhone if you have one) using Snow Leopard (as you have the App store with Snow Leopard) so no real need if you ask me.

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I have a mid 2010 Macbook Pro running Snow Leopard and foolishly upgraded to Yosemite. Is it possible to go back in time with Time Machine and reinstall Snow Leopard. Then upgrade to Lion or Mavericks? Any other ideas on how I can exit Yosemite?

I have a mid 2010 Macbook Pro running Snow Leopard and foolishly upgraded to Yosemite. Now have numerous problems. Is it possible to go back in time with Time Machine and reinstall Snow Leopard? Then upgrade to Lion or Mavericks? Any other ideas on how I can exit Yosemite?

Once you get yourself back to Snow Leopard, if you still want to upgrade somewhat, I would suggest the following:
1. Get an external hard drive that you can use for experiments with new OS versions. You could partition it into 2 or 3 partitions. You could then clone your existing Snow Leopard system to one partition using Carbon Copy Cloner (well worth $40) or SuperDuper ($25).
2. Buy OS X Mountain Lion for $20, through the Apple online store (I don't think it's available through the App Store). Apple has decided to make it very difficult for anyone to get Mavericks unless they have already downloaded it.
You will receive two e-mails from Apple, one containing a PDF with a redemption code, and one with the password you will need to unlock the PDF. Using the code, you will download Mountain Lion from the App Store, where it will appear among your Purchased items.
After ML finishes downloading, its installer app will launch itself. When you see this launch screen, QUIT the install app immediately! Go to your applications folder, find the Install OS X Mountain Lion app, and copy it to a safe location outside of your Applications folder. Keeping one or more copies will allow you to reinstall without unnecessary aggravation if you later need or want to do that. At this point, you can re-launch the Installer in the Applications folder and let it run. You can install it on a clean partition on your external HD, or you can allow it to upgrade the Snow Leopard clone you created on your external drive, or you can do both. This should allow you to test how everything works for as long as you like.
3. If you left yourself a free partition on your test drive, try a clean install of Yosemite and set everything up from scratch (do not migrate anything). This will allow you to see whether your problems with it were related to something in your Snow Leopard system.

Two previous questions may not have been as clear as I would have liked. I recently upgraded my MacBook 2008 (10.5.8) to Snow Leopard (10.6.8). With the updates came iTunes 11.1.1 and Quicktime 7.6.6. I am still using Garageband 2008 and iPhoto 2008. When

Two previous questions may not have been as clear as I would have liked. I recently upgraded my MacBook 2008 (10.5.8) to Snow Leopard (10.6.8). With the updates came iTunes 11.1.1 and Quicktime 7.6.6. I am still using Garageband 2008 and iPhoto 2008. When I create music in Garageband I usually adjust the volume and save it. Even now when I share the Garageband created files with iTunes 11.1.1, the volime I previously set in Garageband is retained. However, when I use the music to create a slide show in iPhoto 2008 and export to Quicktime 7.6.6, the volume level I previously set is lost and seems to default to a low level. The problem seems to be either in the slide show export from iPhoto 2008 to Quicktime 7.6.6 or in Quicktime itself. Is there a work around, so that I can retain the volume level I had previously set in Garageband, a volume level that seems to transfer without problem to the new iTunes. But then iPhoto 2008 (slide show) possibly or Quicktime 7.6.6 do not cooperate. Before I did the upgrade to Snow Leopard, the new iTunes and Quicktime I had no problems with the set volume being retained in the old Quicktime. The reason I need control over the volume is that all these music files are uploaded to YouTube.

Two previous questions may not have been as clear as I would have liked. I recently upgraded my MacBook 2008 (10.5.8) to Snow Leopard (10.6.8). With the updates came iTunes 11.1.1 and Quicktime 7.6.6. I am still using Garageband 2008 and iPhoto 2008. When I create music in Garageband I usually adjust the volume and save it. Even now when I share the Garageband created files with iTunes 11.1.1, the volime I previously set in Garageband is retained. However, when I use the music to create a slide show in iPhoto 2008 and export to Quicktime 7.6.6, the volume level I previously set is lost and seems to default to a low level. The problem seems to be either in the slide show export from iPhoto 2008 to Quicktime 7.6.6 or in Quicktime itself. Is there a work around, so that I can retain the volume level I had previously set in Garageband, a volume level that seems to transfer without problem to the new iTunes. But then iPhoto 2008 (slide show) possibly or Quicktime 7.6.6 do not cooperate. Before I did the upgrade to Snow Leopard, the new iTunes and Quicktime I had no problems with the set volume being retained in the old Quicktime. The reason I need control over the volume is that all these music files are uploaded to YouTube.

Why can't I upgrade to yosemite? I'm currently running snow leopard on my white macbook.

Why can't I upgrade to yosemite? I'm currently running snow leopard on my white macbook.

White MacBooks are NOT eligible to upgrade to either 10.8 Mounain Lion, 10.9 Mavericks or 10.10 Yosemite.
You maybe able to upgrade your white MacBook to OS X 10.7 Lion
OS X Lion system requirements
To use Lion, make sure your computer has the following:
An Intel Core 2 Duo, Core i3, Core i5, Core i7, or Xeon processor
Mac OS X v10.6.6 or later to install via the Mac App Store (v10.6.8 recommended)
7 GB of available disk space
2 GB of RAM
You can purchase a OS X 10.7 Download code here.
http://store.apple.com/us/product/D6106Z/A/os-x-lion
Before embarking on a major OS upgrade, it would be wise, advisable and very prudent if you backup your current system to an external connected and Mac formatted Flash drive OR externally connected USB, Thunderbolt or FireWire 800, Mac formatted hard drive. Then, use either OS X Time Machine app to backup your entire system to the external drive OR purchase, install and use a data cloning app, like CarbonCopyCloner or SuperDuper, to make an exact and bootable copy (clone) of your entire Mac's internal hard drive. This step is really needed in case something goes wrong with the install of the new OS or you simply do not like the new OS, you have a very easy way/procedure to return your Mac to its former working state.
Next,
If you run any older Mac software from the earlier PowerPC Macs, then none of this software will work with the newer OS X versions (10.7 and onward). OS X Snow Leopard had a magical and invisible PowerPC emulation application, called Rosetta, that worked seamlessly in the background that still allowed older PowerPC coded software to still operate in a Intel CPU Mac.
The use of Rosetta ended with OS X Snow Leopard as the Rosetta application was licensed to Apple, from a software company called Transitive, which got bought out, I believe, by IBM and Appe could no longer secure their rights to continue to use Rosetta in later versions of OS X.
So, you would need to check to see if you have software on your Mac that maybe older than, say, 2006 or older.
Also, check for app compatibilty here.
http://roaringapps.com/
If you have any commercial antivirus installed and/or hard drive cleaning apps installed on your Mac, like MacKeeper, CleanMyMac, TuneUpMyMac, MacCleanse, etc. now would be a good time to completely uninstall this apps by doing a Google search to learn how to properly uninstall these types of apps.
These types of apps will only cause your Mac issues later after the install of the new OS X version and you will have to completely uninstall these types of apps later.
Once you have determined all of this, you should be able download OS X 10.7 Luon from the Mac App Store icon in the OS X Dock and then login to the Mac App Store using your Apple ID and password.
You can then begin the download and installation process by using the paid download code to Download and install OS X 10.7 Lion rom the Mac App Store.
Good Luck!

Upgraded my macbook pro to mountain lion from snow leopard does this mean i can upgrade my imac as well for the same price? And will it mess it up?

upgraded my macbook pro to mountain lion from snow leopard does this mean i can upgrade my imac as well for the same price? And will it mess it up?

You can upgrade the iMac for no extra charge - sign into the App Store there, download and install 10.8.
I recommend that you make a backup (Time Machine is probably the easiest method) before you install, and make sure that you are not using any applications that are incomptible with 10.8 (eg Office 2004) - other than that, it should go smoothly.
Matt

I want to upgrade from OS X 10.5.8 to Snow Leopard. When trying to back-up to a WD 1 TB external drive, the back-up process stalls at about 4 GB. Grateful for any clues to assist with the backup issue please.

I want to upgrade from OS X 10.5.8 to Snow Leopard, then to Lion. When trying to back-up to a WD 1 TB external drive, the back-up process stalls at about 4 GB download. I would be very grateful for any clues to assist with the back-up process please.

That disk is very probably formated as FAT 32, the normal format for PCs. FAT 32 cannot support files larger than 4 GB; also, it corrupts some types of Mac OS files. If you want to securely backup your mac files, you must have a disk prepared for Mac OS.
Therefore, open Disk Utility, choose again 1 partition for your external disk and, under Options, GUID partition map (it may also be a boot disk for an intel mac), then format it as Mac OS Extended Journaled. Y0u are done.
If you want to exchange data with PCs, you should chose Master Boot REcord and NTFS format, for this you must use a additional utility like NTFS-3G. But note that mac files may also get corrupt in NTFS format.

Is there a cd drive that can be externally connected with my macbook pro unibody version approx. 2007? My cd drive is broke and want to upgrade to lion but need to update to snow leopard first.

Is there an external cd drive that can be connected to my macbook pro, unibody, approx 2007. My cd drive is broken and I want to install snow leopard which only comes on a cd.

Yes Any exrernal DVD drive that connecs by USP port will work. It does not have to be sold by or have the Apple name on it to work. I use an Asus, got it from newegg.com. $30US.

How to revert mid 2010 macbook pro to snow leopard

I have a mid 2010 15" macbook pro which I want to sell. It is currently running Mavericks. It has a self-installed 1T disk upgrade.
I believe it came with Leopard but I can't seem to find those os/x disks. I do have the Snow Leopard disks which I purchased for an upgrade. I want to install Snow Leopard on this macbook pro after running disk utility to unpartitiion the drive and format for a new install. I know I've done this before but believe it was on older equipment which did not have an os/x which used a recovery partition.
When I boot from the cd and hold down the C key I get a shaded bar of progress and eventually the boot process stops with a gray screen containing an apple logo. It gets no further. What am I doing wrong or is there something in Mavericks which is preventing me from booting from the snow leopard disk? (Alternatively I have another macbook pro so maybe I can do what I want using target disk mode however I've not done this before.)
Thanks in advance for any help.
John

I pretty much feel like an idiot but in case someone else is as stupid as me.....
To get back to it's original state and remove Mavericks so I can sell it.......
I tried updating to 10.6 using update disks I had purchased not realizing these were for an older iMac I no longer had. It turned out that the 2010 macbook pro came with a newer version 10.6.8 already installed thus the disks which shipped with the mbp were newer. In it's infinite wisdom os/x would not downgrade itself!
Once I got the right disks (they were right in the box where I left them) I was able to boot from the cd, run disk utililty, unpartition the drive, format the drive, and install sl. Problem solved.
Banging head on desk. I'm now headed out to the woodshed to give myself a thrashing.
ymmv.

Can I upgrade to Lion given that I currently run Snow Leopard on an external drive?

I run Snow Leopard on an external HD. If I upgrade to Lion will it install and run there successfully? My internal HD is dead.

Yes it will, in fact that was my configuartion for a while before I installed on the internal.

Can't upgrade MacBook Pro (15-inch, Late 2008) to snow leopard

I have a MacBook Pro (15-inch, Late 2008) and a copy of snow leopard on DVD. When I try to upgrade it says that snow leopard cannot be installed on this computer
The details are as follows:
Model Name:    MacBook Pro
Model Identifier:    MacBookPro5,1
Processor Name:    Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed:    2.53 GHz
Number Of Processors:    1
Total Number Of Cores:    2
L2 Cache:    6 MB
Memory:    4 GB
Bus Speed:    1.07 GHz
Boot ROM Version:    MBP51.007E.B06
SMC Version (system):    1.33f8
Serial Number (system):    W88460TU1GA
Hardware UUID:    B0F6EC73-8CE7-58F8-B300-769B4BBB1353
Sudden Motion Sensor:
State:    Enabled
The retail dvd I have has a part number: MC223Z/A
I am currently running 10.5.8
Anyone know what the problem might be?
Thanks

Perhaps the HDD does not have sufficient room. It needs a minimum of 5 GB for Snow Leopard.
In all other respects your MBP should be able to install 10.6.
Disk MC223Z/A is the appropriate retail disk.
Ciao.

Upgrade from Tiger 10.4.11 directly to Snow leopard 10.6.3 (dvd)

After reading your advices I 've tried to upgrade my MacBook 2Ghz Intel Core 2 duo directly to Snow leopard 10.6.3 from the DVD. But it did not work ! The install program said it is not possible. Could you tell why and what I have to do ? By the way I can't find no more Snow Leopard in the Apple store ! I need this updated in order to active a new device and need to have the last version of I Tunes. So... Thanks for your help

Hello, BD Aqua many thanks for your prompt reply. It's a gray one. And the message is "OSX can't 'be installed on this computer " or something like that. The installing program doesn't launch anything but just ask me the language I choice and after ...relaunching and relaunching ... nothing happens. However when I' ve called previously the Apple support they told me to upgrade directly in Snow Leopard. I want to be sure to have the possibility to install it before purchasing it and in which version ?
And do I have to erase my previous disk as somebody recommand it before installing the new OS ?

Upgrading to latest spec newer Mac with previous Snow Leopard Backup

Hi, would like very much to know if the following would be achievable.
At some point in the near future I may upgrade my Mac again from the current MacBook pro 17" unibody Intel core Duo (early 2009) running Snow Leopard 10.6.4 to either the latest at the time MacBook Pro 17", or iMac.
However, I have both a 'SuperDuper' all-files (non-sector) backup of my complete current OS X 10.6.4 partition system and an Acronis all-files (non-sector) backup of my current BOOTCAMP Win 7 64-bit partition system.
Naturally I could not bear to go through the long and painful timely procedure of spending days even weeks of rebuilding up my current dual-system and therefore would like to know the following:-
1. Could I restore my current dual backups (OS X and BOOTCAMP) onto either the then new MacBook Pro OR iMac?
2. If this is possible; would I then have to install necessary drivers from Snow Leopard/Windows 7 Update services or disks after restore in order to load drivers for the different CPU on the upgraded machine, i.e. my current MacBook pro being a core-duo and the newer machine likely to be an i7 or whatever is the latest at the time of upgrade and of course whichever devices are different on the upgraded MacBook Pro such as Graphics adapter, etc.
Advice appreciated, cheers.

Hi Diesel-X;
Instead of your plan I suggest you connect the two Macs together with a Firewire cable and boot your MBP in TDM by holding down the T key as you boot. Then boot your new iMac and use Setup Assistant to move your data and applications.
This will leave the new system on your iMac alone but only bring over the data and applications so that you do running into the problem of any system problems.
Allan

13" MBP Mid 09 Battery problems with snow leopard

Last night i decided to upgrade my wifes 09 macbook from the stock 160GB harddisk to an Intel 320 series HDD.
I had gotten the Snow Leopard upgrade when i bought the mac in 09, but never bothered to install it. (Leopard worked just fine for my wifes non sophistcated needs)
So I did a timemachine backup, swapped out the HDD for the SSD and installed 10.6
Prior to the update, the battery would hold a charge perfectly well, and charge like it should. As soon as i booted 10.6 I noticed the battery status said not charging and the indicator light on the charger wasnt on.
I reset the PRAM, then the SMC, did all my updates, and nothing changed. Still no charge.
So I reswapped out the HDD back in to the macbook, As soon as i booted it, it said calculating charge time, 20 seconds later, it was charging.
The battery in 10.5 and 10.6 report OK health, with 260 or so cycles. The battery problems are ONLY in 10.6.
HELP!

Try reinstalling Snow Leopard:
Reinstall OS X without erasing the drive
Do the following:
1. Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions
Boot from your Snow Leopard 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 Utilities menu. After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) 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.
If DU reports errors it cannot fix, then you will need Disk Warrior and/or Tech Tool Pro 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.
2. Reinstall Snow Leopard
If the drive is OK then quit DU and return to the installer. Proceed with reinstalling OS X. Note that the Snow Leopard installer will not erase your drive or disturb your files. After installing a fresh copy of OS X the installer will move your Home folder, third-party applications, support items, and network preferences into the newly installed system.

I have just upgraded to Snow Leopard and have lost my epson printer software. On Epson Aus. web page there is no upgrade of their software for my printer with Snow Leopard. Can i download a lesser operating system software for printer?

I have just upgraded to snow leopard and lost my epson printer software. I have checked Epson Aus web site for printer software but they haven't upgraded it for snow leopard. Am i able to download software for a lesser operating system then snow leopard or do i have to purchase a new printer? The model is stylus photo R310.

Have you tried the R300 or R320 software? Typically the software covers a broad spectrum of printers, often providinbg overlap to cover "relatives" of a series.
http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/support/supDetail.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=yes&oid= 47541&prodoid=47915738&infoType=Downloads&platform=Macintosh

The upgrade does not load. I have MAC snow leopard.

I've downloaded the latest update for Firefox, but it does not seem to load. I just upgraded to Snow Leopard also. When I go through the install for the upgrade it pauses at around 20 mgb and then rapidly goes through the rest, but does not have any confirmation that the install was successful. When I open up the browser it is still the same old version I was using, which says it is unprotected and I need to get the latest upgrade.

With the amount of information you've provided it's impossible to offer a potential solution. We can't see your computer so we need to know the details of your problem and setup, i.e.:
what version of iPhoto are you using?
what system version are you running?
do you have music with the slideshow? Are any purchased from iTune and are protected?
what is your workflow?
what fixes have you tried?
where is your library located?
did you apply any updates or upgrades just prior to the problem occurring?
are you running a "managed" or "referenced" library?
what type of Mac?
how much free space on your boot drive?
OT

Upgrading a 2007 mid 10.4.11 to snow leopard

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