Wont install leopard, at all.

I've been sent a backup copy of my family's licenced version of OSX 10.5, my brother won't send me the original due to the Post Office strikes, and awful loss variants of mail, and it is a .dmg file, i put the DL DVD in the drive, and it prompts to install, it then prompts a reboot, and then doesn't do much all else.
It's driving me insane, do i need the original DVD.

I'm not sure how the license agreement of the family license really pertains to "household", and if it can incorporate distinct address households as one. As such, I suggest purchasing your own license for Leopard to remain within the law and be certain that you are. Call Apple and ask how limiting the "household" terminology is. If they do say you can have it installed in two remote locations, my FAQ* here should help you complete the transfer from DMG to a second DVD for yourself if the original DMG was made properly:
http://www.macmaps.com/clonedu.html
Since this is a user to user forum, and we aren't allowed to second guess Apple's policy or do things which are illegal I will not recommend doing my steps above, unless you can get official authorization from Apple it is OK to do so.
- * Links to my pages may give me compensation.

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Hey maryncomiskey,
Thanks for the question. I understand you are experiencing issues with the latest iTunes update. The following resource may help to resolve your issue:
Issues installing iTunes or QuickTime for Windows
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1926
Additional Information:
How to restart the Apple Mobile Device Service (AMDS) on Windows
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1567
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Just Installed Leopard and all my files are GONE!

Yesterday I installed Leopard and now all of my files are gone. I don't remember being asked how I wanted to install it...but on www.apple.com/support, it said that there were options like "Erase and Install." I don't remember choosing that, but if I had, is there any way to restore my files or does it do a zero erase of the hard drive? I don't have anything backed up, so thus far, I have lost 3 term papers that I was in the middle of and don't have anywhere else... Can anyone help?

Even with minor OS patches and updates, I don't rely on "just do it" but verify and repair, backup, and only then apply updates (and lately, waiting a week first).
Stop using that disk.
See if Data Rescue II demo can see anything or not (you should install 10.4.10 on another disk drive and work from there, guess you are now?)
Pre-existing errors that you weren't away of? If anything I've thought for a long time that installers should:
warn about and offer to backup
set a restore point in some manner
verify and repair the boot drive
( and this would be done in Single User Mode behind the back )
updates should be written to disk, but applied on restart, again in Single user mode
No weekly or monthly backup routine or schedule? no DVDs with your photos and papers? not in 3 yrs!!! kind of hard to understand you never heard of backups, or burned a DVD of documents for "safe keeping."

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i had gotten the computer used amd im locked out of it because i dont have the password.
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How is the Hard Drive Formatted ?
Leopard will not install on some formats
I see nothing on this page that indicates any model needs a Firmware Update first.
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Got a macbook and a intel imac. Both systems use airport extreme for wireless internet and printing. I need to upgrade to leopard to use iLife09. Is it important that I upgrade BOTH computers? Need to know if I buy the family pack or not. Thanks.

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If you want to use iLife 09 on both models and it won't run on anything other than Leopard then it's important for that reason. If you don't want to use iLife 09 on one or the other it's not important.
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My Power Mac G5 Wont Install OS X 10.5 Leopard

Hey Guys,
I have a Power Mac G5 that wont install leopard. When I put in the Leopard disk, it boots the install, then says OS X 10.5 can not be installed on this machine.
I tried Leopard assist, but that told me it would not let me use it, becuse Leopard should be able to install on this machine.
Any ideas
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The retail Leopard install DVD looks like this:
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i have tryed on numerous occasions to install itunes and it sometimes installs but then i cant use it due to error code 2349, so i uninstall and try again and wont install it at all due to error code 2349 please help i really eant to use my ipod

Refer to this thread:
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Clarification: Installing Leopard on a non-blank & non-system disk

I'm running 10.3 on my G5. It's got a second disk with some data on it, on which I want to install Leopard. All of the data on the second disk is in one single directory, with a name that should not collide with the Leopard installation.
Will that directory still be there after installing Leopad on that disk? I can neither afford to lose that data nor to move it some place else.

Richard Segedi wrote:
Hi thodi,
You stated that you can't afford to lose that data. You are messing with the fates if you don't have it permanently backed up somewhere!
Hi Richard, that data on the drive is actually a backup of the data on my current (10.3) system disk No reason to worry. I am actually the guy who's responsible for data backup at work, I know a little about what I'm doing
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Thank you baltwo!
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So, after installing Leopard and all my applications on the Firewire HD, and after using the Migration Assistant to transfer my settings, I can erase my internal HD and transfer all the files to it and simply restart?
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Leopard wont install at all!

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Colin

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+"I partitioned the disk( GUID partition table) and installed leopard."+
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Hi im having huge problems trying to install flash for my mac 10.5 imac, iv gone through the internet and tried all of the solutions, everytime i try to install flash it says cant read the download file, or it just wont install, anybody plz help!

hi im having huge problems trying to install flash for my mac 10.5 imac, iv gone through the internet and tried all of the solutions, everytime i try to install flash it says cant read the download file, or it just wont install, anybody plz help!
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It would have been a great help to know precisely what Mac you have, so some of the following may not apply:
You can check here: http://www.adobe.com/products/flash/about/ to see which version you should install for your Mac and OS. Note that version 10,1,102,64 is the last version available to PPC Mac users*. The latest version,10.3.183.23 or later, is for Intel Macs only running Tiger or Leopard, as Adobe no longer support the PPC platform. Version 11.4.402.265 or later is for Snow Leopard onwards.
(If you are running Mavericks: After years of fighting malware and exploits facilitated through Adobe's Flash Player, the company is taking advantage of Apple's new App Sandbox feature to restrict malicious code from running outside of Safari in OS X Mavericks.)
* Unhelpfully, if you want the last version for PPC (G4 or G5) Macs, you need to go here: http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/142/tn_14266.html and scroll down to 'Archived Versions/Older Archives'. Flash Player 10.1.102.64 is the one you download. More information here: http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/838/cpsid_83808.html
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After installing, reboot your Mac and relaunch Safari, then in Safari Preferences/Security enable ‘Allow Plugins’. If you are running 10.6.8 or later:
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Just done a fresh install of Snow Leopard with all updates,iMac 5.1 behaves strange, sometimes I start Google Chrome and look at youtube videos the computer freezes and shuts down immediately, I believe its related to overheating ?

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1.5-3 minute boot up as opposed to 15-20 seconds
And
why it takes a long time to load a lot of things.
I have restored this
from a time machine partition.
TimeMachine is only a backup and restore, it won't fix issues in software and according to your information, doesn't even optimize the restore for best performance on boot hard drives.
What you need to do to regain your speed is to understand how your machine works
Why is my computer slow?
Fix any and all issues in software following this list of fixes
..Step by Step to fix your Mac
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XP instructions in the following document: How to perform disk error checking in Windows XP
Vista instructions in the following document: Check your hard disk for errors
Windows 7 instructions in the following document: How to use CHKDSK (Check Disk)
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Latest Software of iOS 7.0.3 Wont install even when I have deleted all applications.I don't want to buy more memory

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http://www.macworld.com/article/2010061/hands-on-with-ios-6-installation.html
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