Been having problems with my mac forever. Decided to upgrade from 10.3.9 to 10.5. hoping to solve some of the problems. I put in the disk and it tells me it will not start up from the dvd, please check to be sure the disk is in the drive. I'm running an old external dvd drive. help...
Back-up anything you want to keep from the hard drive! With the computer running,insert the OS disc in the CD/DVDROM drive. Shut down the computer and power-up while holding down the "c" key on the keyboard. This should tell the computer to boot from the CDROM drive. Hopefully the installer will open. Eventually it should give you the option of doing an upgrade or a clean install. A clean install will format the hard drive and you will lose all data on that drive (the reason for backing-up).
If your computer rejects the Mac OS X Installation DVD, it means that
there's a good chance that your Mac doesn't have an Apple internal DVD
drive or an Apple SuperDrive, you'll need Mac OS X 10.4 Install CDs.
If your mac is unable to read the CD or ejects it also, there's something wrong with your DVD\CD drive.
You might want to try loading the DVD on a second computer that is connected with a fire wire to the first computer.
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This is not a free upgrade but a paid one, you will want to hop onto eBay and find a full retail version of Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard (Black and purple box)
Apple recommends that if you wish to go from 10.4 to 10.6 then you should purchase the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Apple-MC581Z-A-Mac-10-6-3/dp/B002I0JKE2">10.6 Box Set</a>.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">System Requirements to run Snow Leopard:</span><br />
<ul>
<li>Mac computer with an Intel processor</li>
<li>1GB of memory</li>
<li>5GB of available disk space</li>
<li>DVD drive for installation</li></ul>
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Snow Leopard Installation Instructions:</span><br />
<ol>
<li>Just insert the DVD in the optical drive.</li>
<li>Restart your Mac while holding down the C key.</li>
<li>You will be guided through the installation procedure and be prompted at one point to choose which install option you want.</li>
<li>Once the Snow Leopard install is completed the Mac will restart itself.</li>
<li>You will probably be asked to register with Apple upon restart.</li>
<li>Enjoy Snow Leopard on your Mac!</li></ol>
<b>Q: Can I upgrade directly from Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger)?</b><br />
<br />
<i>A: Yes. Apple recommends purchasing the Mac Boxed Set for this
purpose, which will also update iLife (it is unknown at the time of this
writing whether older versions of iLife work with Snow Leopard) and
iWork. Also note that while it has been said that the $29 upgrade will
work with 10.4, it is not officially supported and may be in violation
of the licensing terms.</i><br />
<br />
<b>Q: What happened to the different install options? Can't I do an Archive & Install?</b><br />
<br />
<i>A: Apple has revamped the familiar installation options for Mac OS X.
You now have two choices, either a straight upgrade or a clean
install. Supposedly if you choose to do a straight upgrade, what
actually goes on behind the scenes is what was traditionally known as an
Archive & Install.</i><br />
<br />
<b>Q: Is there anything I can do to better prepare myself for the upgrade?</b><br />
<br />
<i>A: Yes. It is advisable to run a Verify/Repair Permissions and
Verify/Repair Disk in Disk Utility. You may also want to run the
maintenance tasks in <a href="http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/system_disk_utilities/onyx.html">Onyx</a>. And finally, it would be wise to get your applications up to date using a program like <a href="http://metaquark.de/appfresh/">AppFresh</a>.</i>
Hi Bobby You will need to get an OS X installation DVD. Try eBay.Don't go for anything lower than 10.4 (Tiger)10.5 (Leopard) and 10.6 (Snow Leopard) should run fine on this machine.Don't bother with 10.7 or 10.8
Apple recommends that if you wish to go from 10.4 to 10.6 then you should purchase the 10.6 Box Set.
System Requirements to run Snow Leopard:
Mac computer with an Intel processor
1GB of memory
5GB of available disk space
DVD drive for installation
Snow Leopard Installation Instructions:
Just insert the DVD in the optical drive.
Restart your Mac while holding down the C key.
You will be guided through the installation procedure and be prompted at one point to choose which install option you want.
Once the Snow Leopard install is completed the Mac will restart itself.
You will probably be asked to register with Apple upon restart.
Enjoy Snow Leopard on your Mac!
Q: Can I upgrade directly from Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger)?
A: Yes. Apple recommends purchasing the Mac Boxed Set for this
purpose, which will also update iLife (it is unknown at the time of this
writing whether older versions of iLife work with Snow Leopard) and
iWork. Also note that while it has been said that the $29 upgrade will
work with 10.4, it is not officially supported and may be in violation
of the licensing terms.
Q: What happened to the different install options? Can't I do an Archive & Install?
A: Apple has revamped the familiar installation options for Mac OS X.
You now have two choices, either a straight upgrade or a clean
install. Supposedly if you choose to do a straight upgrade, what
actually goes on behind the scenes is what was traditionally known as an
Archive & Install.
Q: Is there anything I can do to better prepare myself for the upgrade?
A: Yes. It is advisable to run a Verify/Repair Permissions and
Verify/Repair Disk in Disk Utility. You may also want to run the
maintenance tasks in Onyx. And finally, it would be wise to get your applications up to date using a program like AppFresh.
First, remove the Mail icon from the dock. Open up your Applications folder, find the Mail app, drag this into the dock (this automatically puts a link from the dock to the app) and try launching that. 9 times out of 10 this is all thats needed to fix this fairly common problem. Good luck
Were you updating to Leopard from Tiger using an upgrade install? This was a common issue caused by APE (Application Performance Enhancer) a third party plugin for Mac OS X. The solution around it is to do an archive and install which will remove APE while retaining all of your data and programs. The only things reset are system configurations (Wifi passwords etc.).
Good luck
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