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Archive and install to upgrade to iLife 09

colourclassic

colourclassic

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Hi,

I recently sold my 2009 Macbook due to a cracked screen, but kept the 10.5.6 installer discs. (HDD was zeroed out and I did not install OS X)

My 2007 Mac Mini is currently running 10.5.7 and iLife 08, and I would like to perform an archive and install using the Macbook discs on my Mac Mini, in the hope that I would be upgraded to iLife 09. Would this work or would I need to perform and complete erase and install to get iLife 09? I do not want to lose any data (although I have backed up).

Cheers 😎
 
colourclassic said:
Hi,

I recently sold my 2009 Macbook due to a cracked screen, but kept the 10.5.6 installer discs. (HDD was zeroed out and I did not install OS X)

My 2007 Mac Mini is currently running 10.5.7 and iLife 08, and I would like to perform an archive and install using the Macbook discs on my Mac Mini, in the hope that I would be upgraded to iLife 09. Would this work or would I need to perform and complete erase and install to get iLife 09? I do not want to lose any data (although I have backed up).

Cheers 😎
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MacBook discs will only work in the MacBook anyway. The discs bundled with new Macs are designed solely for that model of computer - your Mac Mini will refuse to install off of it in the first place; you won't get to the point where it asks to archive or erase, so there's no need to worry about it 😛
Of you want iLife '09 on it, you'll just have to buy retail discs.
 
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