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Help locating a copy of osx on my computer

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jordanfours

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Nov 4, 2010
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Ok, so my computer would not boot past the start up gray screen, so I resorted to booting from the os x disc. I had snow leopard at first, but now downgraded to the one before it because those are the only discs I have. It worked and the older version is running perfectly, it's just that it's all the default settings, all the stuff I had downloaded are in .dmg format, and some can't be found at all (photoshop, illustrator, starcraft, etc.)

I think I have 2 copies of os x downloaded on my computer, but how would I access the first one? should I try to boot up with the disc in it again? btw, I don't have the snow leopard discs anymore... thanks for any help.
 
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jordanfours said:
i have no problem doing that, it's just snow leopard wouldn't boot before, so would it if i put the disc in?
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It should, unless you don't have an Intel Mac (any Mac released since 2006).

Insert the DVD, hold down "C" and wait a while until the Installer finishes booting. It shouldn't take longer than five minutes until you come to the "Language selection screen".
 
spinnerlys said:
It should, unless you don't have an Intel Mac (any Mac released since 2006).

Insert the DVD, hold down "C" and wait a while until the Installer finishes booting. It shouldn't take longer than five minutes until you come to the "Language selection screen".
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Sounds good, i'll be at the apple store tomorrow. Thanks.
 
I bought snow leopard, downloaded it, and my old copy of osx isn't there. Just about all the files are there (not stuff i downloaded from disc, though), but the settings are all default. Sadly, I didn't have any time machine back-ups to load from... is there a way to get all my settings and programs back without manually doing it all?

EDIT: I found it all in a "Previous System" folder... but I don't want to have to access all my stuff through this folder. Can I just boot from the previous system and scrap the current one?
 
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