Apple Store reinstalled OS

scraptag · Jan 28, 2013, 07:52 PM

So, my hard drive had a hiccup, and the Apple store genius reformatted my hard drive and reinstalled the OS. However, my computer came with Microsoft Office, and he didn't reinstall it. Is there a way to drag it over from my desktop, since I bought them both at the same time, and they had the same software? I don't have a disk to reinstall it.
btw, I bought the laptop and desktop in 2004, and upgraded to snow leopard a few years ago.
Any help would be appreciated.

simsaladimbamba · Jan 28, 2013, 07:59 PM

What MS Office version do you have on what Mac running what Mac OS X version? I just ask, because Macs released before 2006 cannot run Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, only Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard at the latest, thus I presume you have MS Office 2004.

You could try Migration Assistant on the Mac with the new OS install and migrate applications from that other Mac.

scraptag · Jan 28, 2013, 08:08 PM

y'know. I think I'm crazy. We bought them late in 2006, and it was right before the better os came out. I currently have 10.6.8 on my computers. I got the date wrong because I had Office 2004 for mac on them. Sorry...

simsaladimbamba · Jan 28, 2013, 08:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by scraptag

y'know. I think I'm crazy. We bought them late in 2006, and it was right before the better os came out. I currently have 10.6.8 on my computers. I got the date wrong because I had Office 2004 for mac on them. Sorry...

Okay, then you could still try to use Migration Assistant via an Ethernet connection between the two Macs.

Migration Assistant / Setup Assistant information:

Setting-up a new Mac from an old one, its Backups, or a PC
which includes:
Using Setup Assistant on Snow Leopard or Leopard

Using Setup Assistant on Lion

Using Migration Assistant on Snow Leopard or Leopard

Using Migration Assistant on Lion

Transferring files from one User Account to another

Transferring Home Folders not on a Startup volume

Transferring Applications

Problems after using Migration Assistant

more information: Apple OSX and Time Machine Tips

PS: Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard was released in 10/2007.

Jan 28, 2013, 07:52 PM	#1
scraptag macrumors newbie Join Date: Jan 2013	Apple Store reinstalled OS So, my hard drive had a hiccup, and the Apple store genius reformatted my hard drive and reinstalled the OS. However, my computer came with Microsoft Office, and he didn't reinstall it. Is there a way to drag it over from my desktop, since I bought them both at the same time, and they had the same software? I don't have a disk to reinstall it. btw, I bought the laptop and desktop in 2004, and upgraded to snow leopard a few years ago. Any help would be appreciated.
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Jan 28, 2013, 07:59 PM	#2
simsaladimbamba macrumors Core Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: in front of it	What MS Office version do you have on what Mac running what Mac OS X version? I just ask, because Macs released before 2006 cannot run Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, only Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard at the latest, thus I presume you have MS Office 2004. You could try Migration Assistant on the Mac with the new OS install and migrate applications from that other Mac. __________________ This is not
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scraptag Thread Starter macrumors newbie Join Date: Jan 2013	y'know. I think I'm crazy. We bought them late in 2006, and it was right before the better os came out. I currently have 10.6.8 on my computers. I got the date wrong because I had Office 2004 for mac on them. Sorry...
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