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richard-apples

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Jul 24, 2014
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I got some 10.5 disks advertised as Full Retail and having black disk with silver cross.

Disks arrived, in a black hologram box.

One disk is black with silver X marked 10.5.6 but the other two are grey install disks for macbook.

One of the grey disks is marked Mac OS X install disk 1. Version 10.4.6
The other is marked Install disk 2. Version 1.0

Have I been duped?

I was hoping to install this on an iMac G4 17" 1.25ghz flowerpot.
 

maflynn

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May 3, 2009
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Gray disks are keyed to a specific Mac, so if they don't match up, you'll not be able to use them. If the seller advertised them as retail, then you were duped.
 

richard-apples

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Jul 24, 2014
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Looking at other 10.5 disks on ebay, I see that most are just one DVD with 10.5 on, so maybe I am ok, the seller has just put some 'other' mac disks in the box for some reason...

Anyway, could anyone who actually has bought 10.5 confirm that all I need is the one DVD disk?
 

richard-apples

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Jul 24, 2014
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If you have the dark colored one with 10.5, then that is all you need.


OK, I DO have the black disk with the big X on marked install DVD 10.5.6

So I can ignore the other two grey disks...?

Correct?

Nothing to stop me from installing on an iMac G4 1.25ghz with a blank HDD in?


(Sorry to ask again, there are a few conflicting answers above :eek: )
 

SandboxGeneral

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OK, I DO have the black disk with the big X on marked install DVD 10.5.6

So I can ignore the other two grey disks...?

Correct?

Nothing to stop me from installing on an iMac G4 1.25ghz with a blank HDD in?


(Sorry to ask again, there are a few conflicting answers above :eek: )

Right, the black disc is the proper one. The gray disc's are for specific Mac models, and not necessarily the one you have.
 

richard-apples

macrumors newbie
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Jul 24, 2014
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Install is going ok! Just downloading updates.

:):):)

I got worried when I got the disks in the post this morning...
 
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