Please post 10.5.6 build # for ALUMINUM MacBooks

ThomasJL

macrumors 68020

Original poster

• Dec 15, 2008

• #1

If you have an ALUMINUM MacBook and you updated to 10.5.6 with Software Update (NOT the Combo Update), then please post the build number here.

The more replies, the better.

Also, please specify if you have 2.0 or 2.4. Thanks for your help. 🙂

 

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youssefm

macrumors 6502

• Dec 15, 2008

• #2

2.0ghz macbook, build 9G55

 

mcdj

macrumors G3

• Dec 15, 2008

• #3

A. Where do you find the build number?
B. Why does it matter?

 

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youssefm

macrumors 6502

• Dec 15, 2008

• #4

mcdj said:

A. Where do you find the build number?
B. Why does it matter?

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A. in the apple menu go to about this mac, and where it says version 10.5.6 click it until it says build

B. IDK

 

ThomasJL

macrumors 68020

Original poster

• Dec 15, 2008

• #5

mcdj said:

A. Where do you find the build number?
B. Why does it matter?

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It matters because I have a plastic white MacBook 2.2, and am considering buying an aluminum MacBook, and I simply want to pop in my old hard drive and start using it right away without reinstalling anything. This was not possible when the aluminum MacBooks were first released, because they had a special build number of 10.5.5 that existed only on aluminum MacBooks. That special build contained drivers not available on other Intel MacBook builds of 10.5.5, so a simple hard drive swap was not possible.

 

mcdj

macrumors G3

• Dec 15, 2008

• #6

9G55
2.4

good deed for the day, done!

 

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qwikrex

macrumors member

• Dec 15, 2008

• #7

Same here. 9G55 on my Alu Macbook 2.0.

 

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SBG

macrumors newbie

• Dec 15, 2008

• #8

2.0ghz macbook, build 9G55

 

bozz2006

macrumors 68030

• Dec 15, 2008

• #9

my 2.0 ghz aluminum macbook and my 2.66 ghz mac pro are both 9G55

 

VSMacOne

macrumors 603

• Dec 15, 2008

• #10

2.4 same thing as everybody else.

 

sjc83

macrumors 6502

• Dec 15, 2008

• #11

SBG said:

2.0ghz macbook, build 9G55

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what he said.

 

richard.mac

macrumors 603

• Dec 15, 2008

• #12

ThomasJL said:

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everyone is going to have the same build number 🙄 even the non new MacBooks

 

marmiteturkey

macrumors 65816

• Dec 16, 2008

• #13

No surprise, me too - 2.4 9g55

 

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macsolu

macrumors newbie

• Dec 27, 2008

• #14

Next question (related) is...

If you have 10.5.5 on a DESKTOP Mac (Intel or PPC) and use the Combo 10.5.6 updater to move it to Build 9G55, will this OS then boot a current-release Aluminum MacBook / MacBook Pro?

In other words, do we again have a Universal Boot OS?

 

ThomasJL

macrumors 68020

Original poster

• Jan 7, 2009

• #15

macsolu said:

Next question (related) is...

If you have 10.5.5 on a DESKTOP Mac (Intel or PPC) and use the Combo 10.5.6 updater to move it to Build 9G55, will this OS then boot a current-release Aluminum MacBook / MacBook Pro?

In other words, do we again have a Universal Boot OS?

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Just out of curiosity, does anyone know the answer to this question?

 

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macsolu

macrumors newbie

• Jan 7, 2009

• #16

The answer is YES -- 10.5.6 moves us back to a Universal Boot OS.

 

nylon

macrumors 65816

• Feb 7, 2009

• #17

After installing 10.5.6 from the recently released 'Mac Box Set', the build number has now jumped to: 9G66

 

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andrewag

macrumors 6502

• Feb 7, 2009

• #18

macsolu said:

Next question (related) is...

If you have 10.5.5 on a DESKTOP Mac (Intel or PPC) and use the Combo 10.5.6 updater to move it to Build 9G55, will this OS then boot a current-release Aluminum MacBook / MacBook Pro?

In other words, do we again have a Universal Boot OS?

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Of course it will.