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Upgrading Tiger to Snow Leopard: FYI

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ZachMatthews

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Mar 15, 2006
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Having read Mossberg's reports, and strictly out of curiosity, I decided to try to upgrade an older Tiger iMac to Snow Leopard using a new copy of Snow Leopard which came bundled with a brand new MacBook Pro.

(Incidentally, I have no desire to commit piracy; I have purchased a family pack of Snow Leopard to Tiger upgrades for $199 off Amazon.com to upgrade all my other computers; I just wanted to try this first to see if stories are true).

After inserting the Snow Leopard (bundled) disk, the expected dialog popped up telling me that I could, indeed, upgrade Tiger. The computer rebooted and apparently began the installation process. Surprisingly, after about 10 minutes, the install quit and a message popped up saying "OS X Cannot Be Installed On This Computer."

So, I guess my question is, do you all think that Mossberg and company's having let the cat out of the bag caused Apple to go back in and install some kind of Tiger detection process? This bundled disk arrived less than a week after the first reports that Snow Leopard was able to upgrade Tiger. Or is there some difference between a bundled copy of Snow Leopard and an "upgrade" disk that I'm not aware of?

Anyway, interesting.
 
Bundled disks are restricted to the machine they ship with, It does work, just not how you tried it.
 
you might be running a PPC iMac. If so, you can't run it on a PPC iMac. Snow Leopard will only run on intel macs.
 
I doubt they could make a change that fast.
Maybe there was a different option to install that you could have chosen?
 
bryantm3 said:
you might be running a PPC iMac. If so, you can't run it on a PPC iMac. Snow Leopard will only run on intel macs.
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OceanView said:
I doubt they could make a change that fast.
Maybe there was a different option to install that you could have chosen?
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No, he said he tried to install from the bundled disk from another machine. You cannot install Snow Leopard that way. If you bought a retail disk it would work. The bundled disks have always had a check to ensure that the OS would only be reinstalled on the machine it shipped with.
 
Ok, well that explains it. I just wondered if we were seeing the first signs of Apple having to go the way of Microsoft due to all the pirates.

Thanks.
 
that disc is just for macbook pros of that model, thats why. go get a retail disc
 
Side note to the original poster: Don't bother upgrading (whether it is a 29 dollar upgrade disk or not) just do a clean install. Upgrades of this proportion always get too messy.
 
Markov said:
Side note to the original poster: Don't bother upgrading (whether it is a 29 dollar upgrade disk or not) just do a clean install. Upgrades of this proportion always get too messy.
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I agree. A lot of times there are third party extensions, startup items and other supporting files that may not be compatible with the update. Doing a clean install forces you to re-install those applications and usually, there's a newer version of them that *is* compatible with Snow Leopard so that you don't hose your system. Also, by having to reinstall them, you can check to see if it's Snow Leopard compatible before you install it. This gives you the cleanest system possible.

Plus, it gives you a chance to get rid of a lot of garbage that tends to build up over time in various system folders and stuff.
 
Markov said:
Side note to the original poster: Don't bother upgrading (whether it is a 29 dollar upgrade disk or not) just do a clean install. Upgrades of this proportion always get too messy.
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For my 2 pence. I did an upgrade. And it went fine. Close to perfect. But then, bugs are to be expected. ;)

I really don't understand how some people's SL installs become so wierd.

But at the end of the day. Its your Mac. :apple:
 
Upgrade does not work on Tiger macbook pro

I bought Snow Leopard upgrade today. I own a Macbook pro with intel core 2 duo 2.33ghz 2gb ram. I tried doing the upgrade from Tiger and it doesn't work. Installation will get stuck during boot with gear spinning. I've tried different steps from pressing C key and option key. It will not work from Tiger to Snow Leopard upgrade, will need to get the Box Set.
 
neocoyote said:
I bought Snow Leopard upgrade today. I own a Macbook pro with intel core 2 duo 2.33ghz 2gb ram. I tried doing the upgrade from Tiger and it doesn't work. Installation will get stuck during boot with gear spinning. I've tried different steps from pressing C key and option key. It will not work from Tiger to Snow Leopard upgrade, will need to get the Box Set.
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I bet your disc is fried. Tiger to Snow Leopard works fine.
 
neocoyote said:
I bought Snow Leopard upgrade today. I own a Macbook pro with intel core 2 duo 2.33ghz 2gb ram. I tried doing the upgrade from Tiger and it doesn't work. Installation will get stuck during boot with gear spinning. I've tried different steps from pressing C key and option key. It will not work from Tiger to Snow Leopard upgrade, will need to get the Box Set.
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Um, weren't you suppose to get the box set? Correct me if I'm wrong, but the standalone Snow Leopard disc does not work with Tiger and that is why the box set is available? Unless I'm reading the website wrong...

(I think you could only use the standalone if you're doing a clean install, not an upgrade. Still to this day, I don't even know how the installations work. Is the standalone really an upgrade disc or just RETAIL? Apple didn't really do a good job other than say, you can upgrade Leopard for $35)
 
This Disc requires 10.5...

My girlfriend recently got a new Macbook Pro, so yester day I installed SL on her computer from the 9.95 dollars upgrade disc...

Now, trying to install on my intel-tiger mbp I get the message "requires 10.5 to install"...

Is there any workaround for this ???
 
ZballZ said:
My girlfriend recently got a new Macbook Pro, so yester day I installed SL on her computer from the 9.95 dollars upgrade disc...

Now, trying to install on my intel-tiger mbp I get the message "requires 10.5 to install"...

Is there any workaround for this ???
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Probably not, I suppose the 9.95 disks are truly "upgrade" disks and not ones that anchor the entire operating system. Try buying the 29.99 Snow Leopard disk, apparently they have the entire operating system. And for the benefit of those who will be offended by my previous sentence (effectively cheating apple out of money) it is illegal to buy the 29.99 disk without installing Leopard first blahh blahh blah blah blahhh.
 
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