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white iphone 4 with osx 10.4.11??
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That's half-correct. You're going to need at least Leopard to sync your new iPhone.
If your computer is a PPC Mac, Leopard is the highest your computer will be able to support, IF it can even support Leopard.
Snow Leopard is Intel only.
If your computer is a PPC Mac, Leopard is the highest your computer will be able to support, IF it can even support Leopard.
Snow Leopard is Intel only.
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You're running a pre-Intel only version of OSX which the newer itunes requires. Time to sell it and upgrade to a modern machine if you want to use modern apple products.
Forgot to add IF you have a PPC or core duo machine.
You're running a pre-Intel only version of OSX which the newer itunes requires. Time to sell it and upgrade to a modern machine if you want to use modern apple products.
Forgot to add IF you have a PPC or core duo machine.
Actually, if I recall correctly, with the $30 Snow Leopard upgrade disc, you can't directly upgrade from Tiger to Snow Leopard. You'll have to do a clean install of Snow Leopard.
A USB external drive should work just fine for backing your files up.
A USB external drive should work just fine for backing your files up.
No. My brother upgraded from 10.4.11 to 10.6.3 on his old 1,1 CD MacBook without any problems.
Ahh, my bad. I had thought that's why it was only $30 bucks was for those that had shelled out $100+ for Leopard.
Thanks for clearing that up for me.
I would still, however, recommend a clean install to Snow Leopard, as it seems the best way to guarantee a trouble free experience.
EDIT: After looking it up here on the forums, it looks like I was right. With the $30 upgrade disc, you need to do a clean install of OS X, you cannot directly upgrade from Tiger.
See thread:
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/890006/
Thanks for clearing that up for me.
I would still, however, recommend a clean install to Snow Leopard, as it seems the best way to guarantee a trouble free experience.
EDIT: After looking it up here on the forums, it looks like I was right. With the $30 upgrade disc, you need to do a clean install of OS X, you cannot directly upgrade from Tiger.
See thread:
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/890006/
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Well, I don't want this to sound rude, but would you rather have a phone or take a bit of time to set up your applications again? You may find you don't even need/want some of them anymore.
Plus, depending on what hardware is in your iMac, I'm sure you'll notice a decent performance improvement, as well as some awesome new features.
Like you said, you can also buy the box set for $100+ dollars and probably do a direct upgrade from that.
It's really not all that much work, back up your bookmarks, remember your passwords (which you should already) and back up your data. Simply copy it over after that.
Plus, depending on what hardware is in your iMac, I'm sure you'll notice a decent performance improvement, as well as some awesome new features.
Like you said, you can also buy the box set for $100+ dollars and probably do a direct upgrade from that.
It's really not all that much work, back up your bookmarks, remember your passwords (which you should already) and back up your data. Simply copy it over after that.
Actually I'd love to have Snow Leopard...but losing all my stuff is the reason I have put it off until now.I bought the Box Set last night to upgrade from Tiger. Still haven't set it up yet. I have about 100 apps and I do use all of them daily. Remember my passwords? There is like 100 of those too but 1password handles that...
With the Box Set, I believe you may be able to upgrade directly from Tiger, without doing a clean install. But like I said, I'd still suggest a clean install when doing a big OS jump like that. (I'd never, ever, jump from Windows XP to Windows 7 without a clean install.)
1password may even have some kind of "database" export that it would export your passwords for you and you could re-import said database back into 1password into your clean install. That's of course assuming you're required to do a clean install.
Regardless, best of luck with the update, and be sure to keep us posted!
1password may even have some kind of "database" export that it would export your passwords for you and you could re-import said database back into 1password into your clean install. That's of course assuming you're required to do a clean install.
Regardless, best of luck with the update, and be sure to keep us posted!
Whilst it's too late now to point now, you don't actually need the 'mac box set' to upgrade from tiger, but you would be cheating apple if you just go the snow leopard normal disc.
For a direct upgrade without a clean install, he would need the box set, no?
With the $30 upgrade disc, he would have to do a clean install. At least, this seems to be the general consensus, unless things have changed since the launch of 10.6.
With the $30 upgrade disc, he would have to do a clean install. At least, this seems to be the general consensus, unless things have changed since the launch of 10.6.
I didn't upgrade from Tiger to SnowLeopard, it was Leopard to SnowLeopard, and I know that I didn't need a clean install. Not really sure what it's like going from Tiger though...sorry bud.