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Q: need printer setup utility for OS. 10.3.7.

Mac mini from '05 or '06. Os 10.3.7 installed Tiger. several utilities won't work. printer setup ut and About this Mac. (wont show details) etc. There isno software update. Nothing shows. How can I update this mac?

Mac mini, Mac OS X (10.3.x), still need to use Classic

Posted on Jul 7, 2012 9:26 PM

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Q: need printer setup utility for OS. 10.3.7.

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  • by BDAqua,

    BDAqua BDAqua Jul 7, 2012 10:22 PM in response to skycraft
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    Jul 7, 2012 10:22 PM in response to skycraft

    Hello, so you have a 10.4 Install disc that worked?

     

    Could be many things, we should start with this...

     

    "Try Disk Utility

     

    1. Insert the Mac OS X Install disc, then restart the computer while holding the C key.

    2. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, choose Disk Utility from the Installer menu at the top of the screen. (In Mac OS X 10.4 or later, you must select your language first.)

    Important: Do not click Continue in the first screen of the Installer. If you do, you must restart from the disc again to access Disk Utility.

    3. Click the First Aid tab.

    4. Select your Mac OS X volume.

    5. Click Repair. Disk Utility checks and repairs the disk."

     

    http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214

     

    Then try a Safe Boot, (holding Shift key down at bootup), run Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities, then highlight your drive, click on Repair Permissions, reboot when it completes.

     

    (Safe boot may stay on the gray radian for a long time, let it go, it's trying to repair the Hard Drive.)