I am running Leopard on my Macbook which has an Intel 2 core duo chip.
I have been given to understand that I can upgrade to Snow Leopard and thereafter to Lion but when I insert the Snow Leopard disk it say "this cannot be installed on this machine".
Can anybody tell me where the problem lies?
regards Barry
macbook, Mac OS X (10.5.7)
If the disk is grey in color, it is machine-specific and cannot be used to install Snow Leopard on anything other than the exact same model computer.
Retail disks are black. If you need one they are only $29 from Apple: http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC573Z/A
Snow Leopard System Requirements
The disk I have is not machine specific and all the other parameters are OK. So I don't understand why I have a problem. It will not even allow me to make a 'clean' installation. It just say machine not suitable.
Barry
Did you purchase a Snow Leopard retail disk?
It is a backup disk of a stand-alone copy of S Leo.
Barry
So it is a backup copy of a Snow Leopard retail disk, correct?
Correct.
Just one note, John - Snow Leopard retail disc is white - black was Tiger and Leopard.
Calanuza; if your pirated copy doesn't work, you'll have to buy the retail disc.
Now now, you are allowed to make a backup copy per the terms of the Snow Leopard softare agreement. So it is possible that they made a copy and lost the origional. Right? 😕
You know what, lets just get to the bottom of this to save us all a headache. Where did you get this "backup copy"? Did someone give it to you? Or, if it is pirated (and I am not suggesting it is) just let us know so we aren't jumping through hoops.
OK! OK!
Before you get into an argument I will explain. I have two homes one In Spain and the other in the UK.
I am in the UK now, my original is in Spain. I want to use my copy to update my laptop here in the UK.
Is there anything wrong with that?
Barry
Unfortunately, that is not allowed, unless you purchased the family pack retail disk.
2. Permitted License Uses and Restrictions.
A. Single Use License. Subject to the terms and conditions of this License, unless you have purchased a Family Pack or Upgrade license for the Apple Software, you are granted a limited non-exclusive license to install, use and run one (1) copy of the Apple Software on a single Apple-branded computer at a time. You agree not to install, use or run the Apple Software on any non-Apple-branded computer, or to enable others to do so. This License does not allow the Apple Software to exist on more than one computer at a time, and you may not make the Apple Software available over a network where it could be used by multiple computers at the same time.
Thank you! I'll be sure to remember that.
Installation upgrade
