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iPhone 5 and OS X 10.5.8?

I have a bit of a problem with the iPhone 5 and Mac OS X 10.5.8. What happened was today, I bought my new iPhone from a Verizon store. I came home to find that iTunes needed an update to work with the iPhone 5. So I was about to update when I found out that iTunes 10.7 is not supported by my 10.5.8 MacBook Pro. I have a lot of music in iTunes I want on this phone. I can't upgrade to a higher version of OS X, because Snow Leopard discs are only sold be special order from Apple. I don't have the time to wait for a Snow Leopard disc, but I need to use this iPhone now. Any suggestions?

iPhone 5, Mac OS X (10.5.8)

Posted on Sep 23, 2012 9:24 PM

22 replies

sberman

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May 12, 2013 1:15 PM in response to spraine

First of all, you have a major problem because OS X 10.5.8, which is about three years old now, cannot support the latest iTunes which will be needed to sync your new iPhone (which presumably has iOS 6).

Putting that aside, answering "How do I sync Address Book, iCal ...?" will depend on what types of accounts you use to house these. But regardless, as I say, you cannot sync anything using iTunes on an OS X 10.5.8 machine.

randers4

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May 12, 2013 1:37 PM in response to sberman

Actually, you can sync a 4S running iOS 6 using iTunes 10.6.3, which can be installed on a Mac running OS X 10.5.8. You can't sync an iPhone 5, however, which requires iTunes 10.7 or higher, which in turn requires OS X 10.6.8 or higher.

sberman

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May 12, 2013 1:46 PM in response to randers4

Ah, I see. I didn't know that because I have an iPhone 5, and thought its iTunes requirements for iOS 6 would apply to all devices.

There's a lot to learn out here on the forums! Thanks.

randers4

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May 12, 2013 1:47 PM in response to sberman

It is difficult to keep all this straight! 🙂

luf85

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Apr 6, 2014 5:59 AM in response to randers4

I have OS 10.6.8 on my mac if I upgrade iTunes to 10.6.3 it'll work when I plug it? I have a 4s.

Nov 2, 2015 2:44 PM in response to tysonhemelstrand

All of the advice regarding this problem revolves around upgrading to Lion. I have an iMac 2GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM running 10.5.8. I have kept this computer in an older OS because I want to be able to run Adobe GoLive and Adobe Freehand. Both of these need Rosetta to run on this Mac. If I understand correctly, Rosetta does not run on the last few OS Xs.

Is this true?

MlchaelLAX

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Nov 4, 2015 12:18 PM in response to Keith Thirgood

Keith Thirgood wrote:

All of the advice regarding this problem revolves around upgrading to Lion. I have an iMac 2GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM running 10.5.8. I have kept this computer in an older OS because I want to be able to run Adobe GoLive and Adobe Freehand. Both of these need Rosetta to run on this Mac. If I understand correctly, Rosetta does not run on the last few OS Xs.

Is this true?

Generally speaking, asking a new question in an old dated thread will not get a broad audience for your question. That being said:

Apple stopped including Rosetta with the release of Lion, OS X 10.7 and thereafter. In order to run older PPC software that can not be updated to Intel, you must run it in Snow Leopard Server in virtualization.

Installing Snow Leopard Server into Parallels for DUMMIES:

http://forums.macrumors.com/threads/installing-snow-leopard-and-rosetta-into-par allels-7-in-lion.1365439/page-23#post-17285039

Freehand MX running in Snow Leopard Server in Parallels (be sure to use the Adobe updater for Freehand to run in Snow Leopard):

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iPhone 5 and OS X 10.5.8?