katiemazoo

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Q: updating a macbook from mac os x 10.4.11 to higher without cd drive

i have a black macbook, which currently has mac os x 10.4.11

i would like to update the software to the newest possible, however my cd drive has broken and would cost more to fix than the value of the laptop.

Can anyone help me on this one?!!!

MacBook, Mac OS X (10.4.11)

Posted on Dec 2, 2012 4:25 AM

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by mende1,

mende1 Dec 2, 2012 4:28 AM in response to katiemazoo
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Dec 2, 2012 4:28 AM in response to katiemazoo

Welcome to the Apple Support Communities

Buy Snow Leopard > http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC573/mac-os-x-106-snow-leopard If you have another PC or Mac, see > http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2129
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by dalstott,

dalstott Dec 2, 2012 11:05 AM in response to katiemazoo
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Dec 2, 2012 11:05 AM in response to katiemazoo

Snow Leopard comes on a DVD so you can't install it as long as you have no working. optical drive.
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by steve359,

steve359 Dec 2, 2012 11:10 AM in response to katiemazoo
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Dec 2, 2012 11:10 AM in response to katiemazoo

Some internet sites report having "downloadable" copies of SL.

This is NOT legal, as SL DVDs are either single-use or 5-user-disks. The fakes are single-use copies that have had the protections hacked. Many even add "surprises" that report your activity back to the supplier of the digital copy.

We cannot stop you, but "enter at your own risk". Also, this forum cannot help with any copy obtained this way.
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