I am trying to install snow leopard to my Macbook Pro. However, when I run the disc, it gives me an error message. "The application "Install Mac OS X" cannot be used from this volume." I have tried partioning, but it does not allow me to change anything. I read the instructions it came with and offers no help. Can someone let me know how I can install the program? Thanks
Mac Pro
It sounds like your hard drive it not formatted correctly for the installer.
It must be formatted as Mac OS extended (Journaled) and a partition map of GUID
Remember a reformat wipes all the data off of the drive so backup first
Allan
I'm a bit of a dope with that stuff. How do I format it? Thanks for the reply.
Didn't work. Will not let me choose any options. It's all greyed out as though it's read only.
Where'd this DVD disk come from? In general, there are three sorts of Snow Leopard disks around. The (black) Apple Snow Leopard retail disks (currently US$20) and these retail disks can be used on any Mac, there are the Apple system-specific (grey) Snow Leopard disks that are tied to a particular Mac, and then there are the home-created DVD installer disks, and that are anybody's guess as to what they contain.
10.5.8 to snow leopard
