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Good afternoon everyone. I have what I hope is a very simple question. I am the owner of two Mac notebooks. 1) A 2 year old Macbook Pro running OS X Tiger. 2) A new unibody Macbook running OS X Leopard. My question is can I use the OS X Leopard install disc provided with my new Macbook to upgrade my Macbook Pro to OS X Leopard? I have received multiple answers to this question so I am turning to the Geeks. Please help! Thanks! Dan
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Permalink Reply by Christopher on -
As far as I am aware you cant. I seem to remember Chris mentioning it in a video once. But I have never had to install OSX. Maybe someone else can be of more help. But as far as im aware you cant(legally anyway)
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Permalink Reply by Francis Bautista on -
I think with OS Installations, it's one disk (i mean, one license) per unit... HTH
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Permalink Reply by JS on -
Sorry, you can't. I've tried that, but with a Mac Mini and an early 2008 MB White.
It didn't work.
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Permalink Reply by IMPMAC on -
Thats right, I suggest you wait till snow leopard comes out and then you can upgrade both
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Permalink Reply by IMPMAC on
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haha, yeah. it will be better for him if he upgrades later along in the year
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Permalink Reply by Dan Driscoll on -
Thanks everyone. I appreciate the info. Snow Leopard here I come.
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Permalink Reply by Jeff on -
You can't only because your new MacBook doesn't have a Firewire port. Why Apple has decided to not include Firewire on the new MacBooks is beyond me.
If it had a Firewire port you could give this a try:
1) Powering on your MBP and holding down the "T" key until the Firewire icon starts floating around the screen.
2) Connect it to the Firewire port of Computer X which you want to install from.
3) Boot Computer X with the Leopard install discs. Computer X will recognize your MBP as an external Firewire hard drive.
4) Select your MPB as the install destination, and start the install process. After it completes Computer X will boot into the new installation on your MBP as if it were any other Firewire hard drive.
5) Properly shut down Computer X.
6) Then disconnect and shut down the MBP.
7) Power on the MBP and it should boot into the freshly installed Leopard system.
Using Computer X to install onto the MBP you are, in essence, tricking the installer into thinking it is installing onto the specially designated hardware. This is also a good trick for installing systems onto computers that don't have a dvd drive if you don't have an external dvd drive.
I have used this to install Leopard from my MBP install disks onto my G5 QUAD as the discs contained a Universal Installer. I have also used this technique with installing OS 10.2-10.5 on to other machines through the years. I have since purchased a legit copy of Leopard to install on all my machines.
AS THIS METHOD SHOULD WORK, IT IS AGAINST THE EULA OF YOUR COMPUTER TO INSTALL THE OS ONTO ANY COMPUTER OTHER THAN THE ONE IT WAS ORIGINALLY DESIGNATED FOR. THESE INSTRUCTIONS ARE FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES. IF YOU ATTEMPT TO FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS AND SOMETHING GOES WRONG IN ANY WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM I AM NOT TO BE HELD LIABLE. THANKS :D
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