sebecam2000 Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 Hello, I have an Imac 24" alu with Leopard and I just bought a macbook pro with SL. I was wondering if I could install/upgrade my Imac with the DVD given with the macbook pro (specific for this model) but it says: "Mac os x 10.6 cannot be installed on this computer", even when I try a fresh new installation. Is there some kind of hardware check before installation? Is there a workaround or a patch for this? Thanks, Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/188603-install-sl-on-imac-with-the-dvd-from-a-new-macbook/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
coluwyvurne Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 The SL disks that came with your Macbook Pro work only for your macbook pro. It's $29-35 for a brand spanking new retail copy; or you can download and burn a dmg to a dual-layer DVD at the lowest speed, or restore the dmg to a usb drive and boot Option-boot from it to install. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/188603-install-sl-on-imac-with-the-dvd-from-a-new-macbook/#findComment-1282391 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sebecam2000 Posted September 29, 2009 Author Share Posted September 29, 2009 maybe there's already a topic about this subject but: Is there a way to install SL from scratch with the 29$ upgrade or do you absolutely need to install Leopard and then upgrade it to SL? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/188603-install-sl-on-imac-with-the-dvd-from-a-new-macbook/#findComment-1284092 Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex68 Posted October 7, 2009 Share Posted October 7, 2009 maybe there's already a topic about this subject but:Is there a way to install SL from scratch with the 29$ upgrade or do you absolutely need to install Leopard and then upgrade it to SL? I did a fresh install of snow leopard on my mac mini and it worked fine. You don't need to upgrade from your leopard osx. Also what I found was that my SL install plus software uses half of HDD space as compared to my leopard install with the same amount of software. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/188603-install-sl-on-imac-with-the-dvd-from-a-new-macbook/#findComment-1292063 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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