OS X :: Use A Disc That Came With A Mac To Put On Another Mac?
Jan 21, 2010
I've been reading some things, about people saying that a copy of Mac OS X that came with a Mac, will not work on another Mac. Then I've also heard that people have been saying it doesn't have the right drivers. So a few months ago I've managed to make a Hackintosh, and that didn't have the right drivers either so I managed to get all the drivers except Wi-Fi and HPWebcam drivers. Now drivers are called drivers on a PC, but on a Mac sometimes people called them kexts. (Kernel Extensions). So if a copy of Mac OS X ran on a PC, which it didn't have the right drivers for, then shouldn't a copy of Mac OS X that came with a Mac work on another Mac? Because I can just hunt down the required kexts...right?
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May 12, 2012
In trying to repair my hard drive, which disc utility said was corrupt, it stopped repairing it because it could not unmount the disc?I booted my macbook pro from my backup hard drive.
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macbook pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
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Oct 13, 2009
Please take pity on a confused newbie. I'm running 10.4.11 (Tiger) on a 2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 13" Macbook with 1GB ram. My school requires me to run Bootcamp to take my exams. They told us that we need 10.5 minimum OS and must have our 'original system discs'. The installation dics that I have are for Tiger. If I buy an upgrade disc to Leopard/SL, will that contain the windows drivers I need to install after I install bootcamp? Or do I need to buy a full installation disc of Snow Leopard (since I think you can't buy the Leopard full installation anymore)? Another issue someone mentioned is that both Leopard & SL require 1BG ram minimum, which is what I have. I'm worried the os will run very slow, but I don't really have the money to buy new ram and get it install (and don't want to crack the fragile top case) now that I have to buy the new software too.
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Jun 1, 2010
I have recently tried to run Onyx which has identified a problem which requires me to run disc utilities from the start up disc. The Snow leopard disc I have only appears to offer Install option.
Q1 Have I missed something?
Q2 Otherwise should I try to run Disc Utilities from an earlier version of OSX
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Well, my question is very simple: I have a MBA and this other laptop from work, a crappy HP which is old as hell. I'm planning to use Remote Disc to reinstall my Leopard, since the upgrade to 10.5.3 really screwed things here, and I can't figure out why. Point is: instead of running all Leopard installation thru Remote Disc, I would prefer to share Leopard disc 1 over Remote Disc and restore it to a partition on my external HD, making a clone of it, which would install *much* faster. Has anyone tried anything like this? There's any Windows program which allows me to rip a Mac DVD to a Mac partition?
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iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2011), Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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Dec 9, 2009
For some reason my opitcal drive wont let me insert any disc. theres nothing in it cause when i tried to put a disc in it wouldnt hit anything!? i have no idea. If it helps i have a macbook, i bought in early 2009, Mac OSX 10.5.8!
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Apr 28, 2009
I am trying to burn a DVD of files I want to back up from my computer, and it gives me this error when I try to burn a DVD from the folder that my files are in. Finder gives no mention that there is a DVD in the DVD-drive, but it does pop-up with a message recognizing that a DVD was inserted initially. My drive has been working fine in the past, so this is something that has just recently happened to my computer. Does anyone have any ideas about this? My computer specifications are in my signature below and I'm running leopard 10.5.6.
The specific error message that I get is this "the disc could not be used because the disc drive is not supported." I did a google of this, but the results turned up stuff relating to 10.3 and 10.4, neither of which being relevant to my situation
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I am working on a Mac book Pro and I have been getting a message that my disc drive is full. How do I clear some space? I'm running OS X v 10.9.5
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Jun 2, 2012
after verifying disc permissions is it necessary to "repair" disc permissions?
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iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2011), Mac OS X (10.6.8)
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Oct 3, 2010
Onyx tells me to use disc utility to repair my hard drive.
To do this, I need first to start up from the install disc (CD).
It's been so long since I've had to do this that I've forgotten--
I go to System Preferences and choose the CD as startup disc, but then it wants to re-install the OS-- not what I want!
I seem to remember I need to hold down some key or other while it's starting up-- but which?
I promise to write down the answer so I won't have to ask again
Ch.S. PS- iMac 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, i GB 800 MHz DDR2 SDRAM, OS X 10.5.8
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Apr 10, 2009
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iMac (21.5-inch Late 2009), Mac OS X (10.6.8)
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Feb 25, 2010
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