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• My inner smartdrive dvd player won't read DVDs more.  I have updated to Snow Leopard in Yosemite.

  I am currently using OS X Yosemite 10.10.5.  I bought in 2009 iMac with Snow Leopard and have to Lion then updated my current operating system.  The internal dvd player has worked with much fussing, (insert the disc - closing - turn after a wait - by pushing the drive when he jumped on reboot).  If I had the chance after a few hours, the video disc show up on my desk.  When this happened, I was opening the dvd player that was in the Finder and the disc would play. I also tried to open the dvd first player and then insert the disc.  That no longer works.  Yesterday, only it just stop working.  The reader still takes dvd and swirls and click as before but then ejects the dvd. Repeatedly stop and restart is no longer works.  I make sure that the dvd be clean before I use it and have tried many different DVDs without success.  I think it's a software issue.  Does anyone have an idea/instructions a nearly dead grandmother brain that can follow to update or redate back to original factory setting to help this poor Smartdrive not so smart?

  I have no TV, only my computer and phone at low prices.  I need to watch that my library borrowed from the dvd.

  Thank you.

  Try a cleaning CD/DVD

  You can also try to clean by:

  How to clean a Superdrive DVD using a credit card!

  I suspect the optical drive has failed. My 2009 Mac Mini could not shoot with same symptom 4 years ago.

  To confirm a drive failure, insert a Snow Leopard installation DVD and try to start with the C key.

  If this isn't the case, they drive could not be started.

  I would just get an external optical drive, one powered with an AC adapter. The Superdrive Apple USB does not work without a hack.

  This is the Office Mac Pro forum. I asked that your post moved to the forum of Intel iMac or another appropriate forum.

• How to uninstall El Capitan and replaces it with clone of Snow Leopard?

  I had a chance terrible execution El Capitan, including in connection with CS5. It takes (literally) 10 x more time to save a .tiff file in El Capitan, than that of Snow Leopard. I suspect much too many processes running in the background, which most is probably not necessary, but I don't know that for sure. Something is not.

  I have a clone perfect my Snow Leopard former plant and wonder if that can just be installed right on El Capitan, as when we do an update of the operating system, or do I have to erase the whole score first, then install clone?

  (I know, I'll then have browser problems, but...)

  FTR: Mac Pro (early 2009, 2.66 Ghz, single image), running OS 10.11.5

  Thank you very much

  Hi CFS88,

  Thanks for joining the communities Support from Apple. I see your message you need to restore your operating system Snow Leopard of El Capitan. I'm happy to help you!

  To install Snow Leopard on your system, you will need to use a snow leopard install DVD or disc of original installation if your Mac comes with Snow Leopard originally. Once you insert the disc, press and hold the C button it restarts and restart your Mac. This will allow you to boot from the installation disc. From there, you can use disk utility to wipe your drive and reinstall OS X. Once installation is complete, you can choose your preferred option to migrate your data to your Mac using the installation wizard.

  If you use Time Machine, you can restore from a backup Time Machine with installed thus 10.6:

  macOS Sierra: return to an earlier version of Mac OS

  See you soon!

• How can I update Snow Leopard 10.6.8 for Sierra

  System: Macbook Pro mid-2010 and Snow Leopard 10.6.8.

  How update for Sierra when El Capitan is no longer available in store

  and the message says that 10.7.5 is required when you try to download Sierra from App Store?

  Use this App Store link:

  https://iTunes.Apple.com/app/OS-x-El-Capitan/id1147835434?MT=12

  Notice at the top at the opening of the page it is specifically for Snow Leopard users who want to upgrade to Sierra. You must install this version of El Capitan first, then install Sierra.

• Installation 10.11.6 El Capitan with 10.6.8 Snow Leopard on old Mac Pro 4.2 multiboot?

  Looking for savvy here advice...  I have an old Mac Pro 4.2 (cheese grater) that runs Snow Leopard 10.6.8.  It is a wonderful workhorse machine, who served me tirelessly for many years.  It is obviously older and slower, but works very well.  I love 10.6.8.  If Apple ever updated the Mac Pro line (I know, probably not... sigh...), I'll buy one and replace this machine.  Until then, I keep doing this work.

  This machine is a beast, has been upgraded with internal hard drives 1 TB three (he also got a couple internal HDs inherited from 750 and 500 MB used for storage).  I have also several external 1-4 to, hip, FW800 drives too.  A host of storage, of course, and should be a lot of options to start on several systems.

  I am generally satisfied with 10.6.8 on this machine, although there are obvious limits to that.  I would get one or two operating systems newer on it, pick-and-choose between them according to the needs, but I absolutely want to/need to preserve the ability to initiate and run 10.6.8 systematically as my operating system on the day the day, at least for now.  Maybe I'll warm to one of the others on this machine eventually, but 10.6.8 must remain usable, install a newer OS on other readers may not nerve there.

  On a year-and-a-half ago, I took a race to install 10.10.3 Yosemite on one of the internal disks.  This doesn't quite work.  I moved, sniffed Yosemite everywhere, don't really like it a lot and went to restart and him switch back to 10.6.8 for a bit.  Initially, it was impossible (from less than I expected, would be the same old process, I have always used, via system preferences > startup disk).  You can read the details of this experience here and more here if you are interested.  This latest attempt to get Yosemite on this machine was a very negative experience.  Yosemite is still there on an internal HD, but I tried not to boot on it since then.

  Now I take another look at this.  What is the engine now, is that I want to update my iPad Mini 3 iOS 10.  But that (update of an iDevice iOS 10) requires iTunes 12.5.1.  And iTunes 12.5.1 requires Mac OS X 10.9.5 or newer - it won't work with 10.6.8.  I'm looking for my options.

  Right now, I have three large internal HDs: HD #1, 2 # HD and HD #3, each 1 TB.

  HD #1 has 10.10.3 Yosemite on this.  I started from this time and have not resumed since.

  HD #2 has 10.6.8 Snow Leopard top.  This is my main operating system and startup of daily drive.

  HD #3 is nothing special about it.

  Although HD #1's Yosemite about that, I have only started from this disc once and hesitate to go back, at least until I can get a way easy and reliable to restart off HD #2.

  I understand that I can also get 10.11.6 El Capitan.  I thought that installing on HD #3.  That sounds like a reasonable to add option, but again, I want to make sure it won't cause problems to switch back to start off HD #2 in Snow Leopard (such as installation of Yosemite on HD #1).

  What is the best way for me to go about safely - preserve the option to start easily in 10.6.8 on HD #2?

  Thanks for the help!

  If you start or restart now Option (Alt) key and calls the Startup Manager, you should be given the choice at the start of any boot disk OS X on any of the readers.

  See > How to choose a boot on your Mac - Apple Support drive

• iTunes will not open in Snow Leopard

  I created a new 2009 Intel mini which had Snow Leopard pre-installed on it.  I had to manually transfer my files from leopard (10.5.8.) of my G4 mini on it.  I did not move something related to iTunes again.  However, the iTunes application (v.11.4) on the new mini does not at all.  I read messages that indicate should I uninstall and reinstall iTunes.

  My questions are:

  1. should I uninstall/reinstall iTunes?  If so, how should I do that specifically, that is, it involves more than just drag the iTunes application located in the Applications folder to the trash?  Are there files in other areas of the computer that should also be deleted?  If so, what are they and where are they?

  2. I have the Snow Leopard installation disc.  Is it possible to use to reinstall iTunes only?

  3. when I download iTunes to open on the new mini, what should I do to get the content from iTunes to my mini G4 copied (manually) in the Intel mini?

  Here's what's currently the user > library > music on Intel Mini with Snow Leopard:

  

  Thanks for your help!

  EL

  Have you tried to update iTunes?

  Get the latest version of iTunes - Apple Support

• Install Snow Leopard on iMac 2.8 GHz Quad Core i5

  I just bought a refurbished 21.5 in iMac 2.8 GHz Quad Core Intel Core i5 on the Apple Store to replace an aging 21.5 in iMac 3.06 GHz Intel Core i3. The new iMac has 10 El Capitan 10.11.6 OS and the old iMac OS Snow Leopard 10.6.8.

  I have old versions of Quark Xpress, Photoshop, Illustrator and Filemaker Pro on the old iMac running SL and I want to continue to use these. I am now retired and can no longer pay to upgrade.

  I partitioned the HD on the new iMac and had hope install SL and migrate all my old files from the old computer. I tried to recover from a Time Machine backup since the iMac old and installation of the system from a bootable USB stick SL. None of them has allowed me to move forward.

  Has anyone else tried this and succeeded? Will I have to completely erase the HD in the new computer, partition the drive, install SL on a partition and, on the other?

  I've seen similar issues but no response to my problem. Real help would be appreciated.

  Your mac is not designed to work in 10.6 and the operating system will prevent installation of 10.6 using the API. While this is possible through virtualization, but you will be using a 3rd party solution to do something your mac was not intended to do and any instability could be traced back to this.

  Use the version of Mac OS X included with your Mac, or a more recent compatible version - Apple Support

• restoration of time Snow Leopard machine on el capitan

  My iMac is toast. I have a MacBook Pro, dated but supported for El Capitan. I want to spend all my El Capitan Time machine, including the operating system for the MacBook Pro. Instructions to do this involve booting from a recovery partition, or an equivalent of the internet. But the Snow Leopard operating system does not support these approaches. How to boot in order to restore?

  I discovered recently, after trying to start my El Capitan Macbook Pro to an ext hdd than Snow Leopard snow leopard anything or not can not read the disc El Capitan. However, the reverse is ok.

  The best thing I think would be to reinstall the time Machine back to El Capitan, then do a manual brake and fall back to the top of your data to another drive before installation installation of Snow Leopard then drag and drop your files backed up to your new snow Leopard.

  It is because (if I remember correctly), time machine back ups are difficult to navigate. I always use Carbon Copy Cloner as it makes a bootable copy of my drive and you can easily access your files if you plug it in as an ext hdd.

  You only really need to back up your home folder and make sure that your keychain files and the browser are stored, and then reinstall all your applications. Maybe a little harder if you have a lot of paid applications.

  That's what I'd do, but maybe someone else has a better idea.

• NAT with Snow Leopard issue

  For the poster who will say "Google is your friend", no it is not, or I wouldn't be here.

  I tried for a while now to solve the only problem I have with Snow Leopard Server.

  MySql has fallen lion and, apparently, no one knows how to use postgrl so I installed MySql and plundered with her for a few hours to get this working.  There were various other issues with Lion.  Finally, I went to Yosemite.  Hey Apple, where is the GUI?  Then at el Capitan and finally tried Sierra (no server app at all yet).

  For me, each 'step-up' taking things and running weaker than the last.

  Welcome to Snow Leopard.  I'll stick with it for a while to come.

  The only problem I have with Snow Leopard, it's that when it restarts, the NAT will not start upward.  Other than that, it does a magnificent job to maintain my home network.  I searched high and low for an answer without success.  A few posters who have addressed this problem specifically here never got a response.

  As this seems to be about three years or more, since this question was asked and it seems that some have migrated to the SLS, I was wondering if anyone has found a solution.

  As it is now, as soon as there is a need to reboot, I just disable the NAT service, restart and turn it back on.  In the case of a failure of current (longer than the inverter can maintain) or just a random crash, I have to kill the firewall and NAT then the configuration of the gateway of new service that requires fixing the various omissions and errors and I'm good to go again.

  Any help would be greatly appreciated.

  You have posted in the forum of Snow Leopard Client.  I ask that to move this post.  In the meantime, you can see the various forums about this trick:

  http://discussions.Apple.com/docs/doc-2463

• Run the utilities from disk on machine with Yosemite Snow Leopard startup disk?

  I have a 2009 imac that came with Snow Leopard. I've since updated my OS to Yosemite. Should I run the disc from my old snow leopard startup disk utilities or is it a bad idea?

  It is not a 'bad' idea, but it is always best to use the version of disk utility which is part of the OS version installed. Do this by starting the computer from the Recovery HD.

  Fix the hard disk and permissions

  HD recovery start

  Restart the computer and after the chime hold the Order et R keys until the Menu of the utility is displayed.

  Repair

  When the Utility Menu appears, select disk utility and click on the continue button. Disk utility charges and select layouts withdrawal (usually Macintosh HD) entry of the list to one side.  Click the first aid tab, and then click the repair disk button. If disk utility reports any errors that have been corrected, then again run repair disc until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported, click repair permissions . Wait for the process to finish, and then quit disk utility and re-enter the Utility Menu. Select restart from the Apple menu.

• Should I upgrade to Snow Leopard to El Capitan?

  I have no problem with Snow Leopard so far but I realize that now lack of upgrades. Is there a reason to NOT upgrade to el Capitan? And, Alternatively, why should I?

  https://discussions.Apple.com/docs/doc-6271 must be read before continuing

• transfer problem from Leopard to Snow Leopard iPhoto library

  I have a G4 Mini Leopard (10.5.8).  A year ago I accidentally moved the iPhoto library to a flash drive, instead of just copying what I intended, so after that I could only see my photos in iPhoto via the flash player.

  Now, I have an Intel Mini under Snow Leopard.  I want to get my photos in iPhoto on this computer.  I found this answer of discussion on how to do it at this link: 11 iPhoto library: Lion to snow leopard

  "- Together to connect the two Macs (network, fashion target firewire, etc.) or use an external hard disk formed Mac OS extended (journaled) and drag the iPhoto library intact as a single entity from the old Mac to the pictures folder on the new Mac - launch iPhoto on the new mac and it will open the library and convert it as needed and you will be ready to move on."

  I checked my flash player, and unfortunately it is in MS-DOS (FAT 32), not Mac OS Extended journaled format.  I'm afraid that if I put the i photo library it is about that in the pictures of the Mini Intel folder it will cause a BIG problem.  It will be? I suppose that if I tried to reformat the flash drive, I would lose the content above, right?

  If so, the only other place I have my photos on a disk external bootable with OS 10.5.8 I was support of the mini G4 up to it on a regular basis with Time Machine.  Is there a way I can make use of this to get my pics on the Intel mini?  If so, how?  I don't really know how to use Time Machine, so give me the specific steps to be extremely important and very useful.

  As a senior, I'm out of my depth here, so all the ideas/help will be greatly appreciated.  Thank you.

  As a start connect the last drive on the new Mac and drag the iPhoto library folder pcitures and launch iPhoto - it works - it could, if it test and you sholud b fine - if it's not then psot for help in restoring the backup TM

  BTW - TM is not bootable backups

  LN

• Address Book G4 Intel Snow Leopard Leopard

  I want to get my contacts from address book to my Mini G4 under Leopard on my Intel Mini under Snow Leopard.  While I know that there is an address book import feature, I don't know what to do exactly.  What file/folder on the Snow Leopard address book G4 would need to import contact information?  Could I copy this file/folder to an external drive of the G4 and then plug that Intel, then use the Snow Leopard Intel AddressBook import feature to import from the external drive?

  Eventually, I have a drive external bootable, I am using with the G4 Mini (Leopard) and using Time Machine to on it to save the G4.  Is it possible to use it to import the Contacts address book in the address book of Intel?

  You can give me any help will be greatly appreciated.  I am a "novice" for sure.

  On the G4: Open address book. Click any contact in the list to select it, and then press command-a to select all. On the file menu, choose 'export vCard. At the prompt to select a location to save it - I suggest the office. The result will be a single file containing all contacts.

  Now you need to transfer the file to the SL mini - the easiest way is to copy it to a USB key or external hard drive.

  On the SL mini, open address book and on the file menu, choose "import...". ». Access your vCard file, click once to highlight, then click the "Open" button to import the contacts.

• at el capitan v 10.11.6 Snow Leopard.

  can I put el capitan v 10.11.6 Snow Leopard. I use mac pro dual core 2008

  Choose about this Mac from the Apple menu and see if the model identifier is at least MacPro3, 1.

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• New iMac and Macbook Pro to run Snow Leopard?

  Hello, I just record music using Garageband that runs on Snow Leopard. My old 2008 iMac is dying and I need to know: what is the newest iMac or Macbook Pro which will be held in Snow Leopard? Thank you!

  Click here and check; Moreover, any Intel Mac can run Mac OS X Server 10.6 within an emulator such as VirtualBox.

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