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wes_mantooth

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Feb 13, 2011 4:29 PM
I know nothing about macs whatsoever....how do you boot up a mac from disc? A friend of mine got an old macbook for free and it has no OS on it. He downloaded snow leopard 1.6, but he doesn't know how to boot it up from the disc. Right now, he says it has a version of windows xp on it and nothing is working right on it.
Feb 13, 2011 4:29pm
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Rotinaj

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Feb 13, 2011 4:51 PM
I like penis.
Feb 13, 2011 4:51pm
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wes_mantooth

Tomfoolery & shenanigans

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Feb 13, 2011 4:52 PM
I figured, but save that for another thread.
Feb 13, 2011 4:52pm
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Nick Mangold

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Feb 13, 2011 5:07 PM
If he got it for free it is probably too old for 10.6 to run on it. Snow Leopard requires an intel processor.
Feb 13, 2011 5:07pm
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wes_mantooth

Tomfoolery & shenanigans

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Feb 13, 2011 5:11 PM
gotcha.

I know that he has to replace the hard drive. Are there mac specific drives or can almost any 2.5 drive work?
Feb 13, 2011 5:11pm
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wes_mantooth

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Feb 13, 2011 5:12 PM
He said that it has a Intel Duo processor in it.
Feb 13, 2011 5:12pm
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Nick Mangold

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Feb 13, 2011 5:18 PM
How did he snag it for free?

Yeah, any 2.5" drive will work as long as the connector is correct (I'm guessing it'll be SATA).
Feb 13, 2011 5:18pm
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wes_mantooth

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Feb 13, 2011 5:33 PM
One of his friends didn't want to fool with it, so they just got a new one.
Feb 13, 2011 5:33pm
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Nick Mangold

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Feb 13, 2011 5:38 PM
I'm not 100% sure on this but he may have to install Leopard on it first. Is the Snow Leopard he downloaded a full OS or an upgrade? I think I've read where there is actually no difference between the two, i.e. you can do a full install of Snow Leopard from an upgrade disc.

Which macbook is this? Is it a white polycarb 13"?
Feb 13, 2011 5:38pm
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wes_mantooth

Tomfoolery & shenanigans

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Feb 13, 2011 5:41 PM
well...it is Supergirl's kid and he just said he joined this site...so I will let him post his situation on here. I am a retard...especially when it comes to macs...
Feb 13, 2011 5:41pm
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Rotinaj

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Feb 13, 2011 8:45 PM
Rotinaj;676821 wrote:I like penis.

Homo!!!!!! Wait....What????
Feb 13, 2011 8:45pm
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UANyg

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Feb 13, 2011 11:19 PM
put the dvd in and hold down c while booting up
Feb 13, 2011 11:19pm
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UANyg

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Feb 13, 2011 11:21 PM
the snow leopard "upgrade" disc contains the exact same stuff as the snow leopard full install disc.
Feb 13, 2011 11:21pm
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Fred Flintstone

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Feb 14, 2011 8:14 AM
UANyg;677562 wrote:put the dvd in and hold down c while booting up

This to boot from a cd or hold the T key down to boot to a targeted Firewire disk, or OPT to select which drive to boot from.
Feb 14, 2011 8:14am
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O-Trap

Chief Shenanigans Officer

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Feb 14, 2011 11:03 AM
I was working on a Mac yesterday, but when I went to print the screen, I noticed there was no button for it. I'm sure it's doable, but how?
Feb 14, 2011 11:03am
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justincredible

Nick Mangold

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Feb 14, 2011 11:09 AM
Command + Shift + 3 - takes a screenshot of your entire desktop and saves a file on the desktop.
Command + Shift + 4 - allows you to make a selection of what you want to take a screenshot of (and saves file on desktop).
Command + Shift + 4, then spacebar, then click on window - takes a screenshot of that window and saves a file on desktop.
Feb 14, 2011 11:09am
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O-Trap

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Feb 14, 2011 11:21 AM
justincredible;677889 wrote:Command + Shift + 3 - takes a screenshot of your entire desktop and saves a file on the desktop.
Command + Shift + 4 - allows you to make a selection of what you want to take a screenshot of (and saves file on desktop).
Command + Shift + 4, then spacebar, then click on window - takes a screenshot of that window and saves a file on desktop.

Thanks. I'll reference this when I get back to it this evening.
Feb 14, 2011 11:21am
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Feb 14, 2011 6:07 PM
Alright, I just finished downloading the Mac 09 Box Set. So if I boot up while holding C it should install?

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Edit: I got it for free because the previous owner tried, and failed, installing Windows XP, and he just bought a PC.
Feb 14, 2011 6:07pm
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UANyg

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Feb 14, 2011 8:55 PM
while the disc is in the computer, restart and hold down c. it will boot the computer from the disc, not the hard drive, allowing you to upgrade the operating system.
Feb 14, 2011 8:55pm
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Morpheus

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Feb 14, 2011 9:36 PM
UANyg;678734 wrote:while the disc is in the computer, restart and hold down c. it will boot the computer from the disc, not the hard drive, allowing you to upgrade the operating system.


And this will work even when not already on a Mac OS of any kind?
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Feb 14, 2011 9:36pm
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UANyg

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Feb 14, 2011 9:52 PM
yes, assuming you are on an apple computer. you are on an apple computer, right?
Feb 14, 2011 9:52pm
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Nick Mangold

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Feb 14, 2011 10:03 PM
Morpheus;678794 wrote:And this will work even when not already on a Mac OS of any kind?
Sent from my Droid using Tapatalk

Why don't you just try it?

Kids. Sheesh.
Feb 14, 2011 10:03pm
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wes_mantooth

Tomfoolery & shenanigans

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Feb 14, 2011 10:42 PM
justincredible;678820 wrote:Why don't you just try it?

Kids. Sheesh.

exactly....kids are useless.
Feb 14, 2011 10:42pm
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I Wear Pants

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Feb 15, 2011 1:22 AM
justincredible;676906 wrote:I'm not 100% sure on this but he may have to install Leopard on it first. Is the Snow Leopard he downloaded a full OS or an upgrade? I think I've read where there is actually no difference between the two, i.e. you can do a full install of Snow Leopard from an upgrade disc.

Which macbook is this? Is it a white polycarb 13"?
There is no difference at all between the two.

You can do a full install from an upgrade disc with Windows too by the way.
Feb 15, 2011 1:22am
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MontyBrunswick

Feb 15, 2011 2:46 PM
I Wear Pants;679007 wrote:You can do a full install from an upgrade disc with Windows too by the way.

It's not as easy though :(
Feb 15, 2011 2:46pm