20 Most Recent Apple Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard Questions & Answers

I've got Mac OSX Snow Leopard [v.10.6]

might be an update and not the full version. you cannot download full version online.

you might be able to use another mac in target disk mode as an optical drive if you have more than one mac. Otherwise you may be able to use an external usb or firewire optical drive. Hold down the option button on start up as dive select.

The G4 PowerPC is not an Intel chip. The DVD you are trying to install is possibly for Windows / Intel chip motherboards, not PowerPC. That said, the are tiny jumpers / connectors on the back of the DVD. If you are attaching the DVD to a cable that also has a hard drive attached, you probably need to move the jumper to the SL or slave position CS, or Cable Select does not work on a lot of older systems. Most DVD's either stamp on the metal housing what the different jumper positions are, or else you will need to look at the instructions or find a PDF of the manual online. All the best to you, Kerry Hostetter

No Problem Always do a full backup before updating your Mac OSX. Use Carbon Copy Cloner to make a bootable "Clone" of your current Hard Disk. Once the clone is done... Boot from the clone. (Hold Option Key down at Startup and choose external HardDrive with new clone OSX) Verify that this clone Boots & has all of your current data. Use the "Mac Tracker" App on the Mac or iPhone to see what the maximum OSX system your model can handle. (Makes no sense in installing just OSX10.5 if you can go to say OSX10.7 Download a copy of the MacOSX 10.5.8 installer DVD (Saved as a .DMG file here Fenopy.se (Search for OSX 10.5). OR OSX10.9 (free download) if your Mac can run on this latest OSX. Burn your OSX Install software to DVD. Use Disk Utility with your .DMG (Disk Image) File and select the .dmg from the LH Side menu to burn to DVD. Once burned, try booting from the DVD. If that works OK then you are ready to go. BUT not quite yet. You really don't want to install a new clean system over top of your existing system. This would be like a Band Aid Fix. (This is where you must have your current existing system cloned to an external hard drive. Just like i mentioned above.) Because, now you will start up or "boot" your computer from the DVD installer disk you just made. You will find the Disk Utility tool in the top menu. Use this to FORMAT your internal Hard Drive. (Dont Have your External Drives connected at this time... for safety.) Choose ERASE or Partition and Select "Mac OS Extended (Journaled)" as the format type. This process only takes a few minutes. If you have more time you can select the Security Option (choose fastest or single pass) then hit erase button. The security option in this case is only used to write "ones" to every sector on the disk thereby thoroughly testing the drive. This happens to be the ideal time to make sure you have a good flawless internal hard drive. Peace of Mind for older Macs. Once completed, your drive is totally empty, you have lost everything unless you have made a "clone" beforehand. Now you can run the installer and leave that process to complete for half an hour or so. When installer has finished the Mac should reboot itself (you will hear install Jingle), with the new clean OSX installed. You can then manually answer all the questions if you want and give it your Network passwords etc. OR You can select Migration Assistant and migrate all your previous files & settings automatically from that external drive "clone" you made earlier. You should now have almost a brand new clean Mac to install your new scanner software on. Also... if you only installed say OSX10.5.0 then you will have updates to download on line, then install, to bring your Mac up to 10.5.8 I run this process on my Mac's at least once a year so that I always have a clean OSX with defragged hard drive so I can work reliably for the next few months. If not... I still have my "Clone" to boot from. By the way Apple's latest systems since 10.7 (I Think) have an emergency boot partition automatically installed by the installer software. You just re boot & hold the OPTION KEY down and you are given the choice of booting from this bare minimum emergency system. It is heavily limited as to it's functionality but Disk Utility is there to look for problems.) Good Luck

John, I am sorry to say the best way is go buy either Mac OS 10.5 or the upgrade to 10.6. As you get a couple of screens into the install process you will see the Menu Bar appear across the top of the screen. There is an option to reset the password.

• Hi Angel Apple don't put their OS on DVD any more. It's usually downloaded directly from the internet. But, if you live near an Apple Store you could take a USB Memory Stick in the shop and one of the guys could download the installer to the stick. You could also try downloading from here www.fenopy.se/?keyword=Mac+OSX+10.5 If your machine can handle it (CPU 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo or better), get the latest OSX 10.9 Maverics. It's now available for free. But you may need to use a friends Mac to download off the internet! You can also make a bootable USB 32GB memory stick to assist. Here www.fenopy.se/?keyword=USB+OSX See OSX Lion 10 7 3 USB STick Creator To find out more about your Mac Model and all of its capabilities... download a copy of MacTracker. Here... www.macupdate.com/app/mac/5968/mactracker These days you really must have an external hard drive of at least 1TB or so to keep copies of your files on. Partition the drive into 2or3 parts and keep one (60GB) as a clean OSX emergency boot. I always use Carbon Copy Cloner to make a bootable "CLONE" of my PowerBook on my external drive.. That way if you ever get into boot problems you just connect the external boot disk, Restart the Mac, then hold the option key down and choose the external OSX Boot drive that you want to restart from. Then you use the Disk Utility program to fix Permissions & Test your internal Hard Drive. I make a "CLONE" at least once a year then test that it boots then I wipe (Format) my internal HD and install clean updated OSX. Reboot and choose the Migration Assistant to put all my data back from the Clone I made. Have been doing this for years now. Keeps the Mac software in prime condition. Hope All That Makes Sense Cheers

Call Apple support and talk with them, something they are able to work out a solution for you

If you need to upgrade OS X to 10.5 you will need to get the software from a 3rd party (such as Amazon or eBay) since Apple no longer sells it directly.

You didn't mention what kind of MAC . . . Check the Apple->About This Mac . . . You can try going to the Apple Store, and for 20 or 30 you can purchase an upgrade/new OS disk. I don't believe that you can go to 10.6 or higher if your Apple's Processor is a PowerPC (PPC).Good LuckMark

May i know the memory (RAM) of your MAC? The main reason of system slow down is the memory is running low due to the softwares that you installed and softwares running in the background. I suggest that you add memory module on your computer to speed up the process. I also provided you a link where you can get tips on how to keep you MAC running fast. Please click here.

Locate your drivers @ Canon SEA Site.

Hope it helps.

Apple stopped supporting OS X 10.5. Upgrades are only $20 to 10.7. If your Mac has 10.5, Lion, 10.7, is probably as high as you can upgrade. I would check either eBay or Amazon, as I've seen Lion disk sets selling for less than $5, then $4.95 shipping (or less on eBay). All the best to you, Kerry Hostetter

I would try updating with one of the combo packs, like 10.5.6 http://mac-os-x-10-5-6.en.softonic.com/mac Here's is Apple's main page for that version: http://www.apple.com/support/leopard/ Most of Apple's downloads are at: http://support.apple.com/downloads/ Hope those help. All the best to you, Kerry ">

Hmmm... What's the question? Clarify the question, and there will be an answer!

The issues are related to the drivers and the network security .. you need to install a proper security and setup the network properly for sharing purpose. Call 1-877-805-1027 for expert help.

Did you check hard drive space? You drive may be running out of much needed free spaces. You can check by About This Mac through Apple Logo. Also I would recommend to run Disk Utility Verify/Repair disk in order to fix any error on the drive. You should download Stellar Speedup Mac software to clean & optimise Mac hard drive for free. You can remove plenty of junk data from the startup drive. You can download from here - Stellar SpeedUp Mac Try to keep at least 25% of hard drive free for OS X operations.

Good day, Please follow this link to help attain the driver for your printer. http://www.epson.co.uk/gb/en/viewcon/corporatesite/products/mainunits/support/12648 Good luck and all should work fine.

must use system disc. Cannot upgrade across platforms. must use 10.6 disc then update software from there. There is no way to go from 10.5 to 10.6 without installing 10.6 from disk