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#1
August 24th, 2009, 11:30 PM
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| Alert Error 10.4 upgrade from 10.3.9 - Help
Please advise. I have a G5 and am trying to upgrade 1st from 10.3.9 to 10.4. Bought install discs off ebay. They are 2 gray emac Mac O Install 10.4 discs and came sealed. Getting error message at the beginning of install. "Alert, software cannot be installed on this computer" Did I buy the wrong system upgrade? Do I need to format my hard drive or something? Thanks!  |
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#2
August 24th, 2009, 11:32 PM
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The Grey disks are for the Mac that shipped with them, only! You were swindled.
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#3
August 25th, 2009, 12:08 AM
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Really? I'm totally confused... look at this product description. Is this what i should be looking to buy? If not which upgrade http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=110424793992 Thanks |
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#4
August 25th, 2009, 01:44 AM
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Sadly- You were tricked. Any Grey discs are system specific- Although they can be altered- To work for any, But it does require alot of skills working in the terminal and alot of plist files. I've never done it, Because i always buy from Apple. You should have bought Leopard from apple for 129- You spent pretty close to that on tiger.
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#5
August 25th, 2009, 01:50 AM
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OS X Retail Full system install disks are BLACK, the Grey disks are all machine specific as stated by Satcomer. If you can find a disk for the very same model as your computer then you'd probably be good to go, otherwise you'll get the error message that you are currently getting.
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#6
August 25th, 2009, 03:03 AM
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Do not take this as a "HA!HA! You FOOL!" but you have to read the fine print: Quote:
I believe This is more what you are looking for. That is not an endorsement of the seller. I was able to find 10.3 and 10.4--years back--from Mac dealers for about $30 each--all Retail. This was for my Ancient Widdle Pismo. Of course, Leopard was already out! Best of luck! --J.D.
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