Questions & Answers for Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard

No. The Snow Leopard DVD is a full installer.

You should make sure that you meet the hardware requirements for Snow Leopard though: 1GB RAM and an Intel processor with a DVD Drive and 5 GB of disk space are the main requirements.

• Answered by Rodney W from Niddrie
• Jan 2, 2013
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The same disk will work on both (as long as both have Intel-processors).

However, you should have a license for both, and that is obtained by buying the disk. Currently Snow Leopard only comes as a single license package, but it used to also come as a Family Pack, with licenses for up to 5 macs in household.

• Answered by Ewald W from Vancouve
• Feb 23, 2013
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Any Mac with an Intel processor, 1 GB RAM, 5GB disk space and a DVD drive can be upgraded to Snow Leopard.

• Answered by Rodney W from Niddrie
• Jan 4, 2013
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There was a Snow Leopard Family Pack. At the time it cost $49 (for installation on up to 5 Macs in a household), while the Single License package cost $29.

On introduction of Lion, the Family Pack was no longer available, BUT the Single LIcense package dropped to $19.

• Answered by Ewald W from Vancouve
• Feb 28, 2013
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1. Use an external optical disk drive.
2. Start your computer in Target Disk mode and connect it by FireWire cable to another Mac, then install using the 2nd Mac.
3. Use the Remote Disc feature with a 2nd Mac or a PC on your network - go to Apple's support site and enter "HT2129" in the search box to find out more.

• Answered by Robert T from Chatham
• Feb 27, 2013
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No, you need to install Snow Leopard and update it using Software Update. This will enable the Mac App Store, where you will be able to purchase Mountain Lion.

• Answered by Robert T from Chatham
• Jan 23, 2013
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No, Snow Leopard does not support the PowerPC G4 processor. You can upgrade to Leopard 10.5 from eBay or Amazon.

• Answered by Michael M from Pleasanton
• Feb 24, 2011
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No.

The order is:

OS 10.4 Tiger
OS 10.5 Leopard
OS 10.6 Snow Leopard (10.6.8 needed if upgrading to Lion or Mountain Lion)
OS 10.7 Lion
OS 10.8 Mountain Lion

Snow Leopard is last version to come on disc. OS 10.6.8 or later needed to download Lion or Mountain Lion.

• Answered by Ewald W from Vancouve
• Jan 29, 2013
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You "should" have a separate license for each Mac, but can use the same Snow Leopard DVD for all installations.

Before Lion and Mountain Lion were released, there was a Family Pack (which provided licenses for up to 5 macs in a household) and there was the "normal package" which provided a single license. Both packages contained the identical single installation disc, but provided a different number of licenses. Family Pack was $49, and the single license package was $29.

After Lion and Mountain Lion were released, the Family Pack was no longer available. BUT, the single license disc dropped in price to $20. (Which, in your case, makes buying two single license packages less costly than the Family Pack.)

When you are at the Apple Store website, simply type "Snow Leopard" in the search field at the top right (next to the "Support" tab).

• Answered by Ewald W from Vancouve
• Feb 11, 2013
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If your iMac has an Intel processor and at least 1GB of memory, you can do the following (I upgraded to Snow Leopard from OS10.4.11 on an iMac):

Some have upgraded to Snow Leopard directly over OS10.4.11, however, I do not like to do this, instead creating a dual-boot system where I can start-up in either OS10.4 or OS10.6. For dual-boot, do the following:

1) Do a clean install of Snow Leopard to a new partition. If necessary, clone your 10.4 partition to a temporary, bootable external hard drive.

2) All Snow Leopard disks can do a "Clean Install". But with the $29 disk you need to follow some extra steps, since "Erase and Install" is not part of the automatic installation... but the tools to do so are provided on the DVD.

Basically, when you put the Snow Leopard DVD into your Mac, you will be presented with two options: 1) to "Continue" with a standard upgrade, or, 2) go to "Utilities". Select the "Utilities" button (there will be a reboot in order to run from the DVD). In the new screen that appears, under the "Utilities" menu, select Disk Utilities to format your hard drive (or partition) that Snow Leopard is going on to. When you have finished formatting, QUIT from Disk Utilities, and the installer will then complete the installation of Snow Leopard. (Note: be prepared to wait several minutes when the system reboots during installation as it copies and sets up all the files.)

3) At some point during the installation, the installer will search all other partitions for an older OS, and if found, the installer will ask if you want to import the OS Settings, Files and/or Applications from that partition. Do this for a very smooth transition.

4) All my apps from OS 10.4 continued to work in Snow Leopard, but some of my printer drivers and scanner utility needed upgrades. Until I could find the upgrades, I was still able to Start Up from my OS 10.4 partition (press Option during start up) in order to use my printers and scanner in the meantime.

• Answered by Ewald W from Vancouve
• Jun 29, 2012
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