Using time machine with a non intel Imac

wbnjr · wbnjr #1 (**permalink**)

09-29-2010, 08:06 PM

My wife's intel imac crashed to the point it could not be repaired. All was backed up on time machine. I found her a like new non intel imac (she never used the pc side anyway). It came loaded with 10.4. I would like to use time machine to put everything back on this imac. I tried loading off the external drive and much of the files would not open right. Do I need to frormat the drive and then put on something newer than 10.4 which would allow me to use the time machine info. Can I use snow leopard on a non intel imac?

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chscag · chscag #2 (**permalink**)

09-29-2010, 10:43 PM

Time Machine will not work with Tiger. You need to at least have Leopard on the machine you bought for your wife. And, a Leopard retail set is going to be expensive. NewEgg and Amazon has them but the retail set (black) is going for around $129 or higher.

bobtomay · bobtomay #3 (**permalink**)

09-30-2010, 06:44 AM

And no, Snow Leopard cannot be run on a non-Intel machine.

Even if you get Leopard installed, I would be extremely hesitant about importing any settings from a SL TM back up. Importing of personal data, documents, music, etc should be ok.

the8thark · the8thark #4 (**permalink**)

09-30-2010, 09:12 AM

Since Apple do not sell 10.5 anymore. It's very hard to find someone selling it for a reasonable price. I've seen it go from $50 al the way to $500. Yes it's getting very hard to find these days for a decent price.

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wbnjr #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Apr 18, 2006 Posts: 72	09-29-2010, 08:06 PM My wife's intel imac crashed to the point it could not be repaired. All was backed up on time machine. I found her a like new non intel imac (she never used the pc side anyway). It came loaded with 10.4. I would like to use time machine to put everything back on this imac. I tried loading off the external drive and much of the files would not open right. Do I need to frormat the drive and then put on something newer than 10.4 which would allow me to use the time machine info. Can I use snow leopard on a non intel imac? Thanks
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the8thark #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Jan 27, 2007 Location: Brisvegas Posts: 5,658 Mac Specs: 17 inch 2 GHz C2D imac (5,1) with 3GB DDR2 RAM, X1600 (128MB memory) GPU - OSX 10.6.3	09-30-2010, 09:12 AM Since Apple do not sell 10.5 anymore. It's very hard to find someone selling it for a reasonable price. I've seen it go from $50 al the way to $500. Yes it's getting very hard to find these days for a decent price.
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