Installing OSX on Macbook Pro

09wingates · 09wingates #1 (**permalink**)

03-19-2012, 08:56 PM

Ok I am trying to upgrade my brothers Macbook Pro gen 1 from the old OSX Tiger to Snow Leopard. When I put in the disk for regular Leopard (10.5) and it does its normal run through it comes up with a screen that says this cannot be installed on this computer. Now I have seen plenty of these same computers on ebay and what not with newer OSX systems on them. Is there a trick to doing this or is it actually not possible?

Stretch · Stretch #2 (**permalink**)

03-19-2012, 08:58 PM

Is it a retail install disk or a gray restore media from another computer?

09wingates · 09wingates #3 (**permalink**)

03-19-2012, 11:20 PM

Its just one of those gray install disks that come with every new Macbook.

pigoo3 · pigoo3 #4 (**permalink**)

03-19-2012, 11:27 PM

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Originally Posted by 09wingates

Its just one of those gray install disks that come with every new Macbook.

Those gray disks are model specific...that's why it's not working. Buy a $29 dollar Snow Leopard 10.6 full retail install disk from Apple.com...and everything will work fine.

- Nick

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Member Since: Oct 04, 2011 Posts: 2	03-19-2012, 08:56 PM Ok I am trying to upgrade my brothers Macbook Pro gen 1 from the old OSX Tiger to Snow Leopard. When I put in the disk for regular Leopard (10.5) and it does its normal run through it comes up with a screen that says this cannot be installed on this computer. Now I have seen plenty of these same computers on ebay and what not with newer OSX systems on them. Is there a trick to doing this or is it actually not possible?
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