Hi all,
First off, I'm purely a Windows based technician, so this is all new to me.
The big bosses son at work has a ~2011 MBP, and he brought it in to the work shop with a faulty harddrive. It came with Lion originally, but he claims he was running Snow Leopard for software compatibility.
No DVDs were provided.
We purchased a SL install DVD from Apple but this is of course for 10.6.3 which won't boot on the MBP.
I've tried downloading a "golden version" of 10.6 but this won't boot with a kernal panic due to incorrect hardware.
I've seen talk of using firewire mode to install 10.6.3 and then run the 10.6.8 update to make it boot on the new MBP, but the only Mac I have access to is a Powerbook G4 which won't boot the SL install.
Now... Assuming the boss's son is correct and that he was indeed running SL (which I'm starting to doubt).. Is there any way I can either:
a) download a copy of OS x 10.6.7/10.6.8 which I can burn to USB and install?
b) merge a 10.6.8 update with the 10.6 .DMG installer I already have?
Any help would be fantastic, feel like I'm in over my head.
First off, I'm purely a Windows based technician, so this is all new to me.
The big bosses son at work has a ~2011 MBP, and he brought it in to the work shop with a faulty harddrive. It came with Lion originally, but he claims he was running Snow Leopard for software compatibility.
No DVDs were provided.
We purchased a SL install DVD from Apple but this is of course for 10.6.3 which won't boot on the MBP.
I've tried downloading a "golden version" of 10.6 but this won't boot with a kernal panic due to incorrect hardware.
I've seen talk of using firewire mode to install 10.6.3 and then run the 10.6.8 update to make it boot on the new MBP, but the only Mac I have access to is a Powerbook G4 which won't boot the SL install.
Now... Assuming the boss's son is correct and that he was indeed running SL (which I'm starting to doubt).. Is there any way I can either:
a) download a copy of OS x 10.6.7/10.6.8 which I can burn to USB and install?
b) merge a 10.6.8 update with the 10.6 .DMG installer I already have?
Any help would be fantastic, feel like I'm in over my head.
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