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Norcy91

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15th Aug 12 at 19:12

Right, I can't for the life of my find the 'Mac App Store' on my Macbook

It's not in the Dock, i've tried searching for it but it's not come up with anything

It says i'm running Mac OS X 10.5.8. which I have no idea what it means

And i can't find anything on the Apple site to help me, just tells me to buy Mountain Lion from my Mac App Store found on my Dock, which i don't have anywhere...

Help please!

Wrighty

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15th Aug 12 at 19:49

dont you need a later version to have the app store for starters? 10.6.8 or something

AdZ9

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15th Aug 12 at 19:57

10.5.8 is Leopard.

Mac App Store was only released for 10.6.8 and upwards (Snow Leopard) so i'm afraid you'll have to update if you want it! Think a single Snow Leopard install licence is £20 or similar nowadays

Dom

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15th Aug 12 at 20:06

Do a search as it has been asked a handful of times.
Essentially, pay to upgrade to SL then pay again for ML. Purchase ML using another OSX system with App Store, then burn the ML install to DVD or image a USB stick with it. Or just nab it.

Norcy91

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15th Aug 12 at 20:49

And would i do the upgrade to Snow Leopard on the Apple website?

Sam

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15th Aug 12 at 21:04

No, Apple don't sell SL any more as it's two versions old.

Norcy91

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15th Aug 12 at 21:09

So i can't upgrade my Macbook?

Sam

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15th Aug 12 at 21:28

I don't know if you can buy a retail box of ML from an actual Apple store.

If you know someone with a newer version of OS X on their Mac get them to buy it for you and put it on a USB stick as Dom says.

Russ

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15th Aug 12 at 21:47

Download torrent.

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15th Aug 12 at 22:46

This thread gives you several options on how to do it: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4165083?start=0&tstart=0

Wrighty

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16th Aug 12 at 00:21

if you upgrade does it get rid of your files as if you put a new OS on, or does it actually 'upgrade' the current one and leave files in tact?

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16th Aug 12 at 06:35

quote:
Originally posted by Wrighty
if you upgrade does it get rid of your files as if you put a new OS on, or does it actually 'upgrade' the current one and leave files in tact?

It leaves everything, just upgrades the OS. There are a few purists who believe it to be much better to do a clean install though.

Never did so myself.

Dom

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16th Aug 12 at 07:23

quote:
Originally posted by Norcy91
So i can't upgrade my Macbook?

You'd have eBay for a SL retail copy then go from there.

Tbf, Apple have made it a royal PITA to upgrade with this download-only bollocks and the easiest would just to nab a retail copy; it's only 4GB, so it shouldn't take long.

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16th Aug 12 at 08:05

When upgrading my old machine I just bought SL second hand and did two upgrades. Not too big a deal tbh.

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16th Aug 12 at 18:17

Downloads are the future, it's just a bit annoying you can't install the App Store on older Macs. I guess the problem will gradually go away as more people upgrade though.

Norcy91

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20th Aug 12 at 20:46

quote:
Originally posted by Dom

quote:
Originally posted by Norcy91
So i can't upgrade my Macbook?

You'd have eBay for a SL retail copy then go from there.

Tbf, Apple have made it a royal PITA to upgrade with this download-only bollocks and the easiest would just to nab a retail copy; it's only 4GB, so it shouldn't take long.

Had a look on ebay the other day for Snow Leopard and they were about £80

Dom

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20th Aug 12 at 21:24

quote:
Originally posted by Norcy91

quote:
Originally posted by Dom

quote:
Originally posted by Norcy91
So i can't upgrade my Macbook?

You'd have eBay for a SL retail copy then go from there.

Tbf, Apple have made it a royal PITA to upgrade with this download-only bollocks and the easiest would just to nab a retail copy; it's only 4GB, so it shouldn't take long.

Had a look on ebay the other day for Snow Leopard and they were about £80

Quite a few on eBay for £15-30; just make sure it's a retail copy and not one that has be bundled with a Mac.

Norcy91

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20th Aug 12 at 23:14

How can i tell it's a retail copy from the rest?

Russ

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21st Aug 12 at 06:42

itll have a pretty cd

[Edited on 21-08-2012 by Russ]

[Edited on 21-08-2012 by Russ]

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21st Aug 12 at 09:13

I don't know if it's the case for SL, but older versions like Tiger for example were plain grey or something like that if they were bundled with the system.

AlunJ

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21st Aug 12 at 15:47

I have that same disc as Russ, cost me about £25 or something from apple when it came out. Pain in the ass now having to download updates when some of us are still suffering slow as fuck broadband

jacko198

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21st Aug 12 at 20:14

Dont forget if its older than 2008 it wont work anyway!

LeeM

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21st Aug 12 at 20:43

i dont get how id reinstall an os if mine went completely tits up, mine shipped with lion so i dont have any disks

Dom

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21st Aug 12 at 20:53