glassJAw Posted June 29, 2008 Share Posted June 29, 2008 Is there anyway to do this? I'm not at home and I want to install OS X on my Macbook (currently using XP) and I'm not going to be home for a while so a friend let me use his disc but I got a message saying I can't install Leopard on this computer. Is it still possible? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/113083-installing-leopard-non-retail-disc-on-a-different-computer/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
iScott Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 If you are talking about the gray disk's that came with your friends Mac, then the answer is no. Those disk's are only for the Mac that it came with. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/113083-installing-leopard-non-retail-disc-on-a-different-computer/#findComment-801917 Share on other sites More sharing options...
.ShadowFox Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 You probably have the OEM disk. Which works with one Mac only. which sucks. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/113083-installing-leopard-non-retail-disc-on-a-different-computer/#findComment-801922 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle_Pinny Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 Not necessarily. Weirdly enough I got a gray 2008 mac pro install disc to boot into the installer on my macbook. I have also bypassed it by booting into the installer using the computer the gray disc came with, then installing to an external drive and then bouncing that image back to a HD on a different mac pro. Works fine. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/113083-installing-leopard-non-retail-disc-on-a-different-computer/#findComment-820180 Share on other sites More sharing options...
iScott Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 Of course you can install it to an external hd and then restore the external hd to your Mac, but he wants to know if you can use the gray disk to install and the answer is no. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/113083-installing-leopard-non-retail-disc-on-a-different-computer/#findComment-822051 Share on other sites More sharing options...
chikles Posted April 11, 2009 Share Posted April 11, 2009 Not necessarily. Weirdly enough I got a gray 2008 mac pro install disc to boot into the installer on my macbook. I have also bypassed it by booting into the installer using the computer the gray disc came with, then installing to an external drive and then bouncing that image back to a HD on a different mac pro. Works fine. Curious,by bouncin back image,as dmg? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/113083-installing-leopard-non-retail-disc-on-a-different-computer/#findComment-1129982 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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