Guest jacobgeek Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 I have a HP Pavilion dv4217 (SSE2) with OS X 10.5.8 on it and now I want to upgrade (and keep all of my data) to any version of Snow Leopard (Preferably 10.6.6). I have no clue where or how to get started. Can anyone help? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xenophon Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 The basic principle is as follows: - first, you perform a time-machine backup to an external HD - then, you install a fresh copy of OS 10.6, creating a generic administrator user - finally, you run Migration Assistant to bring back all your prior data (e.g. user home folder, preferences, etc). Of note, some incompatibilities will be picked-up by the Assistant and will not install. There will also be some glitches (can't be more specific, I'm afraid). The Mac OS Installer option to "upgrade" is very problematic, although I've managed to do just that when migrating to Snow Leopard... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jacobgeek Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 Would the drivers I have work in 10.6? AC97, GMA900, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dellmantt Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 Would the drivers I have work in 10.6? AC97, GMA900, AC97 works in Snow "Intel GMA915 Graphics" GMA 900? What is the Device ID Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jacobgeek Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 AC97 works in Snow "Intel GMA915 Graphics" GMA 900? What is the Device ID No clue what you mean but System Profiler says this, Intel GMA 950: Chipset Model: GMA 950 Type: Display Bus: Built-In VRAM (Total): 64 MB of Shared System Memory Vendor: Intel (0x8086) Device ID: 0x2592 Revision ID: 0x0004 Displays: Display: Resolution: 1280 x 800 Depth: 32-Bit Color Core Image: Hardware Accelerated Main Display: Yes Mirror: Off Online: Yes Quartz Extreme: Supported Built-In: Yes Display Connector: Status: No Display Connected Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dellmantt Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 No clue what you mean but System Profiler says this, Intel GMA 950: Chipset Model: GMA 950 Type: Display Bus: Built-In VRAM (Total): 64 MB of Shared System Memory Vendor: Intel (0x8086) [b] Device ID: 0x2592[/b] Revision ID: 0x0004 Displays: Display: Resolution: 1280 x 800 Depth: 32-Bit Color Core Image: Hardware Accelerated Main Display: Yes Mirror: Off Online: Yes Quartz Extreme: Supported Built-In: Yes Display Connector: Status: No Display Connected Looks like people have it working with Snow http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&...mp;aql=&oq= Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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