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Read this document before you install Mac OS X. It includes important information

about installing Mac OS X.

For more information about Mac OS X, visit this website:

www.apple.com/macosx Â

For the latest information about using Mac OS X, connect to the Internet and open

Mac Help. To open Mac Help, in the Finder choose Help > Mac Help.

For additional support and technical information on all Apple products, visit this

website:

www.apple.com/support Â

To nd out what version of Mac OS X you have installed on your computer,

choose Apple () menu > About This Mac.

System requirements

To upgrade to Snow Leopard or install Snow Leopard for the rst time, you must have

a Mac with:

An Intel processor Â

An internal or external DVD drive, or DVD or CD Sharing Â

At least 1 GB of RAM (additional RAM is recommended) Â

A built-in display or a display connected to an Apple-supplied video card supported Â

by your computer

At least 5 GB of disk space available, or 7 GB of disk space if you install the developer Â

tools

Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard

Installation and Setup Guide

Summary of content (7 pages)

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Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard Installation and Setup Guide Read this document before you install Mac OS X. It includes important information about installing Mac OS X. For more information about Mac OS X, visit this website: ÂÂ www.apple.com/macosx For the latest information about using Mac OS X, connect to the Internet and open Mac Help. To open Mac Help, in the Finder choose Help > Mac Help. For additional support and technical information on all Apple products, visit this website: ÂÂ www.apple.
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Upgrading Mac OS X Follow these easy steps to upgrade to Mac OS X Snow Leopard. 1 Insert the Mac OS X installation disc. 2 Double-click the Install Mac OS X icon. The Welcome pane appears, followed by the License Agreement. Read and agree to the software license agreement. 3 In the pane where you select a disk, select your current Mac OS X disk (in most cases, it will be the only one available). 4 Click Customize to select or deselect optional software.
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Make sure you have turned on DVD or CD Sharing on the computer whose optical drive you’re using. ÂÂ To turn on DVD or CD Sharing on a Mac, select the “DVD or CD Sharing” checkbox in Sharing preferences. ÂÂ On a Windows computer, select “Enable Remote DVD or CD” in the DVD or CD Sharing control panel. 4 Insert the installation disc into the computer’s optical drive. 5 On the computer where you’re installing Mac OS X (or iLife applications), select the Remote Disc under Devices in a Finder window sidebar.
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Restoring your computer to factory settings If you need to restore your computer to the original factory settings, you can use Disk Utility in the Mac OS X Installer. Important:  If you restore your computer to factory settings, everything on your computer (your user accounts, network settings, and all of your files and folders) will be deleted. Before you restore, back up any files you want to keep by copying them to another disk.
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Using Remote Install Mac OS X You can use Remote Install Mac OS X to restore your computer to factory settings on a Mac without an optical drive, using another computer’s optical drive. The other computer must have Mac OS X 10.4.10 or later, or Microsoft Windows XP or Windows Vista. 1 Make sure both computers are on the same network (wired or wireless). Note:  You can’t use Remote Install Mac OS X with a WEP-protected wireless network.
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Reinstalling applications using another computer’s optical drive If you used Remote Install Mac OS X to restore your computer to factory settings, you may need to use the Applications installation disc that came with your computer to reinstall your iLife applications (GarageBand, iPhoto, iMovie, iDVD, and iWeb). If you’re prompted to use the Applications installation disc, follow the instructions in “Upgrading using another computer’s optical drive” earlier in this document.
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The installation wasn’t successful If you were unable to install Mac OS X, try the following: 1 Disconnect any external devices you don’t need during installation. 2 Remove any cards from manufacturers other than Apple. 3 Try installing Mac OS X again. 4 If you were unable to install Mac OS X again, choose Utilities > Disk Utility. Select the disk on which you want to install, click First Aid, and then click Repair Disk.