#BOOT CAMP MAC OS X 10.6.8 INSTALL#
#BOOT CAMP MAC OS X 10.6.8 UPDATE#
#BOOT CAMP MAC OS X 10.6.8 PRO#
#BOOT CAMP MAC OS X 10.6.8 SOFTWARE#
#BOOT CAMP MAC OS X 10.6.8 WINDOWS 7#

#BOOT CAMP MAC OS X 10.6.8 SOFTWARE#

The latest supported software version is noted next to each model.

#BOOT CAMP MAC OS X 10.6.8 INSTALL#

You can install OS X Mountain Lion on any of these Macs. Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.8, Mac OS X Lion 10.7, or OS X Mountain Lion 10.8 already installed.And I definitely retire t he system and data drives every so often (2 yrs for system) and use them after zeroing as backups.OS X Mountain Lion 10.8 is available for older systems that are not compatible with the latest version of macOS. I reformat drives when t he OS changes, or when the structure of the partition tables is updated. 1TB are $425 which is a steal - Samsung 840 EVO (Amazon, Newegg, etc). SSDs on PCIe are fabulous for audio and music tracks. TimeMachine should have a partition volume of 350% the size of your system and backed up media, data, libraries. TimeMachine #4 w/ a small partition for maintenance, 150GB partiton 'clone' could be there too. System drive #1 w/ OS and apps and tiny 3-5GB of home user account 'library' only - all the rest goes to. SL does allow you to remove, add or resize partitions on the fly in Disk Utility. Can slice out one of your internal drives.

#BOOT CAMP MAC OS X 10.6.8 PRO#

The 'edrive' (name taken from MicroMat TechTool Pro 4.x) is even smaller. Who said you need to install the whole system? I was t alking a small simple emergency maintenance system volume only which need only be about 24GB. Your system should always be backed up to a clone and/or system restore image regardless. right now today, pick up a nice $150 250GB SSD. And t he user account data folders can be manually copied to a backup drive or to their new home location. The target partition just needs to be large enough to hold the system seeing we are for now only interested in the system. (Putting the user home account elsewhere is a nice idea been doing so since 10.2.2). Making it easy to exclude large user folders for instance. Not much different than DU except it does smart updates, and you can exclude folders. Sorry to sound so thick! I use the Mac as a tool and I'm not well informed on all this computer tech stuff. Not keen on doing a fresh install because of all the various music software - which is why I should clone or backup I suppose.

I've never had any problems with them seemimg to be slow or anything. The system hard drive is described in System Profiler as 'Intel ESB2 AHCI' under Serial-ATA. I've downloaded the free Carbon Copy Cloner from your link (or is it better to buy a version of this I wonder?).Īlso, is it necessary to partition an external hard drive? I already have a couple and don't particularly want to buy another or lose the data on them. 'Master' appears to be user data - I use this Mac Pro mostly for making and recording music with Logic Pro and I have a separate internal hard drive for the music files (which is most of my used data on this Mac), so advice on what to put onto a Boot backup/clone would be much appreciated please. Please forgive my ignorance but how do I chose which and what to clone as a Boot volume and what for the Master - I have read the links you helpfully provided.

#BOOT CAMP MAC OS X 10.6.8 WINDOWS 7#

Although, having said this, the instructiond did only mention newer versions of Windows - 7 and possibly 8.Ĭan anyone tell me please, is there a way of making this work with WIndows XP (as it worked before with the iMac) or do I have to buy Windows 7 to make it work? I have now removed the Windows partition with Bootcamp Assistant.Īs this all worked perfectly with the iMac, Windows XP and same OSX Snow Leopard I don't understand why it wouldn't work on the older Mac Pro. This then came up as a Disc Error and I could only shut down by holding the start button in. I then attempted to install the same Windows XP, which all seemed to be going well (I put it on the Bootcamp partition) until it came to restart the Mac Pro after installation.

#BOOT CAMP MAC OS X 10.6.8 UPDATE#

I have just ungraded to Snow Leopard 10.6.8 (with software update online) and partitioned the main drive with Bootcamp. I have a Mac Pro bought in 2008 (Model identifier: MacPro3,1 3.2GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon) which shipped with Leopard. I sold the iMac a while ago, having first removed Windows and reformatted the hard drive. This all went ahead smoothly with no problems. Previously I had used Bootcamp in a 27' iMac to install Windows XP Home for the purpose of installing Empire Total War and playing it.

Boot camp mac os x 10.6.8