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I have an iMac 24 inch and the OS is right up to date but I have a friend who is on a limited download quota of 500MB, not nearly enough to download all the updates. How can I copy my OS and update his OS?, I believe it is quite legal to do this but ,how to do it and are there any complications? He also has a similar iMac:confused:
Try this link mate http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id...apple-mac-os-x
You will download it to your machine it will be a dmg, burn that to disc and mail it off to them. Better would be to get them to come to your net and download it and any other needed stuff if they can onto there own mac.
Thanks for this information, I will follow your instructions
Thanks for the information, it worked like a charm; grateful
Which method did you use?
So as to help people in the future.
I used the link given by g4cube
This site tells the burning bit it's dead easy but they write it out for you so why not link them i say. http://lifehacker.com/251758/mac-tip...g-file-to-disc
THANKS!!
It worked on a laptop running OSX5.1 but a desktop running OSX10.5 would not accept the disc
Not sure what you mean here mate did you mean they are both running osX 10.5.7 and the laptop runs the disc fine but the other machine doesn't like the disc? If that is the case it is a disc/drive problem. Either put it to a better disc or get them to get a external drive that will read what they already were sent. Hope that helps mate.
Sorry I could have put it better! The desktop was running OS10.5. and he got the message, that unable to install, maybe the jump from 10.5 to 10.5.7 was too great. I am attempting to help a friend 500km away in Tamworth
I see sorry mate send the wrong link to you. http://support.apple.com/downloads/M...7_Combo_Update
That's the one you need it's a combo update so includes all updates from the beginning 10.5 up to 10.5.7 i hope this sorts it out for you guys and sorry for the miss info mate.
Any news on the install problem?
Yes! He has OSX.5 and the update disc to OSX10.5.7 but when he try's to update he gets an error message, unable to update. Is the jump from 10.5 t0 10.5.7 too much for his 24inch iMac?
It shouldn't be mate not sure what is happening there. Try this site they know lots of stuff and would be a better help than me. http://www.mactalk.com.au/
Thanks for all your help, it seems there was a corrupt file in his Mac and he took it to a Mac centre. I have taken the liberty of copying his email to me.
Well Well Well,
Fixed, very interesting Spent Two whole hours talking with the Governor! Who downloaded wirelessly 780 Mbs in two minutes of 10.57
Then continued to down load further updates, and there are heaps, the trouble was finding the corrupted file which he did bygoing straight to apple and asking where to look. Problem pin pointed and irradicated home and hosed at a total cost of $35 plus getting there of course.
Again thanks for all your help. Its a pity there are not more Mac users on The V Dr
We thank you for posting the fix.
Reading over your last post maybe we should have tried to get them to update to 10.5.1 first and if that worked then make the jump to the latest version. Many times the first version of any OS has many bugs that could cause a problem. I am so glad it's all sorted i know the frustration they must have felt i had all that when i started out with the mac but my father inlaw was a great help for me knows heaps of mac stuff as he worked for apple for years and is a real mac nerd.