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I need to take a MacBook from Leopard to Snow Leopard as I need to load up a citrix app from the app store. Thereafter I'll probably wait until Mountain Lion shows up.
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Mac OS upgrade
Hello all,
I need to take a MacBook from Leopard to Snow Leopard as I need to load up a citrix app from the app store. Thereafter I'll probably wait until Mountain Lion shows up.
Problem is, the upgrade needs a CD and the silly jap's-eye CD drive built into the mac doesn't work, usually no biggie as it's never used.
So my question is, can I load up the new OS using an external USB CD drive or will this not work? Thanks!
- 21-05-2012, 19:11 #2Member
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Yes, no problem. Done it that way myself.
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My Mac book air doesnt have one and works fine with an external DVD drive so I don't think it will be a problem.
Originally Posted by Victorian_Major 
- 21-05-2012, 19:15 #4
There you go have one on me.
No idea how that works.
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Great! Thanks.
- 21-05-2012, 20:14 #6
There was me thinking that a Mac upgrade was going from a Mac to a PC.
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That would be akin to going from a Ferrari to an Afghan cart and would doom you to a life of viruses, shit upgrades, endless crashes and shit programming. Originally Posted by Cabana DavidBOC likes this.
- 21-05-2012, 21:26 #8
Same problem here and I use an external DVD drive.
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I took my old iBook from Tiger to Leopard with external drive no problem. I think it took a bit longer than expected that way but it works fine.
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- 21-05-2012, 22:03 #10
And make sure you install antivirus: Flashback trojan reportedly controls half a million Macs and counting | Ars Technica
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