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    Hey I got a 2007 13" macbook from a girl I used to bone and I'm trying to format it with a new image of Snow Leopard. I have lots of experience with PC but absolutely clueless when it comes to OSX.

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    Originally posted by robs97snake View Post
    Hey I got a 2007 13" macbook from a girl I used to bone and I'm trying to format it with a new image of Snow Leopard. I have lots of experience with PC but absolutely clueless when it comes to OSX.
    So what exactly are you asking? Do you have the store bought (retail) Snow Leopard disc or are you trying to use a downloaded image you found floating around on the web? Its a pretty easy job to format and reinstall Snow Leopard on a Macbook.

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    • #3
      It's a downloaded .dmg and the problem is the Mac reading it. Opening it with the Disk Utility tells me I need to burn it to disc and install it from there. I didn't have any dual layer dvd-rs so I made a bootable USB. That worked but then I got "cannot use this volume". I finally got my old dual layer discs but before I burnt any I tested to see if the computer would read the disc and of course, it doesn't.

      What now???

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      • #4
        You can get a retail copy for a whopping $30 at Fry's or Best Buy.
        Originally posted by Broncojohnny
        HOORAY ME and FUCK YOU!

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        • #5
          Originally posted by Nash B. View Post
          You can get a retail copy for a whopping $30 at Fry's or Best Buy.
          If I own a valid copy on my macbook why can't I have a disc/image of it

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          • #6
            Originally posted by robs97snake View Post
            If I own a valid copy on my macbook why can't I have a disc/image of it
            But do you?
            Originally posted by robs97snake View Post
            It's a downloaded .dmg
            Originally posted by Broncojohnny
            HOORAY ME and FUCK YOU!

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            • #7
              Yes...the one that my Mac is running on

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              • #8
                Originally posted by robs97snake View Post
                Yes...the one that my Mac is running on
                Or could I burn this to a disc and reformat???

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                • #9
                  Holy shit this thread is confusing.
                  Originally posted by MR EDD
                  U defend him who use's racial slurs like hes drinking water.

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                  • #10
                    Burn it. Fire fixes all things.
                    Tera 4:1 + 4.88's = Slowest rig on here
                    Baja-Bob.com

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                    • #11
                      macbooks are formated in a dishwasher.
                      www.hppmotorsports.com
                      ᶘ ᵒᴥᵒᶅ

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                      • #12
                        put the disc in
                        hold c at boot
                        install

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by ceyko View Post
                          Holy shit this thread is confusing.
                          This is a thread about a mac on a gaming forum.. I'd say confusion fits here

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                          • #14
                            Google "how to install Snow Leopard from a USB drive".
                            Just did this myself on a Macbook. You will need a USB drive of about 8gb...or use a USB external hard drive. It has to be formatted in the disk utility (dont remember which format which is why I said google it). Once properly formatted copy the image to the disk. IF the image is a functioning disk...holding C at boot will give you the option of the external drive. I still say go to Frys and buy a retail Snow Leopard disk for 29 bucks. I haven't found many internet copies of snow leopard that actually worked...and I wouldn't trust it even if it did.

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by Marklar View Post
                              This is a thread about a mac on a gaming forum.. I'd say confusion fits here
                              Even though I hate MAC's, they can be very nice gaming machines sometimes.

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