Tiger to Leopard?

shifty_uk · 14 Mar 2011 at 14:31

Could someone please explain how one upgrades their system from Tiger to Leopard? Retailers don't seem to have the single Leopard system on disc to purchase? Only Snow Leopard which is just an upgrade for Leopard itself, not an entire new system?

Will I have to take my MB into Apple, bend over and have them shaft me once again?

Si105 · 14 Mar 2011 at 14:46

Go to google, press shopping and type 'mac os x leopard'

No 4 & 6 onwards

electric ant · 14 Mar 2011 at 20:50

Snow Leopard is a full operating system, you don't need Leopard.
Buy Snow Leopard, it's all you need.

shifty_uk · 17 Mar 2011 at 18:29

Forgot I made this thread!

Si105, thanks dude. I couldn't find any retailers selling the software but that does indeed work

electric ant, seriously? Why is Snow Leopard so much less expensive than Leopard then? I'm sure everyone said upon the Snow Leopard release that you couldn't go straight from Tiger to Snow Leopard, you had to have the Leopard infrastructure first?

Si105 · 18 Mar 2011 at 00:15

I'm pretty sure the snow leopard upgrade only works
Leopard --> Snow leopard
and that you will need a full retail snow leopard disc to install it over tiger.

Skyboat · 18 Mar 2011 at 16:25

Quick googling suggests it's possible to upgrade Tiger to Snow Leopard with just the normal £25 disc.

electric ant · 20 Mar 2011 at 18:04

Skyboat said:
Quick googling suggests it's possible to upgrade Tiger to Snow Leopard with just the normal £25 disc.

Yep it is possible to upgrade Tiger -> Snow Leopard with just the Snow Leopard disc.

Feek · 20 Mar 2011 at 18:21

Technically that's breaking the licence conditions because part of the conditions of the 'upgrade' Snow Leopard pack say that you must have a fully licensed version of Leopard installed on your system to start with. If you want to upgrade from Tiger then you're supposed to buy the 'full' Snow Leopard pack.

In reality, both the DVDs are the same and nobody really gives two hoots.