Path: csiph.com!news.redatomik.org!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed9.news.xs4all.nl!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Jolly Roger Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: Downgrading the OS Date: 17 Jun 2018 16:07:56 GMT Organization: People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates Lines: 35 Message-ID: References: <1nq2sg9.1qau9ha15fn6j3N%csampson@inetworld.net> <110620181807576511%nospam@nospam.invalid> <1nqisl7.1jszvj6cfbthN%csampson@inetworld.net> <170620181126575935%nospam@nospam.invalid> X-Trace: individual.net CrjDxCv97lk2FTBpnyUq2w+68aizI8lt99BAQH7IKNKRh2tqLp Cancel-Lock: sha1:x0cGvRUEwt9UoVXQ1v/na9lyns8= Mail-Copies-To: nobody X-Face: _.g>n!a$f3/H3jA]>9pN55*5<`}Tud57>1Y%b|b-Y~()~\t,LZ3e up1/bO{=-) User-Agent: slrn/1.0.1 (Darwin) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:117266 On 2018-06-17, nospam wrote: > In article <1nqisl7.1jszvj6cfbthN%csampson@inetworld.net>, Charles H. > Sampson wrote: > >> > > > I have an unusual problem that requires me to have a computer running on >> > > > 10.8. I bought the system disk from Apple for $20 >> > > >> > > I'm curious how you got a 10.8 install disk from Apple when Apple never >> > > produced such a thing. 10.8 was preinstalled on new hardware, or >> > > download-to-upgrade only. >> > >> > he obviously means the download. >> >> I wish it were as simple as that. Actually, the disk I bought is 10.6, >> which probably explains a lot. That's for a PowerPC Mac, isn't it? > > no, 10.6 was intel only, 10.5 was universal Oh, right. Thanks for that detail. > the problem is... > > In article <1nq8g21.tm6adcfyvs8kN%csampson@inetworld.net>, Charles H. > Sampson wrote: >> It's a mid-2012 MacBook Pro. That should be old enough to run 10.8. > > 10.8 will work, however, 10.6 is too old. Aha, I must have missed the post where he divulged the model. -- E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter. I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead. JR