On Oct 27, 2005, at 16:51, Bruce Johnson wrote:
On Oct 27, 2005, at 1:26 PM, Shawn Jesty wrote:
purchased a new mac mini that arrived with 10.4 pre-loaded. Need to
either drop it down to 10.3, problem is that it won't allow any
generic (not machine specific) 10.3 Cds to install?
I've read that they'll only start up with 10.7 or higher?
The only thing that comes to mind is Carbon Copy Cloner using a disk
with 10.3.9
yeah, that's it, so long as the new ones start up at all in 10.3.
anything.
Why do you need to downgrade it? This is not generally recommended.
Shawn,
Since the very first Mac, Apple has used a process known as "controlled
obsolescence" and has decided that every new Mac should run only the
version of Mac OS that it came with, or a later OS.
Your Mac mini should have come with a software install/restore DVD,
which will restore the earliest OS that it will run. If that's Tiger,
there is no way your mini will ever run Panther.
However, since the mini was released before Tiger, I would be that your
restore DVD probably comes with Panther on it, and your machine
probably came with a Tiger upgrade DVD. Unless, of course, Apple
pressed new software restore/install DVDs for newer minis, DVDs that
contain only Tiger.
Daniel
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