Installation Instructions

Snow Leopard Developer Preview Installation and Setup Guide This document contains information about installing Mac OS X Snow Leopard Developer Preview. Important: Mac OS X Snow Leopard Developer Preview is prerelease software. Do not use this prerelease software in a commercial operating environment or with important data. You should back up all of your data before installing this software and regularly back up data while using the software. You will not be able to upgrade from the Snow .GQRCTF&GXGNQRGT2TGXKGYVQVJG°PCN5PQY.GQRCTFTGNGCUG For more information about the Snow Leopard Developer Preview, see the latest Snow Leopard seed notes in the Downloads area at Apple Developer Connection:  connect.apple.com System requirements To upgrade to the Snow Leopard Developer Preview, you must have a Mac computer with:  An Intel processor  An internal or external DVD drive, or DVD or CD Sharing  At least 1 GB of RAM (additional RAM is recommended)  A built-in display or a display connected to an Apple-supplied video card supported by your computer  At least 5 GB of disk space available, or 7 GB of disk space if you install the developer tools 1 Upgrading Mac OS X Follow these easy steps to upgrade to Mac OS X Snow Leopard. 1. Insert the Mac OS X installation disc. 2. Double-click the Install Mac OS X icon. The Welcome pane appears, followed by the License Agreement. Read and agree to the software license agreement. 3. In the pane where you select a disk, select your current Mac OS X disk (in most cases, it will be the only one available). 4. Click Customize to select or deselect optional software. You can customize some of the software that will be installed, such as printer drivers, fonts, and language translations. In the Custom Install pane, select the software you want to install, and then click OK. Note: If you see a message that you don’t have enough disk space to install Mac OS X, you can deselect items to save space. 5. Click Install. To quit any open applications and start the installation, click Install in the message that appears. When prompted, enter your administrator password. Upgrading using another computer's optical drive You can use DVD or CD Sharing to upgrade Mac OS X on a Mac without an optical drive using another computer’s optical drive. The other computer must have Mac OS X 10.4.10 or later, or Microsoft Windows XP or Windows Vista. Note: You don't need to use Remote Install Mac OS X to upgrade Mac OS X on a Mac without an optical drive. However, if you need to restore your Mac to factory settings, then you need to use Remote Install Mac OS X. 1. Make sure both computers are on the same network (wired or wireless). 2. Make sure you have installed DVD or CD Sharing on the computer whose optical drive you're using. If the computer is a Mac with Mac OS X 10.5.…