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Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard
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According to several sources in contact with MacRumors.com, Mac OS X 10.6 Build 10A432 has
been designated as the Golden Master. This build is the final release out of the development
team and will likely be the final shipping version.

Mac OS X 10.6, or Snow Leopard, represents a series of changes to the operating system for
increased performance over Mac OS 10.5 or Leopard. Technologies include Grand Central Dispatch
and OpenCL and now most system applications will be 64-bit. Snow Leopard is also the first Mac OS
release without PowerPC support. The new build brought a number of changes with it, including
the following, according to AppleInsider:
Although Rosetta and Quicktime 7 are both included on the Mac OS X 10.6 installation DVD, both are
designated as optional installs by default. However, if Mac OS X 10.6 is being installed on a Mac that
contains a registration a key for Quicktime 7 Pro, the installer will install Quicktime 7 automatically.

Options to “Erase and Install” and “Archive and Install” are no longer present in the Mac OS X 10.6 installer.
According to those familiar with the software, this was done for convenience, so that users do not accidentally
erase and install their Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard partitions. However, “Erase and Install” remains available
through Disk Utility, which is also included on the installation DVD.

If you need to reinstall 10.6, it automatically archives and installs for you.

A reinstallation will not affect your Mac OS X version number. In other words, reinstallation of Mac OS X 10.6
on a Mac that contains Mac OS X 10.6.1 (when it becomes available) will not overwrite any new components
delivered by 10.6.1. So when the re-install is complete, you will still be running Mac OS X 10.6.1.
This will save users considerable time.
There is no “Previous System” folder at the root level after reinstalling.

If a power outage occurs, installation will pick up from where it left off.

To prevent the Blue Screen error that plagued some users when upgrading to Mac OS X 10.5, a software
compatibility check is included that has a list of known “bad” apps, and disables them. Those programs
are moved to an “Incompatible Software” folder.

Unlike Mac OS X 10.5, you cannot install Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard on computers where the
hard drive reports a S.M.A.R.T. failure.

Installation initially triggers a large chunk of data to be copied from the installation DVD to the
user’s primary hard drive. The bulk of the installation is then managed from the hard drive,
speeding up the installation process considerably. After a successful installation, that large
chunk of data is automatically removed.

For Leopard users, the Snow Leopard upgrade is $29, Tiger owners will need to purchase the Mac OS X
Box Set at $169. Family Pack editions for both the Box Set and standard upgrade are available as well.
Snow Leopard is due in September but no specific date has been released by Apple. Both Leopard and
Tiger were released late in the month, though there is no proof to suggest that will
be the case this time around.

Installation Instructions
IMPORTANT: Always back-up your system before installing
pre-release software seeds.

A. Install Snow Leopard using hard disk partitions:
Requirements:
Three hard disk partitions internal or external
(you could use 2 but 3 recommended)

Hard disk partitions setup:
Partition 1 – download Snow Leopard disk image here
Partition 2 – restore disk image onto this partition
Partition 3 – partition to install Snow Leopard on
(Partition 3 is optional, you can install onto Partition 1
if you only have 2 partitions)

Procedure:
1. Boot off partition 1, using Disk Utility, restore the Snow
Leopard DVD Disk Image onto partition 2

2. Boot off partition 2 and install Snow Leopard onto partition 3
OR if you only have 2 partitions:
2. Boot off partition 2 and install Snow Leopard onto partition 1

Note: Use System Preferences : Startup Disk to pick startup volume

OR

B. Burn bootable DVD for installation:
Requirements:
1. A DVD drive capable of burning double-layer DVDs
Here’s how to check to see if you have such a drive:
- Launch “Systems Profiler”
- Under Hardware, click on “Disc Burning”
- Under “DVD-Write”, if “+R DL” is listed then your machine
has the ability to burn double layer DVD discs.
2. A blank DVD+R DL media

Procedure:
1. Launch Disk Utility
2. Click the Burn button in the Toolbar
3. Navigate to and select the downloaded DVD disk image
then click the Open button
4. Insert a blank DVD+R DL disc into your DVD burner
5. Click the Burn button

After burning, install Snow Leopard from the burned DVD.

64-bit :

The 64-bit kernel can be tested on the following configurations:

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