Important Note: OS X 10.7 Lion has been replaced by OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion. OS X 10.7 Lion replaced OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard and this Mac OS X 10.7.5 Update is recommended for all users running Mac OS X Lion.

[Latest updates at top] Problems starting up after update -- try re-applying combo updater from separate drive If you are having problems starting up after applying the Mac OS X 10.4.7 (i.e. Startup stalls at the grey screen or another point before the desktop appears), first try the suggestions in our tutorial Failing those options, you may need to re-apply the Mac OS X 10.4.7 combo updater while booted from a separate startup drive via the following process: • Download and save the Mac OS X 10.4.7 combo updater ( or ). • Startup from an alternate boot volume, such as an external FireWire drive, or use another Mac to boot the problematic system in FireWire target disk mode (connect the two machines via a FireWire cable, and boot the target [problematic] system while holding down the 'T' key) • Once booted from an alternate drive, select the problematic volume in the Finder, and 'Get Info' -- either by pressing the Command-I keyboard combination or accessing the 'Get Info' option in the File menu. Check the box marked 'Ignore ownership permissions on this volume.' • If you have a third-party disk repair utility like DiskWarrior, use it to re-build the directory on the problematic volume (this step may not be necessary) • Re-install the Mac OS X 10.4.7 combo updater on the problematic drive. • Re-attempt booting from the problematic volume (hold down the option key at startup to select the desired drive) Alternatively, if you have an Intel-based Macs with Boot Camp and Windows installed, you can avoid having to use another Mac in the process.

If the checksum is as follows: • 10aa57dfccd63accb0939a894cea202a8910fb45 you have the new version. Otherwise, you have the original iteration (sans-OpenGL performance enhancements) and should re-download the.

I've used it since V1 Keeps my old MBP going. — Mike Ogden (@charlie_film) Visit your local Apple Store to download older OS X version If none of the options to get older OS X worked, pay a visit to nearest local Apple Store. They should have image installations going back to OS Leopard and earlier. You can also ask their assistance to create a bootable USB drive with the installation file. So here you are. We hope this article has helped you to download an old version of Mac OS X.

This can most easily be accomplished with a shareware utility like Tiger Cache Cleaner, but also bears a manual process which involves dragging the following files to the trash: • com.apple.kernelcaches (a folder in /System/Library/Caches) • Extensions.kextcache (a file in /System/Library) • Extensions.mkext (a file in /System/Library/) • com.apple.ATS (a folder in /Library/Caches/) • Files that start with com.apple.LaunchServices (in /Library/Caches) You will be prompted to enter your administrator password when dragging these files to the trash. You may need to restart after moving them to the trash. Re-apply the Mac OS X 10.4.7 combo updater A workaround that has proved successful for various problems caused by previous incremental Mac OS X updaters is re-application of the current combination updater ( or ). Paint net download mac. Doing so overwrites potentially problem-causing files that were not replaced by the 'Delta' (adjacent version-to-version) update.

Apple has released a revised version of the Mac OS X 10.4.7 updater for Intel-based Macs due to the omission of some files related to OpenGL performance. A posting to the company's Security-Announce mailing list forwarded by MacFixIt reader Mike Nowak says: 'Only the package that upgrades a Mac OS X v10.4.6 (Intel) system to Mac OS X v10.4.7 (Intel) is being changed. All other Mac OS X v10.4.7 install packages remain unchanged. 'The change being made to the install package does not affect the security fixes provided in the package.' 'The new package is named: MacOSXUpd10.4.7Intel.dmg' UPDATE: We have verified that the now posted to Apple's download servers is the revised edition, aforementioned.

For example, to get an installer for Lion, you may ask a friend who has Lion-operated Mac or, once again, set up a virtual machine running Lion. Then you will need to prepare an external drive to download the installation file using OS X Utilities. After you’ve completed the download, the installer should launch automatically, but you can click Cancel and copy the file you need. Below is the detailed instruction how to do it. Install older OS X onto an external drive The following method allows you to download Mac OS X Lion, Mountain Lion, and Mavericks. Change my mac download. • Start your Mac holding down Command + R. • Prepare a clean external drive (at least 10 GB of storage).