Mac OS X Snow Leopard (Universal) - 10.6 Developer Preview Seeds

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What is Mac OS X Snow Leopard (Universal) - 10.6 Developer Preview Seeds?

Mac OS X Snow Leopard Developer Preview Seeds were released between June 2008 and early 2009.

In March 2020, with only minor modifications, builds 10A096 and 10A190 were found to install successfully on certain PowerPC machines (G4/G5). Apple stated officially that PowerPC macs would not be supported, once Snow Leopard was released for retail sale, making these early Developer Previews of particular interest to the Apple PowerPC enthusiast community.

A highly motivated community on MacRumors have been thoroughly testing the PowerPC compatible Snow Leopard  builds, since April 2020. Community efforts to compile Apple Open Source Projects, fix bugs and backport system components are ongoing. Several usability fixes and installation instructions are detailed in a robust WikiPost: Here  


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Architecture


OSX Universal Binary



System Requirements

From Mac OS 10.6 up to Mac OS 10.6





Compatibility notes

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.

For more information about the Snow Leopard Developer Preview, see the relevant Snow Leopard seed notes.

Erasing and formatting your disk

You can erase and install Mac OS X on your hard disk using Disk Utility.

NOTICE: If you erase the destination disk, everything on the disk—your user accounts, network settings, and all of your files and folders—will be deleted. Before you erase your disk, quit the Installer and back up any files you want to keep by copying them to another disk.

To open Disk Utility:
1. From the Mac OS X Installer, choose Utilities > Disk Utility. Select the disk you want

to erase, and then click Erase.

2. Choose a disk format. In most cases, you should choose Mac OS Extended (Journaled).

3. Give your disk a name, and then click Erase.

Customizing your installation

If you see a message that you don’t have enough disk space to install Mac OS X, deselect items to be installed, such as printer drivers, to save space.

To customize your installation:


• Click Customize in the Install Mac OS X pane of the Installer.

Quitting the Installer

To quit the Installer before the actual installation process begins:

1. Choose Quit Mac OS X Installer from the Mac OS X Installer application menu. 

2. Click Startup Disk to select a startup disk for your computer.


NOTICE: If the installation process has started, you should wait until it finishes.

 

Advice about installing 

This Snow Leopard Developer Preview is a pre-release build, it is not advisable to use this software on a production system with information on it that you depend on for your business.

Please be aware that you will not be able to revert back to your previous system after updating. Please install this update on a system you are prepared to erase if necessary.

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.

 

Known issues:

- Some machines may panic during the reboot after installation. The install has still suceeded so please reboot again.
- Some users may hit a crash in the Mac OS X Installer. If you see this please save your installer log for a report to Apple, reboot and then attempt the install again.

- Third-party keyboards are not recommended for use in this seed and may result in an Mac OS X Installer crash.
- To install on a MacBook Air you will need to either use the USB drive or perform a remote install over ethernet. Remote installs over AirPort are not functioning in this seed.

- After installing on a MacBook Air you will need to restart before you can use AirPort.
- This seed is not supported on the Fall 2008 MacBooks and MacBook Pros.

Locating the Installer log

When you install Mac"OS"X, the Installer saves a log of the installation. To see the log, open Console (in the Utilities folder in the Applications folder), click Show Log List, click the disclosure triangle next to /var/log, and then select install.log.

The Installer can’t repair your disk

If a message says the Installer can’t repair the disk, you may need to erase it. This deletes all the files on your disk.

NOTICE: If you erase the destination disk, everything on the disk—your user accounts, network settings, and all of your files and folders—will be deleted. Before you erase your disk, quit the Installer and back up any files you want to keep by copying them to another disk. When you’re ready to erase the disk, open the Installer and follow the instructions in “Erasing and formatting your disk”.

The installation wasn’t successful

If you were unable to install Mac OS X, try the following:

  • Disconnect any external devices you don’t need during installation.
  • Eject any cards from manufacturers other than Apple.
  • Use Disk Utility to repair your hard disk.

After disconnecting unnecessary devices or ejecting any cards, start up from the Mac OS X Install Image. Select your language and click the forward arrow. To open Disk Utility, choose Utilities > Disk Utility. Select the disk on which you want to install, click First Aid, and then click Repair Disk. After repairing any problems, quit Disk Utility and click Continue to try installing again.

If you were still unable to install Mac OS X, try erasing your disk before installing Mac OS X. To erase and install Mac OS X, see the instructions in “Erasing and formatting your disk”.

Mac OS X installation was interrupted and you can’t start up your computer

Restart your computer. Your computer may start up using the last system you were using. If it doesn’t and you have another Mac OS X system installed on your computer, restart your computer while holding down the Option key to select a startup disk.

If your computer doesn’t start up this way, insert the Mac OS X Install Disc in your computer and hold down the C key while restarting. Open Startup Disk preferences and select a startup disk.

Additional information Using Microsoft Exchange

Mail, iCal, and Address Book work with Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 SP1. The Snow Leopard Developer Preview contains read-only access.

To use Address Book with Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 SP1, use Address Book Exchange Preview, which is located in your Applications folder. Address Book Exchange Preview is only for testing Microsoft Exchange Server functionality. For general testing use the standard version of Address Book.

Submitting crash reports

If an application crashes or hangs, or if the system kernel panics, a report about the problem will be automatically sent to Apple. The information collected in the report will help Apple resolve the problem and ensure the quality of Snow Leopard. This information is handled in accordance with Apple's Customer Privacy Policy. For details, go to www.apple.com/legal/privacy.

If you would like to disable the automatic report, use the following shell command:

defaults write com.apple.CrashReporter AutoSubmit -bool NO


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