Installing Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard

  • Author: Walter Galan
  • Time required: 1-2 hours
  • Difficulty: Easy
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At the time of writing this guide, OS X 10.5 Leopard was the current release by Apple. The newest OS by Apple is OS X 10.7 Lion. The installation procedure should be relatively the same as previous versions, although, you will need to first create a Lion Recovery Disk using this tool provided by Apple.

Install Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard on a new hard drive.

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Add Note Edit Step 1 — v10.5 Leopard  ¶ 

  • Depending on the situation, there are two different methods to install Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard on your hard drive:

    • Method 1: Install the operating system and software from scratch. If this is your goal, continue on to step two.

    • Method 2: Clone your existing hard drive. If this is your goal, skip to step 19.

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  • Method 1: Fresh Install

  • Insert a Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard installation disc into your optical drive.

  • Hold down the “option” key and restart the computer to bring up the boot option menu.

  • To begin the installation, click the install disc icon on the boot option menu.

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Add Note Edit Step 3  ¶ 

  • When prompted, select your language and click the arrow button to continue.

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