on a DVD) copy from home, when i put it in the imac it failed to read the disc? (the same dvd loads up fine on ym macbook, to be sure it wasnt the disc i downloaded another copy of tiger, just incase), now i know it can read DVD's because it could read the Leopard DVD-DL fine, luckily i had the tiger DVD copy that came with my macbook, but obviously i cuddnt use this as the imac drivers aren't included on the disc. This trick works on the MacBook Pro with retina display, MacBook Air, iMacs or the new Mac Pro. Part 4: FAQs of playing DVD on MacBook Pro. Part 3: Rip DVD movie for playback on MacBook Pro. Part 2: Play DVD on MacBook Pro with external DVD drive. Part 1: Download DVD Player Software on MacBook Pro to play DVD. , which was ok, i would just install tiger instead. This is a tutorial about how you can use CDs on a Mac. Just learn more detail about the solutions and select the desired one accordingly.

The OS currently installed it Jaguar (OS X 10.2), so i thought i would upgrade to the latest OS for her, i took my Leopard (DVD-DL) copy round and the disc loaded but when i started the installer it said the hardware didn't meet the req.

A friend's parents got her an imac for xmas, its a 1.25GHz G4, 80gb, 1gb Ram (or near enough, not exactally sure on the spec), anyway it has a combo drive (cdrw/dvd reader).

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