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Can't boot iMac from OS X DVD
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Hi all,
A few days ago I got my new iMac, but apple forgot to include the installation DVD (I contacted them and they are sending one).
I tried to boot the iMac from a retail DVD of Snow Leopard, but that did not work.
I am wondering if there is any way for me to make a booteable DVD for the iMac using the retail DVD?
I need my iMac for work, and my ageing MacBook is not up to it anymore, so any advice appreciated.
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This can't be done. Just wait for your disks.
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I'm thoroughly surprised that the disks were not included, especially if this was a new machine. Was it a refurb? Even then, I'm surprised.
Steve
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I agree that it is surprising, I'm always impressed with Apple's quality, down to the esthetics of their packaging, I suppose even they slip up. What I don't get is that a legitimate retail copy of SL doesn't even boot the OP's iMac. I understand that you can't use, say, a install DVD that comes with a MacBook Pro with an iMac, but isn't the retail version supposed to work with any SL compatible machine? And if not, what is its purpose?
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The retail disk gets "behind" and will no longer boot a machine that originally shipped with a newer build. The actual version (10.6.3) can even be the same, but the new machine will have a unique build.
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Originally Posted by jmiddel 
I agree that it is surprising, I'm always impressed with Apple's quality, down to the esthetics of their packaging, I suppose even they slip up. What I don't get is that a legitimate retail copy of SL doesn't even boot the OP's iMac. I understand that you can't use, say, a install DVD that comes with a MacBook Pro with an iMac, but isn't the retail version supposed to work with any SL compatible machine? And if not, what is its purpose?
No. The retail disk comes out a certain point in time. Machines released after the retail release of the OS disks are not supported by the retail disks because the retail disks don't have the appropriate drivers, software, etc. for newer machines. Apple doesn't update the retail disks during that OS's life cycle.
Basically it boils down to the retail disks supporting whatever hardware is available at the time they come out. The disks that come with a newer machine support that machine and, usually, all older hardware in the same family.
Steve
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Originally Posted by ibook_steve
Apple doesn't update the retail disks during that OS's life cycle.
Well, they DO update them, just not very often. The current retail version of snow leopard is 10.6.3.
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Thank you both, I get it 
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