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Even though OS X Snow Leopard has been around for quite a few years, it remains
a favorite for some Mac users with legacy software support. Additionally, some
older Macs stopped receiving updates after Snow Leopard, forcing IT
departments to continue support.
Because of this, it's important to keep a bootable Snow Leopard install disk
around if you have a Snow Leopard machine or manage them. However, there is
no automatic way to create this drive on your Mac, so I'll show you how to do so in
this tutorial.
Note: Before starting this tutorial, ensure that you have a USB drive with at least
8GB of storage as well as a Snow Leopard retail DVD or disk image. Grey DVDs
that were included with a Mac at the time of purchase cannot be used to make
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USB boot drives as they do not include drivers for Macs other than the computer it
was shipped with.
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Bear in mind that this will erase all data from the USB drive, so backup any
important les before proceeding.
To format the USB drive drive, click theApplybutton in the lower right-hand
corner of the Disk Utility window.
In the center of the window you'll see two boxes: one labeledSourceand
anotherDestination.
Disk Utility will restore the OS X Install DVD or disk image to the USB drive; this
process may take anywhere from 20 minutes to an hour depending on how quick
the Mac is.
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Please note that all data on the Mac's hard drive will be erased, so backup all
important les before proceeding.
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OS X Snow Leopard may take a bit of time to install depending on the Mac's
hardware. Upon completion, the Mac will restart and prompt you to create an
account.
Boot the Mac to the USB drive using the steps shown above and click on
theUtilitiesbutton from the top bar. You can access all available utilities from this
drop-down menu.
It's nice to have these utilities available to use from the USB drive, especially Disk
Utility.For example, if you believe your hard drive has died or is corrupted, you can
boot your Mac from the USB drive and use Disk Utility to check the the hard
drive's SMART status and repair said drive.
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S E 2 years ago
I tried this 3 times. All times when I tried to boot from the USB ash drive, The computer
(already running Snow Leopard) just gave me three low pitched tones, then a pause, and
the three tones again, over and over. Tried with 2 different USB drives (an 8 GB and a 16
GB). I needed this because a friends ofce has six computers all running 10.6.8. One of
the iMacs has a faulty CD drive so I cannot repair her disc nor can I boot from a Tech
Tool Pro CD. I was, however, able to successfully make a self booting USB drive with the
Tech Tool Pro Disc that I own. All of this was done with a MacBook Pro which came with
Snow Leopard installed.
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Snow Leopard installed.
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I had the same problem. You need to install the version of Snow leopard WITHOUT any
update's. Have you tried that?
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