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The Individual Package Installers Are Contained In a Hidden Folder On The DiscĪll The Packages For The Various Applications Are Available To Manually Install If you show the hidden files of OS X by using a third party app such as InvisibliX, or by typing in a terminal command, you will see that the actual installer packages are contained in a hidden folder on the disc. This means that if you can bypass the installer package, and thus bypass the Model Identifier check, you will be able to install the software you have on disc and not have to repurchase it in the Apple App Store.
#DOWNLOAD MAC OS SIERRA FOR INSTALLATION ON A NEWER MAC PRO#
The Installer package is checking the Model Identifier number of my MacBook Pro against the list of approved hardware Models, but if you look at the size of the Installer Package by selecting the package, right clicking and selecting Show Info, or by pressing the keyboard shortcut Command+I, you can see that the installer package doesn’t actually contain all the installable files. And because I haven't purchased Garagband through the App Store with my Apple ID, I would have to purchase it new if I couldn’t install if from my OEM CD that shipped with my iMac.įortunately there is an easy work around for this problem. Because the iLife disc shipped with a newer iMac, which in turn has a newer Model Identifier number, I am seemingly unable to install the software on my older MacBook Pro. The Package Installer Will Not Allow You To Install On A Machine That Is Not Included In The Approved Hardware List It Checksĭoing some research I found that this is because the installer package is checking my MacBook Pro’s Model Identifier number against a list of approved hardware models as part of Apple quality control. As I was running the installer, I ran into this error, telling me that I was unable to install the software on my machine: I attempted to install Garagband from the iLife disk that shipped with my iMac, as I wasn’t using them on that machine and the End User License Agreement allows for multiple installs for a single user on all the different machines you own. I have unfortunately lost the iLife Install disc that came with my MacBook Pro, but I do have the disc that came with my 2011 model iMac. While the prices for the individual apps are very reasonable, you may be hesitant to purchase them when you already have a legal OEM copy that came with your Mac, like I was. I did a clean install of Mountain Lion on my MacBook Pro, but the iLife application suite that came standard with 10.5 Leopard has since been moved to the Apple App Store as individual downloads. I updated to 10.6 Snow Leopard, and finally to 10.8 Mountain Lion. When I purchased my MacBook Pro in 2009, the version of OS X it shipped with was 10.5 Leopard. Installing Newer Apple Software on an Older Mac Installing Newer Software on an Older Mac
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