For 10.5 and 10.6, the editing process is the same as for Tiger, but with a twist: you need to open OSInstall.mpkg with PackageMaker, which is why you need the Developer Tools. When you open it, hit the tab called Requirements and double-click the top Javascript. Edit it the same way as described with Tiger and hit OK (or Save or whatever). If you are concerned about cosmetics, change the name from MacOSX_Title to Mac OS X; otherwise it will say "Select which disk to install MacOSX_Title on". Build the package (don't worry about all the other packages) and rename it to OSInstall.mpkg. Drag it to the Packages folder on the image, choose Replace, and you're done.
Begin Rant....My homeschool coop has recently started a lego robotics program, and was looking for several laptops to simply run the lego robotics program which requires OSX 10.6 or higher. I had an old Macbook 4,1 laying around that I thought I would donate; just needs a new hard drive and a software update. New hard drive arrived from Amazon and will have soon have a clean OSX install. Fumbling around on the internet, it seems that the 10.7 is the highest OSX version that is compatible with my Macbook 4,1. Already spent $50 for the hard drive, and Apple wants $20 for Lion. Well....HMMMM.....Ok, I guess I can spend $20 for Lion. $20 to apple and the authentication code arrived in my inbox. Just simply go to the App Store and download Lion, Right? Wrong! Lion won't download to any of my newer machines because they are all running High Sierra. HMMMMM....Lets install the original 10.5.8 software and download from there. Wrong! 10.5.8 doesn't have an App Store,. Call Apple for Help....We're sorry sir, but your Macbook 4,1 is considered obsolete, and no we cannot refund your $20 for 10.7 (And no it doesn't matter how many tens of thousands of dollars you have spent on Imacs, Macbooks, Ipads, and Iphones, We're not going out of our way to help you.) Well Apple, I have a hard time believing that the majority of those purchasing OSX 10.7 are running at least 10.6.8. I'm also betting that most of us trying to install something as obsolete as 10.7 are wanting a clean install (Yes I realize they are probably getting 10.7 from somewhere else, or using Linux or windows). But seriously, why do you have 10.7 for sale on your website? How many machines are out there that you can actually download it? Only those running 10.6.8? Why buy if your already running 10.7? I'm assuming it won't download on anything higher? Big disappointment Apple! End Rant!
osx86 Leopard flat image (install mac os x 10.5 from windows)
I just happened to have Gray install CD's for 10.5.3, and 10.6.4 (didn't realize I had 10.6 until I had already bought 10.7). Downloaded Tinker Tool from the internet. I used Pacifist to retrieve the flat package editor from the 2nd 10.5.3 installation CD (flat package editor from 10.6 wouldn't work since I was running 10.5. ) Edited the Distribution file in 10.6.4 and voila, after a couple of Software updates I'm running 10.6.8 with App Store. Downloading 10.7 now...Jury is still out on whether it will run on my machine. In any event I only need 10.6 to run the robotics software, so its been a success! Thanks fusion71au for the help!
As an aside: if you have an older Apple Developer account, your 'More Downloads' archive may still have Universal Intel/PowerPC disk images available for 10.4.7 Server, 10.5.0 (9A581), and 10.6.0 (10A432), if you don't really want to trust random ISOs from the internet. Once set up, Mac VMs should have no issues installing OS updates, so you can patch them up to latest.
The human interface guidelines published by Apple for macOS are followed by many applications, giving them consistent user interface and keyboard shortcuts.[136] In addition, new services for applications are included, which include spelling and grammar checkers, special characters palette, color picker, font chooser and dictionary; these global features are present in every Cocoa application, adding consistency. The graphics system OpenGL composites windows onto the screen to allow hardware-accelerated drawing. This technology, introduced in version 10.2, is called Quartz Extreme, a component of Quartz. Quartz's internal imaging model correlates well with the Portable Document Format (PDF) imaging model, making it easy to output PDF to multiple devices.[128] As a side result, PDF viewing and creating PDF documents from any application are built-in features.[137] Reflecting its popularity with design users, macOS also has system support for a variety of professional video and image formats and includes an extensive pre-installed font library, featuring many prominent brand-name designs.[138]
The human interface guidelines published by Apple for macOS are followed by many applications, giving them consistent user interface and keyboard shortcuts.[132] In addition, new services for applications are included, which include spelling and grammar checkers, special characters palette, color picker, font chooser and dictionary; these global features are present in every Cocoa application, adding consistency. The graphics system OpenGL composites windows onto the screen to allow hardware-accelerated drawing. This technology, introduced in version 10.2, is called Quartz Extreme, a component of Quartz. Quartz's internal imaging model correlates well with the Portable Document Format (PDF) imaging model, making it easy to output PDF to multiple devices.[124] As a side result, PDF viewing and creating PDF documents from any application are built-in features.[133] Reflecting its popularity with design users, macOS also has system support for a variety of professional video and image formats and includes an extensive pre-installed font library, featuring many prominent brand-name designs.[134] 2ff7e9595c
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