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I have borrowed a retail disk of OS X SL from a friend and have successfully performed a clean install and upon first boot up I have noticed that the audio isn't working. Checked Sound under System Preferences and It seems that I don't have a correctly installed driver for my audio device as it is grayed out.
A quick google search revealed this:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3399
What do I do now? I only have a Retail disk of SL and don't have the original Installer disks that came with the Macbook.
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HELP: Installed RETAIL Snow Leopard to a Macbook (Mid 2010 Unibody) and lost audio
This is a discussion on HELP: Installed RETAIL Snow Leopard to a Macbook (Mid 2010 Unibody) and lost audio within the OS X and OS X Apps forums, part of the Software MUG - Troubleshooting and Discussion category; I have recently acquired a 2nd hand Macbook (2010 Unibody) and decided to perform a clean install of Snow Leopard ...
- 05-05-2012, 07:38 PM #1Lurker
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HELP: Installed RETAIL Snow Leopard to a Macbook (Mid 2010 Unibody) and lost audio
- 05-05-2012, 07:56 PM #2Mac Fanatic
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Re: HELP: Installed RETAIL Snow Leopard to a Macbook (Mid 2010 Unibody) and lost audi try updating to the latest version of SL?
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- 05-05-2012, 08:02 PM #3Lurker
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Re: HELP: Installed RETAIL Snow Leopard to a Macbook (Mid 2010 Unibody) and lost audi I am downloading the updates as of the moment and keeping my fingers crossed that this will solve the problem. I'm a bit wary though since updating isn't suggested as a fix by Apple support in the link I posted.
- 05-05-2012, 09:12 PM #4Apple Genius
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Re: HELP: Installed RETAIL Snow Leopard to a Macbook (Mid 2010 Unibody) and lost audi After the update you will also get the Mac App Store. Create an Apple account and buy Lion. It should fix your Mac. It's a 3.6 gb download.
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- 05-05-2012, 10:08 PM #5Mac Addict
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Re: HELP: Installed RETAIL Snow Leopard to a Macbook (Mid 2010 Unibody) and lost audi download the 10.6.8 combo update and install it... what version is the retail SL you used?
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Re: HELP: Installed RETAIL Snow Leopard to a Macbook (Mid 2010 Unibody) and lost audi I used a 10.6.3 Retail Disk but the build number wasn't compatible with my Macbook.
Anyways, the update fixed things.
Thanks for all the helpful answers guys!
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Re: HELP: Installed RETAIL Snow Leopard to a Macbook (Mid 2010 Unibody) and lost audi I thought you installed SL to get Lion. Why were you so bothered with getting SL to work right?
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Re: HELP: Installed RETAIL Snow Leopard to a Macbook (Mid 2010 Unibody) and lost audi not so much as to fix the audio but he needs to update to 10.6.6 ( not sure about the exact version but higher than what he had of 10.6.3 for sure) to be able to update to LION
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Re: HELP: Installed RETAIL Snow Leopard to a Macbook (Mid 2010 Unibody) and lost audi App Store app doesn't get installed until you upgrade to 10.6.7...
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Re: HELP: Installed RETAIL Snow Leopard to a Macbook (Mid 2010 Unibody) and lost audi I updated to get the App Store app (and fix the audio problem). Bought Lion last night, the 12 hour download was worth it =)
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