Trying again –– Installing 10.6.7

[jonisign]

Hey everyone,
I posted a while back about having issues upgrading from 10.6.6 to 10.6.7. I'm still getting the error "Mac OS X Update can't be installed on this disk. THe volume does not meet requirements for this update." Any thoughts? I had no issue going from 10.6.5 to 10.6.6

Thanks!

 

[AlphaOne]

Re: Trying again –– Installing 10.6.7q

What update are you using?
Combo Update or early 2011 MacBook Pro?

 

[JoshNYC]

Re: Trying again –– Installing 10.6.7q

Sounds like MBP update to me. You should just be using the 10.6.7 combo.

 

[jonisign]

Re: Trying again –– Installing 10.6.7q

Nah, it's the normal 10.6.7 combo update. Before trying this I did try using the MBP combo update and following all the directions posted... that update gives a different error message and wouldn't even let me pick a drive to try installing it too. The update is definitely the normal combo update! Another interesting note: I had to download the combo update from Apple, software update won't even detect it.

 

[jonisign]

I'm going to revive this thread since I still can't get this to work. Any thoughts?

Thanks!

 

[jonisign]

Alright well, sorry to revive this again, but I am still unable to install 10.6.7. Any thoughts? I'd like to avoid reinstalling the entire operating system.

Thanks!

 

[rdhughestech]

Did you do an install from a retail Snow Leopard disc or a distro? Did you use MultiBeast after installation of the OS? Did you set the model identifier to MBP or iMac instead of MacPro possibly?

 

[jonisign]

Used the retail disk and used multibeast after installing the OS. At one point, I had switched the model identifier to MBP, but then switched it back to MacPro3,1 by using multibeast again...
So, after I installed OS X I swapped out the motherboard for the B3 version of the same motherboard without reinstalling... could this be a problem?

Thanks!

 

[Gordo74]

They use different DSDTs so maybe. Try and install with the retail DVD (10.6.0 or 10.6.3) and run the DMG without updating to 10.6.6