

Download it onto a USB drive, along with the combo update.
#How to download mac snow leopard mac os x#
Mac OS X 10.6.8 Combo Update (Free - 500 MB): Optional you can update Mac OS X after you finish the initial installation with iBoot.Ivy Bridge processors have model numbers in the 3000's (e.g. If your computer uses a newer Intel Ivy Bridge processor, follow our guide for installing Snow Leopard on Ivy Bridge instead. To burn iBoot onto a CD, you need an empty CD and a CD/DVD/Bluray drive that can burn CDs (just about every drive can burn CDs nowadays). If your computer has a CPU that isn't officially supported by Mac OS X, such as an Intel Pentium processor or an AMD processor, then you may have to use iBoot Legacy (which works the exact same way as normal iBoot). You also need to register an account on to download iBoot.

iBoot (Free): iBoot is a boot CD that allows you to boot the retail Snow Leopard DVD.
#How to download mac snow leopard for mac os x#
Mac OS X Snow Leopard installation DVD ($20): The method used by this guide requires the retail DVD for Mac OS X Snow Leopard.You can override this requirement by using nawcom's ModCD instead of iBoot, but I can't guarantee it'll work.

You need a hard drive without anything important on it, because you will be erasing the entire hard drive.
