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Attempting to Downgrade Mac Pro from 10.6.2 to 10.5.6 Getting Stuck on White Apple Screen

Asked by mltets in Apple Operating Systems, Mac OS 10.5 (Leopard), Snow Leopard (OS 10.6)

We just purchased a new Mac Pro G5 (2.66GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon processor, 3GB Memory with 10.6 preinstalled & has since been updated to the 10.6.2 version). During software installation we found out that our Adobe Creative Suite CS2 software is not compatable with the Snow Leopard operating system. Due to budget constraints the decision was made to downgrade to our 10.5.6 OS that we own which does work with the CS2 software. I have inserted the DVD as the instructions suggest and tell the Mac to restart. During the restart I get tot he white screen with the grey apple on it and nothing else happens. Eventually the DVD quits spinning and the screen just sits there. I have attempted to just boot directly from the DVD and the same thing happens. I have also reset the PRAM to see if that would help but it doesn't. Does anyone have any suggests? I'm still able to boot up to the 10.6.2 version.

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Attempting to Downgrade Mac Pro from 10.6.2 to 10.5.6 Getting Stuck on White Apple Screen

Asked by mltets in Apple Operating Systems, Mac OS 10.5 (Leopard), Snow Leopard (OS 10.6)

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