Mac OS X 10.4.x (Tiger) ships, by default, on a DVD. This poses a problem for Macs shipped without a DVD drive, those with non-functional DVD drives, or those which have had their drives manually ...

Reader Karen Evans has been thwarted in an attempt to install software on her Mac. She writes: Over the holidays I passed along an old Mac mini to my son. When setting it up I inserted a CD to install ...

An Apple Knowledge Base article provides a solution for installing iLife ’04 for users with a non-SuperDrive DVD drive: ...

So, it seems getting a dvd to install is not a 2020 thing. Last time I installed Windows was 7 which then got upgraded online to 10. So, if you want to build new, you can't buy a dvd and the build in ...

[Editor’s note: This article is part of our series of articles on installing and upgrading to Lion (OS X 10.7). We also have a complete guide to installing and upgrading to Mountain Lion (OS X 10.8).] ...