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Note Leopard 10.5 DSDT Voodoo / XNU Kernel

Upgrade to 10.5.6

I am running iATKOS v5i, with Voodoo/XNU kernel v1.0. Since more and more software (from Apple) is requiring 10.5.6, I am wondering if I can safely use the upgrade tool to go to 10.5.6. I am running EFI_V9, and supposedly my system is…

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@throttlemeister Published 2009-02-08
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Leopard 10.5
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3,441 historical reads · 1 curated field notes (from 3 dispatches) · 2009-02-08
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@throttlemeister (2)@fassl

I am running iATKOS v5i, with Voodoo/XNU kernel v1.0. Since more and more software (from Apple) is requiring 10.5.6, I am wondering if I can safely use the upgrade tool to go to 10.5.6.

I am running EFI_V9, and supposedly my system is upgrade-proof. But still. I now have a nicely running system and I don't want to hose it with a not so well thought out action...

System does have a dsdt.aml patch, no disabler.kext present on system.

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1 technical responses curated from 3 original dispatches

Field Note #1 @fassl 2009-02-08

You can also just edit the system version with:

sudo nano /System/Library/CoreServices/SystemVersion.plist

edit the Version there and save with ctrl+o

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