03-01-2017, 12:55 AM
I can assure you from personal experience that you can use the retail Snow Leopard disc to install it on a 2010 Mac Pro. If it is a 2012, then you'd need to have a computer capable of running an earlier system so that you could use it to get SL installed onto a hard drive that you can then install in the 2012 Mac Pro. The 2010 and 2012 models are both identified as 5,1. Both can boot from Snow Leopard drives.
Actually, even the original 10.6 retail disc will work with the 2010 model, not just the 10.6.3 retail. I was assured by a very savvy guy in Apple phone support that my retail Snow Leopard disc would work with my 2010 Mac Pro, and he was absolutely correct.
Actually, even the original 10.6 retail disc will work with the 2010 model, not just the 10.6.3 retail. I was assured by a very savvy guy in Apple phone support that my retail Snow Leopard disc would work with my 2010 Mac Pro, and he was absolutely correct.