Does Adobe Photoshop CS (version 8) run on Snow Leopard

Apple wants you to buy the Box Set in order to upgrade from Mac OS X Tiger 10.4 to Snow Leopard. Technically, you the Snow Leopard retail package will upgrade intel based Macs running Mac OS X Tiger 10.4, however it is against the terms of the End User License Agreement (EULA).

The Box Set includes additional software that typically comes with a new Mac (and some that doesn't) and it is recommended by Apple to 'upgrade your Mac experience' because it is more like buying a new Mac than just upgrading the operating system.

To hear it straight from Apple, here are the answers from Alan Eyzaguire, director of software product marketing at Apple Europe to this question.

"We just think that Apple customers could really benefit from having those. They're great software."

"it's great when people get the full experience"

"if you have Snow Leopard it's great to have the latest iWork and iLife"

"we wanted to make that [upgrade] as attractive as possible"

"you get it almost for free"

"it's a steal!"

"Technically, yes, it would upgrade a Tiger install, but in the licensing, no." (citation)

You will need a USB drive (8GB) and access to another Mac. You can use any external drive instead of a USB drive, but be aware that you'll have to format the drive and you'll loose any content on it.

• Insert the Snow Leopard DVD and the USB drive into a Mac with a working optical drive
• Start 'Disk Utility'. You should see your USB drive and the SL disk in the left pane.
• Select the USB drive in the left pane.
• In the right pane: Select Volume Scheme: 1 Partition
• Format: Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
• Enter a name for the USB drive in the 'Name' field. You can use "Mac OS X Install DVD".

• On the bottom: click 'Options' and choose 'GUID Partition Table' and click 'OK', then 'Apply'. The USB drive will be partitioned and reformated.

• When that is done select the 'Restore' Tab

• There are two fields: 'Source' and 'Destination'
• Drag the SL Installer DVD from the left pane to 'Source'
• Drag the newly formated USB drive from the left pane to 'Destination'

• Click 'Restore'

• Once the restore is done eject the USB drive, put it in your Mac and reboot. Hold 'Option' while your Mac is booting, this will get you to the boot selection list. Choose your "Mac OS X Install DVD" and you're ready to go.