Topic : OS 10.3.9

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italianice

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Registered: Sep 6, 2007
OS 10.3.9
Posted: Sep 6, 2007 12:54 PM
 

Will the new iPod classic work work with OS 10.3.9? I know that the official requirements say you need tiger. iTunes 7.4 seems to run just fine on my computer.

According to the iTunes 7.4 page these are the system requirements:
Macintosh Requirements

* Mac OS X 10.3.9 or later or Mac OS X 10.4.7 or later required for iTunes
* Mac OS X 10.4.10 or later required for iPhone
* 500MHz G3 processor or better
* QuickTime 6.5.2 or later
* 256MB RAM
* Combo/SuperDrive to burn CDs
* Broadband Internet connection (DSL/Cable/LAN) for buying and streaming music

No mention of 10.4+ being needed to sync with iPods.

I'm not going to buy tiger with leopard just around the corner. But I'm still not even sure if my system will run leopard...

Powerbook G4   Mac OS X (10.3.9)    
PT


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From: New England, USA
Registered: Jul 21, 2004
Re: OS 10.3.9
Posted: Sep 6, 2007 1:44 PM   in response to: italianice
 

According to the new Classic Feature Guide...

iPod Classic Features Guide
http://manuals.info.apple.com/en/iPod_classic_Features_Guide.pdf

the minimum system requirements are OS 10.3.9.

Patrick

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italianice

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Re: OS 10.3.9
Posted: Sep 6, 2007 2:29 PM   in response to: italianice
 

Thanks, that answers the question.

Wonder why they have 10.4 on the product page.

     
PT


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Re: OS 10.3.9
Posted: Sep 6, 2007 6:08 PM   in response to: italianice
 

I don't know, but I figure the guide is probably more accurate since it was likely written by techical writers vs. the web pages which were probably written by web designers and marketing weasels.

Patrick

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Big Unc

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Registered: May 17, 2007
Re: OS 10.3.9
Posted: Sep 6, 2007 6:31 PM   in response to: italianice
 

I just brought the classic and I have Panther. When I connected the iPod it immediately told me I need OSX 10.4.

powerbook G4   Mac OS X (10.3.9)    
PT


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Re: OS 10.3.9
Posted: Sep 6, 2007 7:06 PM   in response to: Big Unc
 

Really!? That completely blows. I can see requiring a minimum revision of iTunes, but Tiger as well?

I guess they better upgrade the Feature Guide then.

Patrick

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italianice

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Re: OS 10.3.9
Posted: Sep 7, 2007 8:57 AM   in response to: italianice
 

That is lame indeed. Very strange about the conflict in the features guide.

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Edward Black1


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Registered: Mar 5, 2005
Re: OS 10.3.9
Posted: Sep 7, 2007 10:57 AM   in response to: italianice
 

From what I have read about leopard you might need to have a 1ghz G4 or greater to have a smooth running machine, not to mention to max out your video and computer RAM on an older machine to get full use of all of its abilities. It is universal Binary last I checked so maybe with some tweaking of the OS and the removal of the useless code material you might get it to run under a older G3. The only way for you to get the full use of leopard is to buy a newer machine that comes with it. They you have to buy update software to run under the Little Endian x86 "Mactels" because Rosetta's "translation" (Another word for emulation) to run your older software will be very slow. Also no OS 9 compatibility because classic is gone.

iMac+Playstation 3 Both Running OS X   Mac OS X (10.4.10)   Mactels will never be logical like efficient long lasting PowerPC.  
Chris CA


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Re: OS 10.3.9
Posted: Sep 7, 2007 11:06 AM   in response to: italianice
 

Wonder why they have 10.4 on the product page
It's kind of screwy.
I have identified this to Apple a while ago but so far, not response or clarification.

It actually states, "Mac OS X 10.3.9 or later or Mac OS X 10.4.7 or later required for iTunes"
As I read it, this means it will work with 10.3.9 and 10.4.7 thru 10.4.10 but not with 10.4.0 thru 10.4.6.

iMac G5 (Rev B) - 1 GB RAM   Mac OS X (10.4.10)   Silver Mini, Blue Mini
kjhman

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Registered: Apr 24, 2007
Re: OS 10.3.9
Posted: Sep 7, 2007 9:55 PM   in response to: PT
 

Hi there. I just ordered my ipod classic and im running 10.3.9. I dont want to purchase tiger with leopard about to come out. Is there anyway you could find out if the ipod will indeed work on my computer???

I would appreciate it.

thanks,

Keith

iMac 20", PowerBook 17", 80gb iPod, 8gb iPhone, 1TB HDD, 500gb HDD   Mac OS X (10.4.9)    
Vince DiStefano


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From: Lancaster, PA
Registered: Nov 10, 2004
Re: OS 10.3.9
Posted: Sep 8, 2007 6:22 AM   in response to: PT
 

As somebody who is a technical writer and web developer working for a "marketing weasel" company, I can tell you that your assumption is so much hot air and oversimplification.

17" intel Imac, Mac Pro, MacBook   Mac OS X (10.4.8)    
rjglasse

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From: Glasgow, UK
Registered: Sep 8, 2007
Re: OS 10.3.9
Posted: Sep 8, 2007 9:38 AM   in response to: italianice
 

I also have just had this experience. After waiting so long to jump onto the (full) iPod bandwagon, I was somewhat disappointed. See screengrab:

http://personal.cis.strath.ac.uk/~rjg/tmp/ipod/ipodissue.jpg

I've also summarized the discussions here and forwarded the matter onto TUAW, hopefully they can draw more attention to this matter. Any other options other than:

a) wait for a fix (is this even likely?)
b) complain to apple
c) return iPod classic to Apple Store
d) wait for leopard and pray your mac runs it well
e) accept defeat and buy 10.4

Powerbook G4 1.5GHz   Mac OS X (10.3.9)  
rjglasse

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From: Glasgow, UK
Registered: Sep 8, 2007
Re: OS 10.3.9
Posted: Sep 8, 2007 9:40 AM   in response to: rjglasse
 

I forgot to note that upgrading to iTunes 7.4.1 does not help. I presume if there is a fix, it will be in the iPod firmware.

Powerbook G4 1.5GHz   Mac OS X (10.3.9)  
rjglasse

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From: Glasgow, UK
Registered: Sep 8, 2007
Re: OS 10.3.9
Posted: Sep 9, 2007 7:25 AM   in response to: rjglasse
 

Neither elegant nor 100% perfect, but here is my interim workaround until Leopard is released:

http://personal.cis.strath.ac.uk/~rjg/tmp/ipod/ipod_classic_workaround.html

Powerbook G4 1.5GHz   Mac OS X (10.3.9)   iPod Classic (80GB)
Chris CA


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Registered: Aug 25, 2005
Re: OS 10.3.9
Posted: Sep 9, 2007 9:47 AM   in response to: rjglasse
 

Your article keeps referring to iTunes 4.7, not 7.4.
Might wanna change that...

"You have also downloaded iTunes 4.7 because the guy"

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