Thread G5 upgrade, help needed on a couple of things
G5 upgrade, help needed on a couple of thingsHello, I have an iMac G5 1.8 model A1058 with 2gb of ram running Panther 10.3.9 and I want to upgrade to Leopard 10.5.8 I have been told I cannot buy this software from Apple anymore so I looked on ebay inste...view more
Thread Resetting all settings to Default (factory) settings
Resetting all settings to Default (factory) settingsMy lil one got a strong hold of my computer and changed a bunch of settings.. I'm seeing a black bar over all the things that i have selected as well as a voice describing EVERYTHING!! I want to reset my compu...view more
Imac G5 cpu sensor temperature problemHello all. My daughter has a 2005 Imac G5 2.0 GHZ (ambient light sensor) with 1.5 GB of ram running 10.5.8. Recently it has been shutting down, well going to sleep on her as well as shutting down quite frequentl...view more
NTFS and MACI have a WD Elements external multimedia drive formated for windows. Mac can not write on the drive. I have downloaded many recommended tools (NTFS-3G, MacFuse,NTFS mount) to do the NTFS system writab...view more
iMac G5 won't startupHi All, I've been using this machine without issue for years and years. I had a problem with a file not being able to be saved, so I decided to restart. That's where the trouble started. It wouldn't get past t...view more
Thread My monitor is pixilated and pink! What happened?
My monitor is pixilated and pink! What happened?The display on My IMac G5 running 10.5.8 is pink and the images are ghostlike! My screen saver is neon green! Is my Mac dying? It has done this before and after I was doing my work for a few hours, it come...view more
iMac G3 Rev A Faulty Ram?Hello, I have an iMac G3 Rev A that will refuse to boot up when the ram is upgraded. The specs are: 233Mhz G3 32 GB hard drive with OS X 10.3 96 MB of Ram (1 32MB and 1 64MB) The machine will boot and...view more
G5 PPC & New Yahoo! Mail - Impossibly SlowI have a 20" G5 PPC iSight iMac, 2.1 GHz with 2.5 gb of RAM. I'm running 10.4.11. The machine seems to be in good health, Disk Utility shows no problems, plenty of space on the HD and so on. In the last year o...view more
iMac G3 wont turn onjust wondering if anyone could help me out when i plug in my imac i hear a noise like an electrical noise and the power button led flashes for less than a second and when i try to turn the imac on it makes the same no...view more
Running a PPC off a USBHi I have gotten my hands on an old PPC. When I boot it I get an folder with a question mark and one with a square face divided in half flashing on the monitor. I just want to use the Mac as a display for my shop so ...view more
iMac G3 Hard Drive IssuesHello, I know that this product is likely way out of support, but I still have questions. I have a summer 2001 iMac G3 (600MHz, 10.4.11) in a small collection, and when I use it, it runs pretty slow. It takes a ...view more
iMac G5 shuts off randomlyHey guys, My iMac G5 is shutting down after an average time of 5 minutes. Sometimes it won't even startup, and sometimes I can work with it for an half an hour or even more. I thought I had solved the problem by cle...view more
Summer 2000 iMac Memory SpecsI got an Summer 2000 Indigo iMac with 512MBs. I plan to upgrade the memory to 1GB which should be the maximum. According to Mactracker, it says I need 2 PC100 desktop SDRAM moduels. Is this correct? And does it matter...view more
iMac G3 DV Indigo Summer 2000 SpeakersOn my iMac G3, the right speaker makes a cracklings noise when played loud enough. I think this has to do with some foam. I'm debating on replacing them or not. If I want to disassemble the machine, do I remove 2 scre...view more
Apple remote working with iMacMy Apple remote recently only controls volume while I am watching DVDs or streaming on my iMac. I have the latest updates on my iMac. It seems all questions/answers relating to remotes applies to Apple TV....view more
iMac G3 BezelSo I bought an iMac G3 and USPS absolutely mangled it during shipping. The whole front bezel needs to be replaced, and there is a very large crack behind the transparent plastic piece on the front of the machine. Is t...view more