Q: can i use any usb optical drive with my g5 as my internal one has died
hello everyone, i have been given a apple imac g5 isight 2005 desktop, but the optical drive refuses to work with dvds or the apple boot disk, it just chucks them out again, its fine with cds. what i want to know is can i use any usb optical drive with this computer, as i want to upgrade it from Tiger osx 10-4-2 to Leopard osx 10-5-2. this is my first foray into apple, as i have built and used windows based pcs for years.
many thanks in anticipation
bill lawrence
iMac, Mac OS X (10.4.2)
Posted on May 28, 2013 7:56 AM
i tried a cheap usb drive and it works fine but it wont boot from startup with the c key.i have now purchsed a apple dvd drive from ebay and installed it in the mac, it was much easier than i thought it would be and it is up and running ok. so alls well that ends well.
Posted on Aug 17, 2013 2:28 PM