Q: 2006 iMac G5 PowerPC Chip Yosemite Upgrade
Hello, I am looking to upgrade my iMac G5 2006 PowerPC model to OS X 10.10.2 Yosemite. Before anyone posts that it cannot be done, I am aware that Apple does not support it past OS X 10.6.8 Leopard. I am looking to by pass the restricting from Apple by using third party software I just don't know where exactly to look, if someone could point me into the right direction that would be grateful.
Accessable Hardware:
2009 MacBook Pro, 15.4", 2.53GHz intel core 2 duo, 10.10.2 Yosemite
2007 MacBook, 13", 2.0GHz intel core duo, 10.10.2 Yosemite
2014 iMac, 27", 3.6GHz intel core i7, OS X 10.10.2 Yosemite
I am pretty well equipped but I want by daughter to have the latest software on the iMac that I am repairing for her, I would buy her a supported one but she is young and I don't want her to break a 2 thousand dollar computer. I know how I was when I was a kid and if she anything like me then it would be pretty bad! Thanks in advance and I know I shouldn't be asking this in the official support community but this has been pretty useful in the past and I just want some help.
- Justice
MacBook Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10.2)
Posted on Feb 18, 2015 5:40 PM
The G5 Mac used the older PowerPC CPU. It cannot run any version of OS X after Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.8. There is no known way to "hack" around this limitation other than taking out its guts and replacing them with a newer Mac Mini!
Your newer Macs with Intel CPU's from 2009 and of course 2014 can run Yosemite; I am not sure about the 2007 model.
Posted on Feb 18, 2015 5:44 PM