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Power Mac G5 Restore

I recently found a Power Mac G5 that still runs and is in working condition, and I wanted to reset it to factory settings and wipe everything off but I can’t find a way to do that. I have a windows keyboard and online it says to power on and hold the alt button and r to go into restore settings but it won’t work. Any other suggestions?

Posted on Aug 6, 2020 4:42 PM

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Posted on Aug 7, 2020 3:26 AM

Hi,


Restore key combinations are for more modern Macs and operating systems. The Power Macintosh G5 would need the correct (bootable) system disc in the optical drive. This must be either the model-specific disc(s) supplied with the G5 variant in question (probably difficult to find), or a later generic retail disc. Look up your exact model under the link below for infomation about the pre-installed and maximum operating system versions.

https://everymac.com/systems/apple/powermac_g5/index-powermac-g5.html


See also the appropriate manual at

Apple - Support - Manuals (repeatedly click the "Load more results" button)

for procedures and Power Macintosh G5 key combinations.

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Aug 7, 2020 3:26 AM in response to SethyTrain

Hi,


Restore key combinations are for more modern Macs and operating systems. The Power Macintosh G5 would need the correct (bootable) system disc in the optical drive. This must be either the model-specific disc(s) supplied with the G5 variant in question (probably difficult to find), or a later generic retail disc. Look up your exact model under the link below for infomation about the pre-installed and maximum operating system versions.

https://everymac.com/systems/apple/powermac_g5/index-powermac-g5.html


See also the appropriate manual at

Apple - Support - Manuals (repeatedly click the "Load more results" button)

for procedures and Power Macintosh G5 key combinations.

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Power Mac G5 Restore

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