Updated iBook on PowerBook CD and now it can't find Finder. PLEASE HELP!

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Updated iBook on PowerBook CD and now it can't find Finder. PLEASE HELP!

Today I updated my iBook G3 from OS X 10.2.8 to OS X 10.3.x using a disk that I had found for my PowerBook G4. My PowerBook crashed a couple of years ago and has been sitting on my desk as a paper weight, so i figured that the disk would update the iBook with no problem. I turned on the iBook and logged in and Finder would not run I tried to relaunch Finder, I tried booting in safe mode and nothing has worked. I don't want to reinstall 10.2 but if I absolutely have to I will. Thanks for any help you can provide!

~Kharps

iBook, Mac OS X (10.3.x)

Posted on Jul 22, 2011 7:16 AM

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Ronda Wilson

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Jul 22, 2011 7:55 AM in response to Kharps

As you have found, software CDs that came with one Mac usually won't work with another model.

Did you back up your hard drive with a clone before attempting the upgrade? If so, you can easily revert to your previous system.

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