Connecting ibook 500 Mhz running Tiger 10.4.4 to Power MacIntosh 9500/132

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Connecting ibook 500 Mhz running Tiger 10.4.4 to Power MacIntosh 9500/132

I had a cable plugged into the side of my ibook (500-MHz PowerPC G3 processor) in the slot <...> and then into my Power MacIntosh 9500/132 in its slot <...>
I then selected chooser in the apple menu and could access files and software from each machine, allowing me to operate between the two macs to put together my community newsletter.
I upgraded my ibook which now runs Tiger 10.4.4( which is great) but I can no longer connect to my Power Macintosh which has all my software for the newsletter.
Can any one help.
Thank you

iBook 500-MHz PowerPC G3 processor Mac OS X (10.4.4) Upgraded to 576 MB SDRAM

ibook (500-MHz PowerPC G3 processor), Mac OS X (10.4.4), Upgraded to 576 MB SDRAM

Posted on Jan 26, 2006 10:52 AM

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Jan 26, 2006 12:31 PM in response to Claire Burt

Hi, Claire. Welcome to Apple Discussions.

I'm not familiar with the Power Mac 9500. Is that in OS 9?

If it is, have you retained OS 9 boot capability on the iBook? If so, you may have to use it. If not, you may have to put it back on.

Which OS were you using on the iBook before you upgraded to 10.4.4?

You may get some better ideas if you post in the forum for pre-G3 desktops:

http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=602

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Claire Burt Author

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Jan 28, 2006 4:09 AM in response to Ronda Wilson

I'm not familiar with the Power Mac 9500. Is that in
OS 9?

If it is, have you retained OS 9 boot capability on
the iBook? If so, you may have to use it. If not, you
may have to put it back on.

Which OS were you using on the iBook before you
upgraded to 10.4.4?

You may get some better ideas if you post in the
forum for pre-G3 desktops:

http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=602

My Power Macintosh 9500/132 uses Mac OS 9.

My iBook original came with MAC OS 9.0.4, and MAC OS 10.0.1, when I upgraded to Tiger 10.4.4 the classic environment disappearred.

I still have my MAC OS 9 discs, but if I reinstall them won't I loose everything I have installed with MAC OS 10.4.4?

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Answer 3

Jan 28, 2006 4:52 PM in response to Claire Burt

Claire,

You must have chosen an "Erase and Install" which did away with everything on your hard drive.

I'm not exactly sure how you should proceed.

Let me see if I can find someone who can help you out.

(Incidentally, I use 10.3.9 on my iBook and access my eMac in 9.2.2 all the time, but I've never managed to access the iBook from the eMac.)

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Niel

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Jan 28, 2006 5:00 PM in response to Claire Burt

Open the File Sharing control panel and enable the option to allow connections through TCP/IP. Once this has been done, you can start File Sharing on either machine and connect to it from the other machine. On Mac OS 9, use the Chooser to connect to a computer; under Mac OS X, use Connect to Server from the Finder's Go menu.

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Claire Burt Author

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Jan 30, 2006 9:58 AM in response to Niel

Thanks for your postings, but no joy I followed your instructions and nothing appearson either Mac.
How I used to connect was via the Chooser and then clinking on Appletalk and the ibook would appear in the box under select a file server on the 9500 and vice versa.

I must be missing a step?
Claire

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Niel

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Jan 30, 2006 10:04 AM in response to Claire Burt

Click the Server IP address button and enter the iBook's IP address; if you are then prompted for an username and password, enter the ones you've configured for your account on the iBook. You can find the IP address by opening the Network pane of System Preferences.

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Answer 7

Feb 1, 2006 9:28 AM in response to Claire Burt

Claire

On your iBook, open System Preferences > Network > Show Built-in Ethernet. Then choose the AppleTalk tab and make sure the "Make AppleTalk Active" checkbox is ticked. This may have been unchecked when you upgraded.

Note that "Connect to Server" in Mac OS X 10.4 no longer works: Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger: "Connection failed" error when connecting to an AFP server. However, connecting from the other machine did still work, although I seem to have lost this ability in 10.4.4.

Francine Schwieder has posted a useful article on the topic of linking OS 9 and OS X here, which you may also find helpful.

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