I have been trying to install Leopard on a June 2004 PowerMac G5 with 3 and a half Gigs of RAM. When ever I boot from the CD it says: Cannot install. This machine is not supported. It is a grey disk, but it says 'For All Apple Computers' on it.
PowerMac, Mac OS X (10.4.11)
You need to use a retail DVD and not one which originally shipped with a Mac. Places such as Amazon or eBay may sell them.
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Well, it is a copy of Leopard and it says 'For Apple Machines', can you please explain that? I have even opened up the OSInstall.mpkg and the 'bad machines' are the Original iMacs and PowerBook G4 and PowerMacG4 so it should be supported. It also is compiled universally so no problems there.
Just trying to resolve the issue since it is uber expensive everywhere I have checked.
You need to purchase the original Apple retail version of OS X 10.5 Leopard.
The retail version is a black colored disc with a star background and Black " X " symbol on it.
Any other kind or colored disc (like gray colored discs) are Apple Computer/model-specific discs and will not work on your G5.
And yes, the retail disc will not be cheap. OS X 10.5 is over 5 years old and is getting harder and harder to find, now.
You could try calling Apple at 1-800-MY APPLE and ask for retail software sales to see if they might have any OS X 10.5 retail discs left is stock.
You will pay Apple's original $129 U.S. price tag if they still have some of these in stock.
If no luck from Apple, try Amazon.
Also try a site for Mac OS software that I found called Fastmac.
They will be more expensive, perhaps more than Amazon, but they will have what you need.
Alright, thanks!
PowerMac G5: Installing 10.5, says isn't supported.
