Please help, second hand power book g4, no discs, update needed

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Please help, second hand power book g4, no discs, update needed

I have a second hand power book g4. I was able to set up new user (me) and delete the old admin, no problem there. The flash player is outdated and I assume everything else is too. It is running 10.3.9 and I need newer. I have no discs, and the thing is crashing constantly. I will be lucky to finish this post, please help.

Also, the screen is not fitting the display right, everything seems to be askew. I have no major plans for this computer, Im just trying to get it functioning properly.

Thanks

PowerBook, Mac OS X (10.3.x), crashing

Posted on Mar 19, 2013 1:07 PM

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Answer 1

BGreg

Level 6

17,552 points

Mar 19, 2013 1:50 PM in response to Community User

You'll need to buy either OS X 10.4 Tiger or OS X 10.5 Leopard. If you look to the used market, make sure you get retail disks and not the gray-faced disks that shipped with macs, as they are locked to the system type they ship with, and it's easy to buy a set thinking they'll work, then the won't.

One source for unopened mac software is here.

If you want to install OS X 10.4, the requirements are here. If you want to install OS X 10.5, the

requirements are here.

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Answer 2

Mar 19, 2013 3:38 PM in response to Community User

Boot in Safe Mode. See

What is Safe Boot, Safe Mode? (Mac OS X)

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1564

Takes a while to run, but it usually "fixes" problems.

Safe Boot takes longer than normal startup

http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1884?viewlocale=en_US

 Cheers, Tom 😉

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Answer 3

romko23

Level 2

408 points

Mar 19, 2013 11:54 PM in response to Community User

Hard-Core Mac, like its other sibling.. We Love Macs are a complete rip off at best.. I have seen prices for Tiger for Leopard a bit more cheaper than those two sites. I would recommend the OP to visit Amazon and check for used copies of Leopard or Tiger...

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