updating OS X 10.2.9??

Hi droehrig832,

first of all: WELCOME TO THE DISCUSSIONS!

Every major version of MacOS X (10.1, 10.2, 10.3 and 10.4) is commercial software. You have to buy it. Only the minor updates are free (e.g. from 10.4.x to 10.4.6).

Make sure you buy the retail full install disks! Then follow this procedure:
10.3 Panther Upgrade: Decision tree+checklist or
10.4 Tiger Upgrade: Decision tree+Checklist

droehrig:

Welcome to Apple Discussions.

You are likely currently running 10.2.8 as that is the last update of Jaguar.

Panther (10.3x) is an upgrade not an update. The means you need to buy new disks. Make sure you buy a Full Retail Version or universal installer version such as you get at applerescue. Computer specific versions and update versions will not work for you.

Good luck.

cornelius

Hi droehrig832,

it depends on what G3 you have. Presuming that you have at least 256 MB RAM (better 512 MB), built-in firewire, a DVD drive and at least 5 GB of free hard disk space all G3s with the exception of the beige G3 are compatible with Tiger.

droehrig:

Your G4 will support the latest version of OS X, subject to the minimum requirements mentioned by Gulliver.

Good luck.

cornelius

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ali b

New to the discussion and having a problem upgrading my G4 laptop which is also running 10.2x. I though I would skip 10.3 and go directly to 10.4. Tried it and never got pass the system diagnostics. Does this mean that I have to go get Panther and install that before I can upgreade to Tiger?

G4 Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Hi heller42, and welcome to the discussions.

If you can't get past the system diagnostics, there may be a hardware limitation preventing the install. Tiger needs a minimum of 256MB RAM, 3 GB of hard drive space, and built-in firewire (among other requirements, but these are the three that leap to mind in your case). If you have enough RAM but it isn't original RAM, then Tiger may not be recognizing all of it (Tiger's specs for RAM are higher/tighter than Panther's, which was higher than Jaguar's).

If this doesn't get you started on a solution, open a new post for our undivided attention.

Andrew Penner