Hello all,
I've rencently retrieve my old Grand Ma's iMac (Power Mac G4, M8672LL/B), all still working like a charm!
But I want to reinstal a fresh partition of Mac OS X on it.
Actually it's a 10.4.11 installed on it, I after a few research, I think I can't install OS X 10.5...
Anyway, I don't have anymore all the installation discs of OS X 10.4 a loooooon time ago...
Just wonder, where can I find them??
Leopard isn't supported in that iMac > http://support.apple.com/kb/sp517
Apple isn't selling Tiger, but you can find it at Amazon or eBay > http://www.amazon.com/Apple-Mac-Tiger-10-4-6-VERSION/dp/B000BWZZLG
Leopard isn't supported in that iMac > http://support.apple.com/kb/sp517
Apple isn't selling Tiger, but you can find it at Amazon or eBay > http://www.amazon.com/Apple-Mac-Tiger-10-4-6-VERSION/dp/B000BWZZLG
That's what I found about Leopard...
And about Tiger on Amazon, what are these prices? 80$ for an old Mac OS X Version?!?
I imagine that my iMac cost a lot 😀
OS X was very expensive. For example, Leopard was sold by $129. Now, Snow Leopard was sold by $29, and Mountain Lion is being sold by $19.99
You're right, I remeber having brought it in a market, and cost me a lot at the time...
But, at the time, a few years ago...
Found a little bit more interesting things on ebay, but, more difficult, try to find a CD-ROM version... Don't have a DVD combo on my version...
all still working like a charm!
All my friends using Windows advise nuking the PC and re-installing Windows { any time it is cloudy outside 🙂 } on the machine to avoid any malware.
This is M$ thinking.
So many people come here after trying a reinstall and reporting that their machine no longer works.
If it isn't broke don't fix it.
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Create a backup to an external firewire drive.
'd give OWC a call. 1-815-338-8685. You need a firewire drive. Figure out 400 / 800 firewire.
FireWire 800 + USB 3, + eSATA
&
save a little money interface:
FireWire 400 + USB 2.0
This web page lists both external harddrive types. You may need to scroll to the right to see both.
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/firewire/1394/USB/EliteAL/eSATA_FW800_FW400_USB
(2) FireWire 800/400 Ports (Up to 100MB/s / 50MB/s)
(1) USB 3.0 Port (Up to 500MB/s / 60MB/s)
(1) eSATA Port (Up to 300MB/s)
Has a combo firewire 800/400 port. Not sure what this is. Looks like you will need 400 cable.
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/ministack
Carbon Copy Cloner will copy your startup drive to an external firewire drive. You can boot from the external drive to verify that you have a good clone. When you upgrade your existing startup drive, you can at any time boot from your external drive and go back to your existing system.
http://www.bombich.com/software/ccc.html
SuperDuper is the wildly acclaimed program that makes recovery painless, because it makes creating a fully bootable backup painless. Its incredibly clear, friendly interface is understandable, easy to use, and SuperDuper's built-in scheduler makes it trivial to back up automatically. And it runs beautifully on both Intel and Power PC Macs!
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Restore Tiger 10.4 & Leopard 10.5 DVDs are available from Apple by calling 800-767-2775 as of January 20, 2013. Have your serial number ready. Have your credit card ready too. There is a small fee.
OSX Tiger (10.4) installation discs
