Can I upgrade my PowerBook G4 from 10.3.9 to 10.4?

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CariFromMN Author

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Can I upgrade my PowerBook G4 from 10.3.9 to 10.4?

I would like to run SketchUp 6 on my old PowerBook and I was wondering if it's possible to upgrade to 10.4.

Mac OS X (10.3.x)

Posted on Mar 6, 2014 10:56 AM

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Kappy

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Mar 6, 2014 10:59 AM in response to CariFromMN

Yes, if you can find a retail Tiger boxed DVD set. Look on Amazon and eBay. Only buy a retail set as other sets with gray labels or promises of being universal will usually not work.

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CariFromMN Author

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Mar 6, 2014 12:17 PM in response to Kappy

I found a new set on Amazon, new for 150 used for 55. I was told by Apple about a year ago that I could not upgrade my PowerBook G4 to 10.6 from 10.3.9. I didn't inquire, but I suppose Apple could not sell me the Mac OS X 10.4 (Old Version) any more, anyway.

Since it is a little bit of money, before I buy 10.4, I would like to be sure it will work. Do you know of anybody with 10.3.9 successfully installing 10.4?

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Kappy

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Mar 6, 2014 1:08 PM in response to CariFromMN

Sorry for getting back so late, but the forum was acting up on me for some reason.

Tiger will work on all G4 PB models. I did check first to be sure. The first released model can run up through 10.4.11 - the last Tiger version released.

You are right that you cannot upgrade to Snow Leopard because it requires an Intel processor.

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