Q: How can i get Mac osx tiger 10.4 update download

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Shootracer

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Q: How can i get Mac osx tiger 10.4 update download

Can anyone help me please i baught a macmini from cash converters a couple of weeks ago and i have just found out from apple that Mac OS Tiger 10.3.7 which is what is installed on it is obseleete. And worse of all i didnt get a tiger disk with the mac mini so could anyone tell me or show me how i can get the Mac OSX Tiger 10.4 update onto this mac mini or how i can reinstall 10.3.7 or even upgrade it to the latest. i am at the moment not very happy to have spent all this money on a mac to find out i cant use it.

Thank you to anyone who can help.

Pete

Posted on Mar 27, 2014 4:12 AM

I have this question too

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Barney-15E

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10.3.7 is not Tiger. It is Panther. To get Tiger on that Mac you would need to find a Tiger Install DVD. It also may be able to run 10.5, Leopard (not Snow Leopard).

If it came with 10.3.7, then that is the very first Mac Mini. It has a Motorola PowerPC CPU and can only be upgraded as far as 10.5.8

http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/mac_mini/specs/mac_mini_g4_1.25.html

Posted on Mar 27, 2014 4:21 AM

Q: How can i get Mac osx tiger 10.4 update download

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petermac87 Mar 27, 2014 4:15 AM in response to Shootracer
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Mar 27, 2014 4:15 AM in response to Shootracer

Ring Apple and give them your serial Number and they will send you a set of replacement discs for a nominal fee.

Pete
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Shootracer Mar 27, 2014 6:33 AM in response to petermac87
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Mar 27, 2014 6:33 AM in response to petermac87

thank you petermac87 I have already spoken to apple about this and they say they cant send me any disks because it is obseleete.
Thanks for your help anyway
Kind regards
Pete
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Shootracer Mar 27, 2014 6:37 AM in response to Barney-15E
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Mar 27, 2014 6:37 AM in response to Barney-15E

Hi Barney-15E when i got intouch with apple they told me it was Tiger Not Panther.
But thanks for your help anyway i will see if i can get hold of Leopard 10.5.8.
Kind Regards
Pete
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MlchaelLAX Mar 27, 2014 12:23 PM in response to Shootracer
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Mar 27, 2014 12:23 PM in response to Shootracer

I would suggest you call Apple again (800-MY-APPLE); sometimes a different representative will have a different result. Even though that Mac Mini originally came with Panther, see if they will provide you with Leopard on a replacement basis (about $17).

Otherwise purchasing Leopard on eBay or Amazon will be a very expensive proposition.

GOOD LUCK!
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Barney-15E

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Mar 27, 2014 4:21 AM in response to Shootracer

10.3.7 is not Tiger. It is Panther. To get Tiger on that Mac you would need to find a Tiger Install DVD. It also may be able to run 10.5, Leopard (not Snow Leopard).

If it came with 10.3.7, then that is the very first Mac Mini. It has a Motorola PowerPC CPU and can only be upgraded as far as 10.5.8

http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/mac_mini/specs/mac_mini_g4_1.25.html

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