Please Help My Daughter - iBook G4 Needs Software Upgrade ??
I have recently inherited an iBook G4 1.2 GHZ 256 RAM I think 30 or 50 GB. I cannot tell now because of what I did. The iBook was not working and I found it had a bad solder on one of the chips (a common issue on this model). Once repaired, it needed a new battery, and then it sprang right to life. The iBook worked great - I could use Safari, Garage Band, etc, but due to it's age, Itunes did not work and so I thought if I reinstalled the original operating system (Panther 10.3.5 circa 2004) from the original discs, then I could upgrade from there until I found an iTunes version I could use with a newly reset iPod I had and use it basically just for music. BIG MISTAKE. After I cleanly installed it all, I now cannot use Safari, profiler won't open and neither will most other applications - I double click them, they flash once and then go away on the sidebar. So, I need to find a way to upgrade this machine past 10.3.5 so I can get it to work. Right now, I can only get to the internet using ie for Mac 5.2 - UGH !!! Now I know why Apple stopped using that software. Anyway, I was doing all of this to get a clean version of iTunes on it so as a surprise, my daughter could sell it and the iPod to raise money for a class trip she is taking to New York in the Spring of 2015. Please please help me. Is it as simple as getting updated OS software? I have tried a Tiger disc, but it stopped before it really even got started and said it could not be loaded. I can see the previous user still has files under user and I can see the folder for the previous system, but they are not accessible. I do have a 27" Mac desktop if that will help me to upgrade the iBook in any way. Thank you for reading all of this. Please let me know what options I might have to get this running so it can be sold off. IBook