It's a fairly old machine that originally came loaded with Tiger. It has a G4 1GHZ processor and 512 MB of RAM. I have the Leopard OS discs that came with my iMac but they won't install on the iBook, presumably because the version of Leopard on the install discs is optimized for the Intel processor in the iMac?
Correct. You need to buy a retail Mac OS X 10.5 DVD, and should buy and install more RAM.
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The discs are machine specific meaning the install disc that came with your iMac won't work on the iBook.
Mac OS X 10.5 - Technical Specifications
General requirements
v10.5 Leopard can be purchased from Amazon.
Go here > http://www.apple.com/support/leopard/
Then click: Contact Apple Support
If they don't sell the Leopard disc anymore, they may have some suggestions.
Yes, if it has the requirements.
Leopard System requirements
You must have a Macintosh computer with:
If you have another computer's installer discs they cannot be used on a different computer. You can buy a retail copy of Leopard on eBay or Amazon that will work on both PPC and Intel Macs.
Thanks Niel 🙂
Thanks to Carolyn and Kappy too. I'll do as you suggest and try to get hold of a retail version. 🙂➕
Thanks for the link to the support page. Very helpful ✅
Can I upgrade my iBook G4 to run Leopard?
