Q: No web browser on Ibook G4
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Dec 10, 2014 10:44 PMby spudnuty,Pull the serial number and run it here:
http://www.chipmunk.nl/klantenservice/applemodel.html
That will help me know what we're dealing with and which OS it will run. That Safari version is probably too new to run on that iBook.
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Dec 12, 2014 9:40 PMby xScratch-n-Sniffx,Nice Name:
Machine Model: PowerBook6,7
Name: iBook G4 (Mid 2005)
ModelCode: ibook_g4_mid_05
Family name: A1134
Model Number: M9848
Group1: iBook
Group2: G4
Generation: 4
CPU speed: 1.42GHz
Screen size: 14 inch
Screen resolution: 1024x768 pixels
Colour: White
Production year: 2006
Production week: 16 (April)
Production number: 3302 (within this week)
Model introduced: 2005
Memory - flavour: DDR1-S-333
Memory - number of slots: 1
Memory - maximum total: 1.5GB
Memory - largest module: 1GB
Factory: 4H (China)
Ive been reading that I can put Safari on a USB drive, but when I did (the .dmg) and tried to open it on the iBook, I got an error saying there was no application to open that kind of file. It was Safari v1.2 and Safari v3.2
both were not able to open (due to being a .dmg file) and the mac not having any applications. I also do not have the start up disks or access to afford one. Any advice will help. Thank you!
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Dec 12, 2014 11:05 PMby spudnuty,>Nice Name:<
Thanks, goes all the way back to dialup AOL!
>CPU speed: 1.42GHz
Screen size: 14 inch<
Ohhh, the fastest of the iBooks! Check this out:
http://lowendmac.com/2005/14-1-42-ghz-ibook-g4-mid-2005
and this:
http://lowendmac.com/2009/the-future-of-up-to-date-browsers-for-powerpc-macs/
"How long will Apple continue updating Safari 4 for PowerPC Macs? My guess would be that version 4 of Safari will probably be the last version supporting Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger. Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard may get one more revision. [Update: Safari 5.0.6 was the last for Leopard.]"
I would try these:
http://en.softonic.com/s/firefox-mac-10.5.8:mac
and:
http://hubpages.com/forum/topic/113564
It's been a while since I dealt with a PPC Mac. I do still have a G4 MDD desktop up and running. Haven't had a browser on it for a while but the last I had was Opera and Firefox.
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Dec 13, 2014 3:36 AMby bund,Try TenFourfox, a fork of Mozilla for PowerPC, which is updated on a regular basis.
the best version for your processor is the 7450
