I am using a Power Mac G5 with OS X 10.4.11. I am not interested in buying a new computer. I want to install a later version of OS X so that newer software will be compatible. Everything from OS X 10.5.1 seems to require OS X 10.5 to be installed first but after hours of searching, I havn't been able to find any way to upgrade to OS X 10.5.
Please help me!
PowerMac, Mac OS X (10.4.11)
Buy a retail Mac OS X 10.5 DVD from a source such as Amazon or eBay.
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10.5.8 is as high as any G5 can go...
Leopard requirements/10.5.x...
* Mac computer with an Intel, PowerPC G5, or PowerPC G4 (867MHz or faster) processor
minimum system requirements
* 512MB of memory (I say 1.5GB for PPC at least, 2-3GB minimum for IntelMacs)
* DVD drive for installation
* 9GB of available disk space (I say 30GB at least)
Classic/OS9 Apps no longer supported.
http://bobskelley.com/2015/01/04/9-reasons-leopard-keeps-power-macs-real-in-2015 /
As Niel says...
Trouble is Apple no longer sells it, check eBay & such for the Retail version, not the Gray Discs...
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=mac+os+x+leopard+retail+10.5
List of Applications Not Compatible with Leopard...
http://guides.macrumors.com/List:Applications_Not_Compatible_with_Leopard
Upgrading from 10.4.11 to 10.5
