iMac G5 Refurb?

Welcome!

All pre-Intel Macs, including your iMac G5, are hardware-constrained to running nothing higher than Mac OS 10.5.8, which you appear to have now.

As for RAM, that depends on two things: a) what iMac G5 variant you have, and b) how much RAM is currently installed.

You can see what is currently installed by doing "About this Mac" from your Apple menu:

What does the "Memory" line read on your computer?

Now, while in the same window, click "More Info" so we can get your exact variant. That give you a screen similar to this:

I've indicated the location of the important code with the red arrow, although yours will start with "Powermac." I can help to also post your screen size measure diagonally; the options are 17 and 20 inches. With that code we can see if a RAM upgrade is possible.

You cannot install any operating system higher than the one you currently have, as they require an Intel processor. You could increase the RAM to 2GB but it won't help - you say Logic 9 requires 10.9 (Mavericks) and this requires an Intel Mac. There is no way you can run that on a G5.

The max RAM possible in a 1.8Ghz G5 iMac is 2GB, but that doesn't solve the issue of having an obsolete processor.

With regards to the password. It was passed on from a friend who got it from her friend so that person has the person who we unfortunately cant make contact with at the moment.

Did you get the original disks that came with the computer?

Supports ppc.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Apple-Logic-Pro-8-Full-Retail-Install-Logic-Studio-1-/30 1551885052?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4635e49afc

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Changing password from single user mode:

You can also change the administrator's password from single user mode or create a new administrator account.

You need to get into single use mode for steps one and two that are listed below.

This page will tell you how to get into single user mode.

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1492

Basically, you hold down the command + s key then powering on your machine. The command key has a little apple symbol on the lower left. It is between the alt/option key and the space bar. On a PC keyboard, it will be the windows key, I think.

1) You can change the password on an account. ( Do you know Unix. You are in a Unix single user console. ) The setup commands you need should be listed on the screen. For Mac OS 10.4.11, the commands are:

# Type the follow two instructions to access the startup disk in read/write.

# check out the filesystem.

# ( in case of partial success repeat this command until errors go away. )

/sbin/fsck -fy

# Gain read / write access to your startup drive

/sbin/mount -uw /

->Start up some utility processes that are needed.

sh /etc/rc

->You will probably need to press the return key once the system stops typing.

->To find out the users on the system type, use the ls command. The l is a lower case L:

ls /Users

->One of these accounts will be the administrator.

->Pick one of the users which I'll call a-user-name and type it in this command:

passwd a-user-name

->and enter the new user password. You need six characters.

->You will need to enter your password twice. Your typing will not show up on the screen just

-> press enter when you complete the typing.

->For cryptic information on these commands try:

man ls

man passwd