Is it possible to install OS 10.4 on a PowerPC G4 Mac? I tried to do it the other day and got an error message telling me that it could not be installed on this Mac.
Do I have some kind of conflict or is this literally impossible?
It's perfectly possible to install 10.4 on a G4. Just make sure you've got (i) a DVD drive for installing OS X, and (ii) the original retail OS X Tiger installation DVD. You can't take the installation disk from an iMac, for example, it must be the "normal" retail DVD, because all the other installation disks are made for a specific Mac model.
It's perfectly possible to install 10.4 on a G4. Just make sure you've got (i) a DVD drive for installing OS X, and (ii) the original retail OS X Tiger installation DVD. You can't take the installation disk from an iMac, for example, it must be the "normal" retail DVD, because all the other installation disks are made for a specific Mac model.
Also you naturally can't install version that is intended for Intel either.
Also you naturally can't install version that is intended for Intel either.
Correct, but as there is no Intel version of OS X Tiger (non-Server) sold at all (every new MacIntel system comes with their own special "Intel-DVD"), this problem is virtually inexistent
Correct, but as there is no Intel version of OS X Tiger (non-Server) sold at all (every new MacIntel system comes with their own special "Intel-DVD"), this problem is virtually inexistent
Yet there are many copies of them floating in the BitTorrent networks, and by the way not calling anyone pirate, just sayn'
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It's perfectly possible to install 10.4 on a G4. Just make sure you've got (i) a DVD drive for installing OS X, and (ii) the original retail OS X Tiger installation DVD. You can't take the installation disk from an iMac, for example, it must be the "normal" retail DVD, because all the other installation disks are made for a specific Mac model.
Also you naturally can't install version that is intended for Intel either.
Also you naturally can't install version that is intended for Intel either.
Correct, but as there is no Intel version of OS X Tiger (non-Server) sold at all (every new MacIntel system comes with their own special "Intel-DVD"), this problem is virtually inexistent
Correct, but as there is no Intel version of OS X Tiger (non-Server) sold at all (every new MacIntel system comes with their own special "Intel-DVD"), this problem is virtually inexistent
Yet there are many copies of them floating in the BitTorrent networks, and by the way not calling anyone pirate, just sayn'
Yet there are many copies of them floating in the BitTorrent networks, and by the way not calling anyone pirate, just sayn'
Thanks for the feedback. As I suspected, I need original system disks to install 10.4.