installing OSX into another mac?

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gnypgnyp
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in Mac Software edited January 2014
hi all,



i have an original OSX came with the PowerMac. Now i want to install the osx in the G4 400mhz powerbook (it's running os9.2) is it possible? because my friend told me that OSX came with the PowerMac can't install to other machine, isn't it right?

by the way, how to do a clean installation? (how to reformat the hardrive...)

plz give instruction...

thanks for helping!



gNYp

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  • Reply 1 of 3
    mr. memr. me Posts: 3,221member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by gNYp

    hi all,



    i have an original OSX came with the PowerMac. Now i want to install the osx in the G4 400mhz powerbook (it's running os9.2) is it possible? because my friend told me that OSX came with the PowerMac can't install to other machine, isn't it right?

    by the way, how to do a clean installation? (how to reformat the hardrive...)

    plz give instruction...

    thanks for helping!



    gNYp



    MacOS X is not MacOS 9+1. It is based on UNIX and it behaves that way. MacOS X is compiled on each machine. You can clone your user directories, but you can't just move the OS from one computer to another.
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  • Reply 2 of 3
    torifiletorifile Posts: 4,024member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Mr. Me

    MacOS X is not MacOS 9+1. It is based on UNIX and it behaves that way. MacOS X is compiled on each machine. You can clone your user directories, but you can't just move the OS from one computer to another.



    Sorry, but you're wrong on this one.



    Yes you can get a working system from another computer. OS X loads libraries as it needs them. They're all there, waiting to be called on. It's completely portable (I could take my powerbook's HD and clone it to my parent's iMac and it would work 100% fine). If you use CCC (http://software.bombich.com/ccc.html), you can get a complete working computer from another computer's set up. It works perfectly.



    But, don't forget that you'd be using an illegal copy of OS X because the copy you own is already on another computer.



    edit: I forgot to mention ONE little thing about cloning a drive. If the computer your cloning the drive to has a more recent build of OS X on it for compatibility reasons (e.g., the 12" powerbook I've got had a different 10.2.4 build on it than was out in the general public due to compatibility), you're going to run into some trouble. This happens very rarely, so you should be ok. And it doesn't sound like that will be a problem in this case.
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  • Reply 3 of 3
    torifiletorifile Posts: 4,024member
    Please don't cross post. It's confusing and a waste of people's time. (I actually took time to find links to help only to find out you had already gotten several answers....)
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