deeveus 81 Report post Posted March 7, 2014 Bought an old Mac which has 10.4.11 installed. I'm wanting to get it up to scratch with apparently can go up to 10.7.4 - I've been to the moon and back trying to sort this and bought that version online, but can't seem to get this installed as iTunes store won't somehow accept it? Do I have to buy a version in between or is there an easy fix for this? Cheers in advance Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
_ethrty-Andy_ 2132 Report post Posted March 7, 2014 Bought an old Mac which has 10.4.11 installed. I'm wanting to get it up to scratch with apparently can go up to 10.7.4 - I've been to the moon and back trying to sort this and bought that version online, but can't seem to get this installed as iTunes store won't somehow accept it? Do I have to buy a version in between or is there an easy fix for this? Cheers in advance what processor is it? If its a PowerPC G3 G4 G5 then the latest you can put on is 10.5 Leopard. If its an Intel, you can put anything right up to 10.9 Mavericks on most of them. Have a look on the bottom of the machine, there will be an Axxxx code, post that up. whatever your machine is, you are welcome to send it up to me and Ill put the latest OS i can on it for you if you like, no charge. Have them all on either CD or USB etc, but i do not send my disks/tools out anymore. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
deeveus 81 Report post Posted March 7, 2014 Hi Andy, it's an Intel 1.83ghz with 2GB. Serial is W8634A9YWH5 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
_ethrty-Andy_ 2132 Report post Posted March 7, 2014 Hi Andy, it's an Intel 1.83ghz with 2GB. Serial is W8634A9YWH5 I have put Snow Leopard on those 10.6 with no drama, actually i have a few on the shelf at work. Haven't tried putting Lion on them before, theoretically it will work, but i have read you have to put Snow Leopard on first and then Lion over the top, and its too time consuming. Thats what i had to do for this iMac im using right now, which was Snow Leopard when i brought it, now running Mountain Lion. But my suggestion is to stick with Leopard or Snow Leopard anyways. Those White iMacs have very weak power supplys and Graphics chips in them, so the less stress in those areas the better. I have had several hundred in for recycling at work, about 80% of them are dead because of one of those two reasons, the remainder have replaced PSUs at some stage in thier life. Graphics chips are not economically replacable. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
_ethrty-Andy_ 2132 Report post Posted March 7, 2014 (edited) Do you have Lion on physical media or just as a download??? try putting your Lion disk in the machine or infact any OSX disk, and boot the machine holding down C on a USB keyboard (wireless ones dont always work, doesnt have to be an apple keyboard). Point to Utilities once it loads, then Disk Ultility, and then disk erase the hard drive and creat new partition. Once thats done, you may find it suddenly works. of course, backup your files etc first if applicable because you wont be getting them back. Edited March 7, 2014 by _Ethrty-Andy_ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
deeveus 81 Report post Posted March 7, 2014 (edited) Only got the original disk that was OEM with the machine. But have the download link for the latest version it can take. No files on this machine as everything on the home server here and PC in my office. Edited March 7, 2014 by The Diesel Guy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
_ethrty-Andy_ 2132 Report post Posted March 8, 2014 who told you it could take it? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
deeveus 81 Report post Posted March 9, 2014 who told you it could take it? Just that serial number website along the lines of maximum o/s Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
_ethrty-Andy_ 2132 Report post Posted March 9, 2014 try putting on Snow Leopard first. Also Kelvin (KwS) may be able to help you, he works at YooBee and most likely knows more about them than I do. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
deeveus 81 Report post Posted March 9, 2014 try putting on Snow Leopard first. Also Kelvin (KwS) may be able to help you, he works at YooBee and most likely knows more about them than I do. Cool. Thanks mate. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KwS 2425 Report post Posted March 11, 2014 (edited) Yo. Ex-Yoobee employee now Andy Yes, for any machine to go upto 10.7 (Lion) you will need to install it from within the App store, which is only available on 10.6 (snow leopard). The exception to this rule is when you have an installer on a disk/usb drive, as you can use that to do a fresh install. Going from 10.4 to 10.6 is a PITA and usually results in erasing and reinstalling everything anyway, so try and get hold of an installer for 10.7 and just install fresh. Also keep in mind that 10.6 requires 1GB ram minimum (or it wont install), and 10.7 requires 2GB ram (havent tried to install it on less, but i wouldnt bother if you dont have 2GB). According to the serial the machine should handle 10.7 OK provided it meets the ram requirements. IMO and as Andy mentioned, i'd actually go with 10.6 on such an old machine, 10.7 was bit of a dog even on more recent/powerful machines and lots of issues werent fixed until 10.8 (which your machine doesnt support). Hope this helps Edited March 11, 2014 by KwS Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
_ethrty-Andy_ 2132 Report post Posted March 11, 2014 Yo. Ex-Yoobee employee now Andy That will be why i havent seen you for a bit then. Actually seems to be a lot of new faces there recently… where are ya now? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KwS 2425 Report post Posted March 11, 2014 hah yeah, i left a month ago. High staff turn over there recently. Im at Wellington Mitsi now, Parts advisor. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
_ethrty-Andy_ 2132 Report post Posted March 11, 2014 hah yeah, i left a month ago. High staff turn over there recently. Im at Wellington Mitsi now, Parts advisor. Cool! good luck for your new venture, its a bit different to what you have been doing huh! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
