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  1. J

    Comprehensive PowerPC USB boot guide and more

    Hello all! There's lots of lovely resources here and elsewhere on the internet, but I wanted to take a crack at making a guide for installing OSX to a PowerPC Mac. The biggest hole in many guides I saw was making the bootable drive, which I included here. (However, even now it still technically...
    • jojo2k
    • Thread
    • 10.4 tiger osx powerpc usb boot
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: PowerPC Macs
  2. B

    FreeBSD on PowerPC: anyone intending to use it, please respond in the ticket

    There has been discussions regarding retaining support for 32-bit platforms, including PowerPC (G4), in FreeBSD upstream. It may be helpful to respond in this ticket, if anyone considers FreeBSD useful or intends to use it on PowerPC Macs...
  3. ChrisCharman

    10.6 Snow Leopard PowerPC Development

    Welcome to the Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard on PowerPC - Development Thread The purpose of this thread is for the ongoing technical discussion, communication and collaborative efforts to develop and rebuild OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard and accompanying Xcode Development Tools for the PowerPC Mac...
  4. K

    Fastest remote desktop solution for Tiger

    Hi there, currently I use a Mac Mini G4 & a PowerBook G4 (both on Tiger, maxed out and SSD upgraded) for music production purpose (special old stuff that sounds interesting). Both machines can be remote controlled with Apple Screen Sharing from my M2 MacStudio but the performance really is...
  5. B

    MacPorts for 10.6 PowerPC with pre-built ports [unofficial]: testing welcomed

    (Disclaimer: While this should be generally working, but: this is an experimental software, no guarantees are provided, it is advisable to back up any important data prior to installing anything. Also, this is not an official MacPorts distribution, please do not report any possible issues to the...
  6. Janntast!c

    Power Mac G4 Quicksilver Power light only flashes when you press it.

    My Quicksilver worked a few hours ago. I needed to shut it off to go to a party. When I plugged it back in, it would no longer start up and the power light would turn on when I held the button and turned off when released. The fans rattle and that is it. I tried resetting the PMU, reseating the...
    • Janntast!c
    • Thread
    • power mac g4 power mac g4 quicksilver power macintosh power macintosh g4 power macintosh g4 quicksilver powerpc ppc
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: PowerPC Macs
  7. Ooze

    Custom 2.0 Powermac G5 Quad (Codename: "Quadfrost")

    Howdy y'all. Long time no see. in 2022 I received a pcie Powermac G5 dual core 2.0 (not dual cpu) because a friend of mine was emptying out some old stuff of his mother's and because he knew I was a macmodding guy he gave it to me. I installed linux on it, played around, compiled a bunch of...
    • Ooze
    • Thread
    • powermac g5 powermac g5 quad powerpc
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: PowerPC Macs
  8. L

    a1133/mid-2005 // powerbook6,7 // ibook g4 : can't open session/restore, only "minimalist" state boots up..

    hello hello i do have few powerpc computers was going to give/disposal them.. but a little association proposed me to borrow them for kids, as they might need to use them for offline activities (read/write) the thing is : the a1054 is in very well state the a1133 is with a big issue : i mean...
    • lm2
    • Thread
    • doesnt boot dvd hard disk ibookg4 macos minimalist powerpc ram
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: PowerPC Macs
  9. L

    any SIP or XMPP client still working in 2024?

    hello id like to know if some people are still able to communicate using xmpp (jabber) servers and SIP (ToIP) servers on old powerpc mac g3/g4? i tried several software, for xmpp, blocking me with "handshake" ssl failed. didnt investigated much more... linphone started developpment while...
    • lm2
    • Thread
    • client macos powerpc sip software ssl xmpp
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: PowerPC Macs
  10. B

    Open-source software currently supported on macOS PowerPC

    This is primarily meant for end-users (not for development, since the latter has a lot of stuff which is supported, hard to make a list). That is, for every-day tasks and regular usage. Disclaimer: due to updates to the ports and their dependencies, it may happen that something fails to build...
  11. pipetogrep

    You are cordially invited to visit a PowerPC centric hotline server

    Hi PowerPC Peeps, I set up a Hotline server over the weekend. I only learned about Hotline recently. It existed in the late 90s and early 00s and was a great combination of Instant messaging, news groups, chat rooms, and file downloads. It's decentralized, the servers are found via "trackers"...
  12. M

    Hotline Anyone?

    Is anyone interested in using Hotline ? Chris stood up a Hotline server which can be reached using the Hotline client for ppc in our research for the next podcast episode. If anyone is interested , the server is called "pipetogrep". Its a place to chat , post news and more!
  13. flatjuba

    Evernote stopped working in PPC?

    Anyone use Evernote in their 10.5.8 or 9? I believe they stopped syncing with the PPC now....It has been weeks I was unable to retrieve my notes stored in Evernote, despite I paid it for a year.
  14. G

    Power Mac 7300/180 IDE Card

    Hi, I am new here and wanted to reach out since I acquired a Power Mac 7300/180 with a CPU upgrade in it from Facebook Marketplace as a project computer to get it running and to dive into retro Macintoshes. The SCSI hard drive died along with the CD drive that came stock in the computer. I...
  15. DistroHopper39B

    [GUIDE] NEW Method: Booting from USB on PowerPC Macs

    After digging deep into Open Firmware, I think I have discovered a method to booting from USB on PowerPC Macs that works flawlessly* on every NewWorld Mac made after 1999. This method doesn't rely on having a USB flash drive that happens to play well with Open Firmware or any externally powered...
  16. Yumiko Noua

    I'm still asking how this is possible...

    someone on reddit put this image I'm still asking how... how this Is possible? I tried everything on my IMac g3 with no result. the only thing that the creator of this post on reddit say is: can someone replicate this? I will try later for this, but if possible, can someone help me with this...
  17. PowerPCFan

    All Mac OS Versions Ever Released 2001-2023! (WikiPost)

    I thought I'd make a list of all Mac OS X versions ever released, so here it is. Please edit mistakes and add missing info. (I think I messed up some dates so check those :)) Feel free to make suggestions on things that should be added to this chart too! List of All OS X Versions Ever...
    • PowerPCFan
    • Thread
    • applesilicon intel macos macosx powerpc ventura wikipost
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: macOS
  18. Baumachon

    Installing Mac OS tiger using a newer Mac, to

    Hey guys, I am trying to install Tiger to an SSD, for my Graphite G4. It is currently having display issues, can’t get anything to show on screen. It boots and chimes though. I was wondering if I could use one of my other working macs to install tiger to the SSD and then replace it in the G4. I...
    • Baumachon
    • Thread
    • apple clean display issues graphite install to ssd legacy mac os tiger powermac g4 powerpc
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Mac OS X Tiger (10.4)
  19. Ryan Bremer

    iTunes 10.6.3 will never die!

    iTunes 10.6.3 still works great as of now. iTunes Store works Previews of music videos work iTunes Radio works You can browse podcasts You can also browse movies Same with apps iTunes U works too :) Buying movies/songs on iTunes doesn't work however, it says that you need to upgrade your...
    • Ryan Bremer
    • Thread
    • itunes itunes 10.6.3 mac os 10.5 mac os x mac os x 10.5 mac os x leopard mac os x leopard 10.5.8 powerpc ppc
    • Replies: 93
    • Forum: PowerPC Macs
  20. PowerPCFan

    [POLL] Is doing this dangerous?

    Just if you’re curious, I don’t do this, I was the curious one and wanted to know other people’s thoughts on this questionable thing. Edit: here's an image of what I was picturing when I said "Right next to where you sleep" (image generated by Kapwing AI)
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