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powerpc

  1. bobesch

    Cloud- and Sync-Options for PPC

    Cloud- and Sync-Options for PPC I'd like to start a discussion about the Cloud- and Sync-options for PPC's with Tiger/Leopard - especially when it comes to synching with an iPhone-(App) running the latest iOS and the option to collaborate with PPC-Macs(Tiger/Leopard), intel-Macs(Lion)...
  2. ScreenSavers

    iMac DV SE No Power At All

    I got an iMac G3 at an auction yesterday for $5. It is an iMac DV special edition, model M5521. I got it home and plugged it in and it does NOTHING. No light. No click. Nothing at all. I tried the reset button in the RAM cover (PMU reset), and I also tried replacing the PRAM battery. The old...
  3. errant1007

    OS Server Install to PowerPC

    Hi, I'm new to play with the PowerPC and found problem to install the Leopard Server. I got the Old PowerPC G5 (2005), 2.0GHz with 7G Ram and running with OS10.4. Tried to upgrade the OS to Leopard Server with Disc, usually put the DVD in Rom(it's readable) and holding "C" to startup, it's...
  4. d3vCr0w

    Mac Mini G4 problem with OS X

    Hi everybody, I'm new to this forum, so this is my first thread/post. I hope you can help me. I had a PowerBook G4 with a 160GB Hard Drive, it was running OS X 10.4.11 Tiger. As my Mac Mini G4 had a 40GB I deceided to install the PowerBook's 160GB into my Mac Mini. I had no problems with the...
  5. D

    Prohibitory sign on iBook G4

    Starting a new thread because I didn't want to double post on an old thread. So here's what I'm trying to do: Install OS X 10.4 or 10.5 on an SSD in my iBook G4, with a broken DVD drive. What I have: A PC with TransMac, Images for 10.5 and 10.4.3, a FireWire 400 cable, an iBook G3/500 with...
  6. robertneville77

    Cell Processor running on Mac OS X?

    Hi there PowerPC folks. So I ran across an interesting older YouTube video in which some IBM representatives are demoing the then-upcoming Cell processor running on what appears to be Mac OS X. So what I want to get clear: Mac OS X is most-likely NOT running just on the Cell, but rather is...
  7. M

    iMac G5 20" with loud fan like noise...

    Hello everyone, I've aquired a iMac G5 20" unit with the powerpc processor a bunch of months ago. It sat in my home office on the floor as I was told it's dead and my plans were to eventually take a look at it. Well with the help of a friend last night, we turned it on and to my surprise...it...
  8. gavinstubbs09

    El Capitan Theme for OS X Leopard

    THERE WILL BE NO RELEASE OF THE EL CAPITAN PACK, I AM JUMPING DIRECTLY TO macOS SIERRA for the release this summer. So in the past I made a Yosemite icon pack for Leopard, however I never did complete it and most of the icons in Yosemite at the time were all new, and I released a beta with a...