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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
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    • 10.4 tiger osx powerpc usb boot
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: PowerPC Macs
  2. L

    MP All Models I believe in a second Chance Mac Pro

    Hi everyone, I strongly believe that in life you should give yourself a second chance. in this specific case I found this Mac in the landfill near my house. I couldn't resist and took it home. I'll show you two photos. I tried it at home and realized that it started with Windows 10. Don't ask me...
    • Lizzy85
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    • mac pro (2009) usb boot yosemite 10.10.5
    • Replies: 35
    • Forum: Mac Pro
  3. glucas32

    Catalina (MacBook Air) cannot launch recovery mode, safe mode and rejects admin password

    I have a Macbook Air (A1466) (Catalina 10.15.6) that will not launch recovery mode or accept user admin login password. After exploring the password recovery link, I see that the boot volume is encrypted (Filevalut?), but I am unable to change the startup volume or erase the HD. I am unable to...
  4. 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...
  5. Sickminecraft45

    Power Mac G5 help!

    Hi, I need help with my Power Mac G5! I tried to make a bootable USB for Leopard but when I go into the boot selector, the drive doesn't come up, when I try to launch the installer from Mac OS X, it just reboots into the OS, and when I try to boot into it from open firmware, it just shows the...
    • Sickminecraft45
    • Thread
    • 10.5 leopard mac os x open firmware power mac g5 prohibited prohibited sign sign usb usb boot
    • Replies: 16
    • Forum: PowerPC Macs
  6. M

    Resolved Installing Tiger by USB on wiped PowerBook G4

    Not sure if this is the right place for posting this, but I recently got my hands on a 17" PowerBook G4 with a wiped hard drive. I have a .dmg of 10.4 that I'm trying to write to a USB flash drive so I can boot from it and install Tiger. I don't have access to any system running OS X so I can't...
    • MHanson75
    • Thread
    • installing linux mac os x powerbook powerbook g4 tiger usb usb boot windows
    • Replies: 50
    • Forum: PowerPC Macs
  7. stromic

    cant USB boot white macbook 2007

    I am trying to install lion on my white 2007 macbook via USB, the dvd drive is damaged. Please note, this is one of the models with 32bit EFI. When I received this macbook, it was stuck at the recovery screen. What I have tried: - Using special software meant to make lion install disks -...
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