OS X Tiger on Early-2009 Macs

[MaxTheTechno]

Back then, I asked the MacRumors users if i can hack a OS X Intel Tiger disc to work on an early 2009 iMac. So I would like to ask if there is a way to hack an OS X Tiger install to work on Legacy GPUs like kexts, etc. like, you know that patchers like the Catalina Patcher does graphics acceleration for Non-Metal GPUs because the GPUs are unsupported. Right? Then why not make a patcher for OS X Tiger for newer Macs. and add a GPU Patch and more compatibility.

NOTE TO MODERATORS: IF YOU SEE TWO OF THE SAME THREAD. PLEASE DELETE THE ONE IN THE MAC OS X TIGER CATEGORY. BECAUSE IT'S DEAD.

 

[MaxTheTechno]

1 hour later...... (crickets)

 

[MysticCow]

The Tiger Thread (Mac OS X 10.4)

Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger Supported PowerPC Hardware: iMac G3 with FireWire iMac DV iMac G4 iMac G5 eMac G4 Mac mini G4 Power Mac G3 Blue & White Power Mac G4 Power Mac G4 Cube Power Mac G5 Xserve G4 Xserve G5 iBook G3 Clamshell with FireWire, Snow PowerBook G3 with FireWire PowerBook G4 Titanium...

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Can’t be done according to The Tiger Thread

 

[Project Alice]

The Tiger Thread (Mac OS X 10.4)

Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger Supported PowerPC Hardware: iMac G3 with FireWire iMac DV iMac G4 iMac G5 eMac G4 Mac mini G4 Power Mac G3 Blue & White Power Mac G4 Power Mac G4 Cube Power Mac G5 Xserve G4 Xserve G5 iBook G3 Clamshell with FireWire, Snow PowerBook G3 with FireWire PowerBook G4 Titanium...

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Can’t be done according to The Tiger Thread

This.

Even if you got it to boot, most of everything will not work making it pretty much unusable. Tiger has issues in 2008 Macs that it doesn’t support as you can see in the Tiger thread. If you want Tiger for something I suggest getting an older Mac or run it in Qemu.

 

[Amethyst1]

If you want Tiger for something I suggest getting an older Mac or run it in Qemu.

Intel Tiger can be virtualised in e.g. VirtualBox and runs much faster than the PPC build runs in QEMU.

With that being said, my attempts to boot Tiger on a 2009 Mac Mini failed. It didn’t get very far at all. Maybe I should add that info to “The Tiger Thread”.

 

[Project Alice]

Intel Tiger can be virtualised in e.g. VirtualBox and runs much faster than the PPC build runs in QEMU.

Oh, I’ve never even thought about running Tiger in vBox. I’ve ran SL, and a couple other newer ones.

The Qemu setup of Tiger I do have runs pretty quick though. It definitely feels faster than Tiger on an actual G3 save for graphics performance.