INSTALLING OSX ON MY G3 POWERBOOK?

Hi!,
I have a G3 powerbook and want to Upgrade my Operating System to OS X.
Here's the specs:
1998 Powerbook G3 14.1 TFT/300Mhz/1MB/64MB/8GB HD/4MB Video/DVD/
Modem/ Family Number#M4753
Current Operating System:
9.2.2
More Info:
I looked on the Apple site and the only system requirement I don't have is that I don't have Built-In Fire Wire. But, I do have a slot card that enables me to use Fire-Wire devices.
Is there any safe way or Tricks I can use to get around this and Upgrade to OS X on my computer? OS X is SOOO much cooler and will make my work much easier!
Thanks for your suggestions!
Luis

luis:3. Do I need to get a special Fire Enclosure for the old HD?I'll start with your last question first. You need a FireWire enclosure for the HDD currently in your PowerBook because the WallStreet does not support Firewire and you apparently can't install Panther directly to your computer. The Firewire enclosure is a temporary housing to give you the ablity to use a Firewire connection from another computer which supports Firewire. When you are done with the installation process you will remove the HDD from the Firewire enclosure and reinstall it in the computer. Keep the Firewire enclosure handy as you may need it again. You can even use it to install an internal drive to provide you with an external Firewire drive to sue with a computer that supports Firewire. 1. How do I create a partition?With the original HDD in the Firewire enclosure connected to the Firewire port of the host computer, boot from the Panther install CD holding down the "C" key. When booted go to the Installer Menu and open Disk Utility. Select your HDD (manufacturer name) now in the Firewire enclosure in the left panel of Disk Utility. Then select Partition (third item in the top bar of the Main Panel. Once you have checked that the Volume Format and OS 9 Drivers are set to be installed, go to the pull-down menu at the top of the Volume Scheme. Pull down to select 2 Partitions. Name each partition by selecting it in Volume Scheme and then typing in the name (such as Mac HD or OS 9 drive or whatever) in the Name field under Volume Information. Once the partitions are named click on the dividing line to make the bottom (or second) partition about 2 GB more or less. The first partition will then occupy the rest of the available space. OS 9 and XPostFacto will be installed in the second partition. OS X Panther will be installed in the first partition. If you intend to use OS 9 more than OS X you can make the second partition larger. Or you can leave them both about the same size. Your choice. So long as OS X is on the first partition it needs only about 2 GB for the OS alone.2. Also, I believe that my HD is 7.63 GB. So, in terms of how much memory for each partiton. Does the 6 and 2 proportion have any flexibility?Yes. Part of the 8 GB drive is used by the drive for its formatting. My 100 GB drive has 93.0 GB available for my use. You can assign the size of the partitions any way you like. I suggest 2 GB be the smallest size, but that is not mandatory. OS 9 needs a lot less space than that.
I hope that gives you enough information to get started. However, don't heistate to post back with any questions about anything you don't quite get.
Good luck.
cornelius
PismoG4 550, 100GB 5400 Toshiba internal, 1 GB RAM; Pismo 500 OS (10.4.4) Mac OS X (10.3.9) Beige G3 OS 8.6

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                    Total size: 931.36 GB
                    Total number of backups: 57
                    Oldest backup: 2013-04-27 02:29:05 +0000
                    Last backup: 2013-11-20 10:53:56 +0000
                    Size of backup disk: Too small
                              Backup size 931.36 GB < (Disk used 380.36 GB X 3)
          Time Machine details may not be accurate.
          All volumes being backed up may not be listed.
Top Processes by CPU:
               2%          WindowServer
               1%          fscuif
               1%          fsaua
               0%          EtreCheck
               0%          aosnotifyd
Top Processes by Memory:
          315 MB          iTunes
          119 MB          softwareupdated
          106 MB          com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
          86 MB          Safari
          78 MB          com.apple.MediaLibraryService
Virtual Memory Information:
          943 MB          Free RAM
          1.22 GB          Active RAM
          758 MB          Inactive RAM
          568 MB          Wired RAM
          1.32 GB          Page-ins
          103 MB          Page-outs

In addition to Mike's suggestions, you only have 4GB of RAM and Mavericks does use more RAM than other versions. You may also want to look at the apps that startup on login and the possiblity of upgrading RAM.

Re-installed osx now iPhone see's iTunes as a "new" computer and wont sync

Help please:)
I had a critical hard drive failure and had not backed up my data.
After a clean install of osx on the same computer with the same hardware, I updated itunes to the latest version. (all fine so far).
before the new install I had sync'd my iPhone and sync'd the iTunes account, music, videos etc to my iPhone.
Now when I try and sync the iPhone I get a message telling me that I can either "cancel" or wipe the iphone and sync from scratch because the "library" is on a new computer !
arrgghh... it's the same box same everything. I even used the same name to re-install osx on my iMac but the iphone and itunes still see's the itunes library as a different computer and wont let me sync without wiping the iphone of all it's data which I cant do. It's all I have left out of about $800 dollars worth of purchased music and stuff. Everything else was lost when I had to wipe the hard drive clean on the iMac!
Any help please !!
I just want to be able to sync my iPhone with iTunes so I can a) get some of my music & stuff back and b) update my apple account details and c) start sync'ing my iPhone again without worrying about wiping it out !

*it's the same box same everything. I even used the same name to re-install osx on my iMac*
It's the same computer but not the same iTunes library, as you've said in your post the original library was erased. Your iPhone was linked to your previous library, it's not linked to the computer. I presume that all your songs etc. were also erased since you haven't mentioned a back-up anywhere.
If you only want to copy your purchases to the computer that can be done using iTunes, you'll find details in this article: Copying iTunes Store purchases from your iPod or iPhone to a computer
For everything else (including purchases) there are a number of third party utilities that you can use to retrieve the music files and playlists from your iPod Touch or iPhone. You'll find that they have varying degrees of functionality and some will transfer data (such as playcounts and ratings), movies, videos, photos, podcasts and games as well.
A selection of iPod/iPhone to iTunes utilities:
Senuti Mac Only (iPod Touch & iPhone compatible)
Music Rescue Mac & Windows (iPhone and iPod Touch compatible)
iGadget Mac & Windows (iPhone and iPod Touch compatible)
iRepo Mac & Windows (iPhone and iPod Touch compatible)
iPod Access Mac & Windows (iPhone and iPod Touch compatible)
TouchCopy Mac & Windows (iPhone and iPod Touch compatible)
You might also want to check out these pages for future reference:
How to back up your media in iTunes
Back up your iTunes library by copying to an external hard drive

I can't update iPhoto after installing OSX 10.9.2, it has the name otto@**** in the apple ID box and will not let me change it. Any thoughts?

Hello people,
I can't update iPhoto after installing OSX 10.9.2, it has the name otto@**** in the apple ID box and will not let me change it. Any thoughts?
Thanks
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You installed a hacked app, originally from the Mac App Store. It contains the receipt for a different app, downloaded using an account that you don't control. You need to identify and remove the hacked app.
Important: The app you need to remove is not necessarily the one named in the App Store alert. For example, the App Store may prompt you to update "Angry Birds" or "Twitter," but the hacked app may be something else entirely. Don't make any assumptions about which app you're looking for. To find it, you must carry out a systematic search with Spotlight.
1. Triple-click anywhere in the line of text below on this page to select it:
kMDItemAppStoreHasReceipt=1
Copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C.
2. In the Finder, press command-F to open a search window, or select
File ▹ Find
from the menu bar. In the search window, select
Search: This Mac
from the row of tokens below the toolbar. Below that is a popup menu of search criteria, initially showing Kind. From that menu, select
Other...
A sheet will drop down. In that sheet, select
Raw Query
as the criterion, then click OK or press return.
Now there will be a text box to the right of the menu of search criteria. That's where you enter the raw search query. Click in that box and paste the text you copied earlier by pressing command-V.
4. The search window will now show all the App Store products that are installed. Compare those search results with the list of your purchases from the App Store. To see the complete list, you may need to unhide hidden purchases. If any apps were download from the App Store using other Apple ID accounts that you control, sign in to the store under each of those ID's and check the purchases.
At least one of the apps in the Spotlight search results is not among your purchases in the App Store. Move each such item to the Trash, after quitting it if it's running. You may be prompted for your administrator password. Empty the Trash.
Quit and relaunch the App Store. Test.
If you find these instructions confusing, ask for an alternative method.

Just purchased a ipad2, could not us it on my MacBook 10.4.1 - Purchased and installed OSX Snow Leopard 10.6.3 - downloaded and installed latest itunes, set up a itunes accounts and tested by purchasing an album and app, ipad does not show in devises?

I just purchased a ipad2, it would not work on my MacBook 10.4.1 I purchased and installed OSX snow leopard 10.6.3 downloaded and installed the latest itunes, set up an itunes account, purchased some music and apps. When i plug in my ipod it shows up and works, but when i plug in my new ipad the ipad screen comes up with a display of a cable and itunes but does not show in devises, i have tried all the resets and different USB ports with no success. Any ideas short of selling it on ebay or buying a new computer?

If you've already tried the usual rebooting of the computer and ports and stuff, there is only a few things left I can think of. It's possible that when you updated iTunes it didn't fully replace all the files, so I suggest just manually removing iTunes and then reinstalling it.
Try removing iTunes manually first http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1224 then download a fresh copy, make sure it is 10.3.1
It is essential that you go through Finder to remove those files it mentions. Otherwise they won't be reinstalled when you run the installer again.

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