Having Trouble With OSX
Okay well I booted up my dad's old G4 he gave me and I had to restore it any everything but when I tried installing OSX on it, when I turn it on, it goes to a grey screen with writing on it and at the bottom says like, "We are hanging here"
I'm a Mac noob tbh and could really use some help :S
Any takers?
Welcome!
To help you determine which of the many G4 mini-tower variants you have, please see these two Apple articles:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3082 for computers made before Jan 2002
and
http://www.info.apple.com/kbnum/n42739 for computers made after Jan 2002
If the model turns out to be older than a "Mirrored Drive Door (MDD)" or a "FireWire 800 (FW800)," then the forum for older G4 minitowers is here:
http://discussions.apple.com/category.jspa?categoryID=113
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