I Mac G5 PowerPC

Could 1.8GHZ Power PC G5 be updrated to Intel Core duo?
Thanks

PPC and x86 use entirely different CPU architectures and pin-outs. The CPUs are not swappable.
The best you can do is sell your G5 and use the proceeds to buy a new Mac.

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Hi, I have a Mac iBook PowerPC G4 1.33 GHz with Mac OSX 10.4.11.

Hi, I have a Mac iBook PowerPC G4 1.33 GHz with Mac OSX 10.4.11.
I would like to connect an 20" Apple Cinema Display with ADC connection to it, but it seems impossible because the cord on the Cinema Display doesn't fit the Display port on the iBook G4!
May anybody suggest how to solve the problem?
Is the 20" Apple Display (aluminium enclosure) compatible with my iBook G4 Display port?
Thanks.

Thanks for your replay, Cornelius.
Can you be more specific?
Where the Display Forum is?
I can't find it.
My question was: Is the Aluminium 20" Apple Display" (not the ADC Apple Cinema Display) compatible with the iBook G4 Display port?
I know for sure that the Apple ADC-DVI adapter can not be used to connect a Cinema Display to my iBook G4 port.
Please help.
Thanks.
Message was edited by: giambattista

HT201177 I cannot view some videos and participate in some websites since Adobe upgraded all to Flash 11.7. I have an older Mac G5 PowerPC (no Intel chip) running OS 10.5.8. I keep getting splash screens saying I have to update to Flash 11.7 but 11.7 is m

I cannot view some videos and participate in some websites since Adobe upgraded all to Flash 11.7. I have an older Mac G5 PowerPC (no Intel chip) running OS 10.5.8. I keep getting splash screens saying I have to update to Flash 11.7 but 11.7 is made for those Macs with an Intel chip. I am running the newest Flash for my system. It seems all concerned should have made Flash retro-compatible for those of us with older Macs. Is there a work around to this Flash requirement short of buying a new Mac with the Intel chip?

I'll bet you'll have better luck if you post your question in the Power Mac discussions here: https://discussions.apple.com/community/desktop_computers/power_mac
Either that, or one of the forums at Adobe.
Good luck.
Russ

Need new low-end graphics card for Power Mac G5 (PowerPC 970)

My Power Mac G5 (PowerPC 970) has recently died I believe due to a bad
ATI RADEON X800 XT MAC EDITION video card.
Reason for thinking its the card, is that the machine was performing its intended tasks for several days even though the monitor was snow.
Having trouble determining a low-end replacement. (I no longer need the enhanced features of the RADEON X800 for this machine.
Much appreciated if someone could suggest a product appropriate for PowerPC 970.
Thanks!

I also ran into this issue with my dual G5. When I bought it, I didn't get wireless because it was a dedicated desktop on the network, but I'm upgrading and giving it to the kids to use in a room without wired network. Now that wireless would be really nice and it looks like the official solution is:
"Apple Wireless Upgrade Kit for Power Mac G5 Dual or Power Mac G5 Quad MA252G/A"
which is really expensive and difficult to install. But the weird thing is that I do have bluetooth. I wonder if there's just some little doodad I need to connect to get wireless going too, but I can't find any info on the card, and it looks like it's buried on the motherboard behind all the cooling stuff. I'll probably just spring for one of the USB solutions.

Developing applications with iPhone using Mac Mini PowerPC G4

I'm wondering if I can use a Mac Mini PowerPC single core to develop applications with iPhone. Based on the Apple's website http://www.apple.com/macosx/techspecs/ the Mac OS Leopard general requirements are:
-Mac computer with an Intel, PowerPC G5, or PowerPC G4 (867MHz or faster) processor
-512MB of memory
-DVD drive for installation
-9GB of available disk space
Any thoughts on this? Thanks in Advance.

You need an Intel-based Mac with Leopard to use the iPhone SDK:
http://developer.apple.com/iphone/program/download.html

Rosetta software for mac. (PowerPC games...)

I need to find a way to run PowerPc games on mountain lion. Please get rosetta back for 10.7 and 10.8, i need it so bad, taking this away was a big mistake.

Unfortunately you got caught up in the minor miracle of Rosetta. Originally licensed by Apple when it migrated from the PowerPC CPU platform that it had used from the mid-1990's until the Intel CPU platform in 2006, Rosetta allowed Mac users to continue to use their library of PPC software transparently in emulation.
However, Apple's license to continue to use this technology expired with new releases of OS X commencing with Lion (and now Mountain Lion). While educational efforts have been made over the last 6 years, the fact is that Rosetta was SO successful that many users were caught unaware UNTIL they upgraded to Lion or Mountain Lion.
Workarounds:
1. If your Mac will support it, revert back to your older OS X;
2. If your Mac will support it, either partition your hard drive or add an external hard drive and install Snow Leopard (with Rosetta) to allow for a "dual-boot" system;
3. Upgrade your PowerPC software or use an alternative programs; or
4. The solution I use: Install Snow Leopard (and Rosetta) into Parallels 7 or 8:
[click on image to enlarge]
Full Snow Leopard installation instructions here:
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1365439
NOTE: STEP ONE of the instructions must be completed on a Snow Leopard or Lion Mac and the resulting modified Snow Leopard.cdr install file can then be moved over to your Mountain Lion Mac for completion of the remaining steps.
NOTE 2: Computer games with complex, 3D or fast motion graphics make not work well or at all in virtualization.

Mac Mini PowerPC: What should I do with it?

I have three Macs and no longer have a need for my PowerPc Mini. Any suggestions on how to use it as a resource when I don't need it any longer?

There were ways to get Front Row onto systems which were at first not compatible (it's not supported by Apple but you may still find instructions if you Google it) but Front Row in Leopard works extremely well with G4 minis, as long as you have at least 512Mb RAM. Of course a copy of Leopard adds to the cost of the project!
However, you don't need Leopard to be able to access the iTunes library on another system at home. As long as that system is connected to the same network, and is set to share it's library, the mini should be able to see that shared library even if it's running an earlier version of MacOS. You might want to have a look over at the iTunes area of Apple Discussions (http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=789) for information on how to set it up if you're not familiar with doing so.
In terms of your video problem, if you're getting a usable screen up until the point where the mini is logging itself into your user account, then you have display preferences set to something the TV can't handle. I'm not very knowledgeable on connecting minis to HDTVs, so you might be better posting a new thread asking this question in the 'using displays' section of the Mac mini discussion area (http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=761), to increase the chances of one of our resident experts on this area of using these systems seeing your problem and responding. However, if you connect your mini to an ordinary display and reset it to a basic screen resolution, such as 800x600 at 60Hz, it should then work with your TV sufficient that you can get a usable display to start from. You may then need a utility such as switchresX to help set up your display settings to make it work correctly - you'll find a number of threads in the 'using displays' area on this general area of Mac mini use!

Compressor network rendering from Intel Mac to PowerPC Macs

Has anyone had any experience utilizing a Power PC G5 render farm for Compressor? I have the option of setting up a render farm utilizing up to 15 PowerPC G5s from an Intel Mac. Due to system limitations the Intel Mac will be running FCP 7 with Compressor 3.5 while the G5s are to be running FCP 6 with Compressor 3.0.
These 15 G5s are going to be sent to surplus if I don't take advantage. But I don't want to have 15 computers sitting around that won't render.
Any suggestions or experiences with such a situation?

I've had some experience using both Intels and PowerPCs in a QCluster. The hardware doesn't matter much, as long as all of the software is the same. Since you're using 2 different versions of Compressor and QMaster in this particular cluster, you will have compatibility problems. Also, depending on how you're connecting these machines, distributed encoding may not be a good solution.
A couple of weeks ago, I was testing a similar setup for a work group here. They had some extra iMacs that they wanted to network together to encode some Image Sequences. I ran some tests, and found that encoding without a cluster and with just a local cluster inside of just one MacPro was twice as fast as adding other nodes via ethernet.
But the basic answer to your question is that all service and controller nodes must have matching software versions. This is explained in greater detail in .

Mac Mini PowerPC G4?

My friend wants to sell me his old Mac Mini for $200. It's a PowerPC G4 running Leopard. How fast is it compared to newer versions?
Is it worth it or should I just buy one of the new minis?

The newer versions are faster. Our 1.5Ghz G4 works fine for word processing, email, and most internet work, although some video strains it. If I had a choice of spending $200 on a G4 or buying new, I'd buy new, as it's more likely to last longer in terms of horsepower and applications it can run, and there are a number of applications that require an Intel-based processor.

Turn my Mac Mini PowerPC G4 into a Server??

I have a Mac Mini 1.42 GHz PowerPC G4 that is sitting idle. Can I turn it into a server? Is it a software download or something similar?

You can get Leopard server here but no cheap;
http://www.amazon.com/Apple-Version-Leopard-10-Client-License/dp/B000BX7JLE/ref= sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1412625675&sr=8-6&keywords=mac+os+x+leopard+server
Linux server should probably work. See:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PowerPCDownloads

Mac Halo (PowerPC) problems on my MacBook Pro

I double-click on the app and then a setup window pops upLaunch Halo, the opening screen pops up (bluish screen with 'Halo' on it) but then after a few seconds it flikers then crashes unlike most other people who are able to actually PLAY before it crashes.
I have tried:
-Installing Halo on the home administrator account.
-Uninstalling then reinstalling Halo (Delete folder from Applications, Documents and deleted Halo preferences)on that account.
-Logged into a different user account and reinstalled Halo.
-Logged into a different user account and tried playing Halo.
-Reinstalled Quicktime.
-Repaired permissions before and after installation.
Previously posted by Infinity_Now (May 2, 2006) in the forums iMac G5>Using your iMac G5:
"When I click on the Halo icon, installed into my home on an administrator account it opens the settings window. As I have for the past few months, with the same settings and hardware, I click on "OK." The Halo title image loads, flickers, and after about 2 seconds the program crashes. I've sent the report to Apple, and searched the web - has no one found out how to get Halo working again?"
All other mac games older than Halo that I own work fine on this computer. So I am guessing that this is not a Rosetta problem but then it can be because somewhere Apple says that it "runs MOST applications" normally (sorry if i misquoted).
Anyway, the only thing left for me to do do is to format my disk and then try install Halo then. Currently dont have any backup disks (will be purchasing one in the next few days) so I will post the results back here once I have tried that.
MacBook Pro 2.16GHz Mac OS X (10.4.7) 1GHz RAM, ATI Radeon X1600 256MB VRAM

Well the MBP is Intel based so the PPC version of
Halo is doing what it should, that is crash. Check
this out
http://www.destineerstudios.com/support/halo.html
Thanks for the link. I somehow missed it throughout my hours of sifting through the forums for the solution.
The thing is that, with the exception of one or two people with the same problem as me, people actually managed to load and play the game (for a certain length of time before crashing); that is, at least get past the picture the shows up after you click the OK button in the Halo Video Settings window when you launch Halo.
After I encountered this problem, I tried out Warcraft 3 for the first time on this computer (just got my MBP this week).
Same sort of problem as Halo.
Tried launching and then it crashes. Didn't even manage to get to the opening cutscene.
Anyway, I erased and reinstalled my system and, lo and behold, I managed to load the game!!
Just wondering what the root cause for the problem is but I am guessing that:
-Since it loads a movie just after the Halo picture screen, there must have been some problems with Quicktime. Maybe conflicts with plug-ins or something.
-My video card drivers got messed up or they were not installed properly (maybe during software update).
These are some of the posibilities that I can come up with with my limited knowledge in this subject.
Anyway, just happy that I finally got everything up and running after a few hours. I recommend people who have a similar problem to reinstall their system. Hopefully this solves everything!

Mac Mini (PowerPC version) will not boot - or reinstall...

All of a sudden my MacMini is playing up. It will not boot. I have tried leaving it overnight and reinstalling the OS to no avail.
It boots from CD and reads the install disc, but it hangs everywhere for ages. It verifies the install DVD - then just fails to install. And I have tried installing to external USB drives too with the same result.
I have run DiscWarrior twice and that sees no problems...any ideas? Any help will be greatly appreciated,
Neil

Does the external HD have a GUID partition table?
Is the external drive formatted Mac OS X Extended (journaled)?
Is this a 2011 or late 2012 Mac?
How was Mavericks installed on the external drive?
Who is the builder of the drive mechanism in the external drive?
Who is the builder of the external enclosure?
What type of interface does the external drive have USB2, USB3, Firewire 400, Firewire 800, thunderbolt?
Is the external enclosure directly connected to the mini?
Have youtried a different interface cable?

How can i make my mac run powerpc applications?

i want to play my downloaded game n every time i click it it gives me a message saying that power pc appliations arnt supported so i want to if theres a way how i can make y mac run power pc applications?

Thanks Niel - I've deleted my post as it's obviously wrong. I learn something every day on here

Booting Intel Mac and PowerPC Mac from same external drive

Seems to be difficult. My previous experience and experiments made me conclude you need a separate firewire drive for each variety of Mac. But
http://rentzsch.com/tidbits/intelbasedMacBootIncompatibility
does list a method with which this can be done. I hope. Will give it a try. Hopefully this means that down the road this won't really be a question.

Seems to be difficult. My previous experience and experiments made me conclude you need a separate firewire drive for each variety of Mac. But
http://rentzsch.com/tidbits/intelbasedMacBootIncompatibility
does list a method with which this can be done. I hope. Will give it a try. Hopefully this means that down the road this won't really be a question.

Intel-based Mac or PowerPC-based Mac???

Trying to download Flash Player and ADOBE is asking me whether the IPHONE is Intel or PowerPC.

I does not support that level of software yet. Everyone is hoping this opens up in feb. 08

I Mac G5 PowerPC

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