Leopard on eMac 1.42GHz

I have a .dmg, can I restore it onto a the eMac itself?
It does work with Windows.

hai friend
.dmg can be used in windows by installing a software called "MacDrive"
goodluck

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Is there a final verdict on Leopard and eMacs?? (1.42 ghz versions)

I've read nearly every upgrade post here about Leopard and eMacs and for the life of me I don't get the impression that there is a correct answer on this upgrade. It seems that the eMac is too close to the minimum requirements to run Leopard with any degree of comfort. True? Not many success stories here.

I have a 1.25 GHz version. I was running 10.3 and started to get frustrated with some web sites not working on the older version of Safari. Also some of the recent upgrades to adobe etc weren't supported by 10.3. As a short fix I downloaded the Camino browser. This solved a lot of the surfing problems. I finally decided to bite the bullet and bought the Mac Box set of Leopard, iLife '09 and iWork '09.
At the risk of sounding negative I have had nothing but problems since. This may all be down to my own incompetence (I am not technically minded) or down to the fact that my eMac is reaching the end of it's days. Either way I am now facing up to the fact that I may have to go and buy another computer. I've had problems with Mail (I now know this to be a known problem, see forums for fix). A kernal panic, resulting in an erase and reinstall. I am now suffering from very slow performance across all applications with more spinning beach ball than I've ever witnessed. I've scoured the forums for help and have tried everything within my limited technical ability. Repaired disk and permissions, ran the hardware test, created a new user, checked activity monitor. My hard disk is less than 50% utilised and I have 1 GB of RAM. All very disappointing. I was hoping that Leopard would blow the rest of my family away and that I would be in a good position to pitch for a new Mac! Now I'm not so sure.
I apologise for such a disappointing post and I hope you have better luck!
Mark

Install Leopard on eMac (USB 2.0)

Hi
I would like to install Leopard on my eMac (USB 2.0) but it doesn't read dual layer DVDs so my Leopard disc gets spat back out by the eMac.
Is there another method that will allow me to install Leopard on it?

What you can do is this. Get a Firewire external drive. Clone the installer DVD to the external drive then boot the computer from the external drive and install OS X. The Firewire drive needs to be partitioned using APM and formatted Mac OS Extended, Journaled. To clone:
Clone using Restore Option of Disk Utility
Open Disk Utility from the Utilities folder.
Select the destination volume from the left side list.
Click on the Restore tab in the DU main window.
Check the box labeled Erase destination.
Select the destination volume from the left side list and drag it to the Destination entry field.
Select the source volume from the left side list and drag it to the Source entry field.
Double-check you got it right, then click on the Restore button.
Destination means the external Firewire drive. Source means the installer DVD.
This can be done on your MBP because it does not require booting the DVD.

Installling Leopard on eMac Power G4

I have an eMac Power PC G4 1.42mhz 1gb RAM, will it run?
As my D drive is broken I copied Leopard Setup into my computer and created a *.dmg. Is it possible to copy it to a flashdrive and then boot it from there holding C???
I've attempted some of these, but somehow when i'm copying the *.dmg to the flashdrive i get the error: "An error ocurred while copying files."
What are other alternatives to install Leopard?

Your eMac probably can't boot from a USB drive anyway.
Also, the only way to duplicate the Leopard install disc is to use Disk Utility. Could you outline the steps you followed to create your .dmg file?
Is this a retail copy of Leopard or a gray disc that came with another machine?
Do you have another Mac handy?
~Lyssa

Getting Leopard onto eMac?!

Hi guys!
I have a problem that's troubling me. My eMac has a DVD drive that reads normal DVD's and burns CD's only. It cannot burn DVD's or read DVD-DL. So by trying to install Leopard, it would only eject the disk. With a 3rd party external DVD drive it wouldn't recognize it when it boots. So I need an alternative: can I use the MacBook Air's External Superdrive? Or is there another way?
I know the explanation was confusing so I appreciate your help guys!

So I need an alternative: can I use the MacBook Air's External Superdrive?
I don't think so. That drive was for "only" the MB Air and the only reports I've seen on using it for other models of Macs said it works on some Intel Macs, never PPC Macs (like the eMac).
If you get an external drive, it must have FireWire (IEEE 1394) connectivity to be bootable on older Macs.
Before spending a lot of money, I'd spend a little money for a CD/DVD lens cleaning kit. I can't begin to tell you how many posters around here have said a tech told them a drive was defective and had to be replaced, only to find that a simple cleaning restored sanity.
If cleaning does not restore optical drive function, you can use another Mac with a Firewire port and a working optical drive to act as an external drive via FireWire Target Disk Mode ( or FWTDM). For what you want to do, you would put the install DVD (it is full retail--not gray--right?) in the drive of the other computer and restart that computer while holding the "t" key until you see as screen that looks like this:
!http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSiSbNROIalji22ZDDf5rXDkyP9rQqPODw7ftOu g7IuWeyyiruF!
Then connect your eMac to the other computer with a Firewire cable (if the other computer is very new, you may need a FW400 to FW800 cable or cable adaptor). Restart your eMac with the option key depressed and wait for Startup Manager come up (this can take a few minutes so don't rush). Select the icon for the installation disk and, once booted, you should be able to install normally.

NEW INSTALL OF LEOPARD ON eMac G4 800

eMac G4 800, 800MHz, 256 MB RAM, 1.0 GB Memory, 60 GB HD
HD zeroed, starting from fresh; had previously installed successfully from Panther, vets 10.4.9, using Leopard Assist.
Tried many times now using Leopard Assist to adjust the clock speed in Open Firmware, but after it has started to install, I get the "Cannot install on this computer" message. Or the flashing ? mark/Mac icon. I tried installing Jaguar / 10.2 but I could not "see" the Leopard disc in the finder. I could not restart from the disc in the optical drive (holding "C" down).
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Novice, 68 years.

According to specs:
Maximum OS
Mac OS X 10.4.11 (800 MHz) Mac OS X 10.5.8 (1.0 GHz)
So, you need a Tiger installer disc.

Leopard on eMac

Hi! Someone I know has an eMac. He wants to install Leopard, but is unsure how the installation works. Should he format the hard-drive, or not? Or will it automatically format it? He just wants the choice for the best performance. Will formatting or not formatting make a difference in performance? Also, he has a dreaded PC he would like to back his stuff up on. Can he? Thanks, this lazy guy made me post this!

Should he format the hard-drive, or not?
Assuming that eMac is capable of running Leopard, I like to install a major system upgrade to a cleanly wiped and formatted partition. That eliminates any preexisting problems with the current install being left behind. If he has a lot of files already on the computer and no way to back them up (not good), then an Archive and Install option is available. CAVEAT!: Before doing an A&I, he must make certain that his currently installed OS is healthy and running properly.
Leopard comes only on DVD disks. Some eMacs do not have a DVD-compatible optical drive. That's one reason why Ian's recommendation to post complete specs is so important;

Running leopard on emac

Anyone having any success installing and running leopard 10.5 on a vintage emac (ATI) 1.0 GHZ machine?

GrgWrzbcki wrote:
Yes. Seems to meet basic requirements. But I'm interested to learn of experiences others who are running 10.5 on a 1GHZ eMac are having. Thanks.
10.5.8 will run on your model according to MacTracker.
Sure you want to know how well it runs, can't tell you that, but the bump helps.

Leopard and eMac 1.25 GHz - No Probs!

Just wanted to post, in case you own an eMac and are afraid of upgrading to Leopard as much I was. I had read all kinds of horror stories about slow machines, software not working, hard drive crashes, etc. so I waited to upgrade to Leopard until I could take it no more.
I am so happy I upgraded to Leopard! My eMac is so much faster now. Spotlight used to be unusable as it was dead slow--now search is instantaneous! Even dashboard, which was a pig under Tiger is now actually usable on this machine! Everything is noticeably faster.
I had no problems updating using Archive and Install (the "last minute" took about a half hour, though). It took about three hours for Spotlight to rebuild after the install and during that time the machine was operating at 100%, so plan to leave the machine alone for a bit afterwards as it will run very slow during that time.
I deactivated my Adobe CS2 suite before upgrading and reactivated afterwards, and all the apps work great! The only software I lost was my Canon LIDE 30 scanner driver, which is not compatible, but I am using third party software in place of it and it works great too. Office 2004, Toast 7.1.3, and FileMaker Pro 9 are my other main apps and they came through great.

I was able to do it "unsupported" on a 700MHz eMac, no probs, Front Row, Spaces, and Time Machine works! Its slow on software update installer, very.

Mac OS X Leopard and eMac G4 hotkeys

Hi! I have eMac G4 1.25gHz with OS X 10.5.8 installed.
It is with PC wireless keyboard and I want to turn screen off from the keyboard. The combination is cmd+shift+eject, right? On my keyboard short press on F12 opens a dashboard and long press works like eject. But cmd+shift+eject reboots eMac instead of turning screen off.
How can I fix it?
P.S. I'm sorry for my english, but my native language forums were not helpful.

On a standard Mac keyboard, the shutdown/sleep/restart screen is control + eject--no shift involved. Some third-party boards may not support the more esoteric Mac KB shortcuts.

How to install Leopard in my iMac if it has no DL-DVD player?

How to install Leopard in my iMac if it has no DL-DVD player?
My eMac is:
eMac G4/1.25 (USB 2.0) with 2GB RAM

Most PPC Macs cannot boot OSX from USB, they need Firewire... that being said, out of 13 PPC Macs I had one that booted from USB Drives, including Flash Drives, it was my eMac/1.42GHz as a matter of fact, USB drives would show as a boot choice if I held the Option/alt key at bootup, (nowhere else), but It lost that ability when I reset the NVRAM.
The USB boot workaround that works for some is...
Connect the drive to your machine, and find out which partition the OS X system is installed on. I usually find this by going to Disk Utility and looking at the info for the partition on the USB disk with OS X. That is, disk2s3 is usually for a USB disk with no OS 9 drivers installed that is the second disk disk. disk3s9 might be a USB disk with OS 9 drivers that is considered the third disk. There are other ways of finding this out, but in my case, my disk is disk2s3 (the 3 on the end will come into play soon).
Start up the machine in Open Firmware (this is the fun part). Hold Command-Option-F-F right after the machine is turned on.
Here is the moment of truth. If this step does not work, I have had very limited success getting a machine to boot off USB2. In Open Firmware, type devalias, and you should get a list as output. In this list, look for ud, usually below where you see hd (ud is "USB Disk," I presume). If found, it will usually have beside it /pci@f2000000/usb@1/disk1, or something similar. Again, if you see this, I have not had this fail yet.
Now type printenv boot-device, which will usually get you output of boot-device hd:,\\:tbxi. (See where this is going yet?)
Type setenv boot-device ud:3,\\:tbxi where the number after the colon corresponds to that partition number we found in step two. You should get an ok back.
Type printenv boot-device, and you should see the change displayed already. Something like:
boot-device ud:3,\\:tbxi hd:,\\:tbxi"
http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20060301112336384
You'd need to clone the Install Disc to a Flash Drive, or make a DMG of it then Restore it to the Flash drive.

Leopard can't open Google Earth

After upgrading to Leopard, my eMac can't open Google Earth v.4.0. Do I have to add more memory?

John, your configuration should work for Google Earth. However I suggest you download the 4.2.x update and instal it. Both the update and the re-installation may fix your problem.
Neville

Emac freezes on mac osx screen after upgrade

I recently bought the new keyboard and downloaded the upgrade through the apple website. My System update started at the same time and it upgraded the most recent iphoto and osx powerpc update. Im running tiger on my emac and it was fine till I re-started. When it starts back up, the screen goes to the screen with the grey apple and then proceeds to the screen where the chrome mac osx is about to start up but it just sits there. I tried booting up with safe mode but it doesn't do anything and I tried starting it up doing the shift/command/option/delete and that doesn't do anything as well.
Did any of the updates cause this problem and if so, how do I get into my computer to fix this if it won't let me in with all the reboot options. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
M

Same boat as miQ: This eMac (1.42GHz, 512MB RAM) hangs at blue screen after Apple logo/gear and before startup progress bar. Tried reformat/zero then install Panther, but machine will not boot from Panther install disk (produces broken Apple logo and hangs). Erase/reformat and install Tiger = OK, but machine only boots in SafeMode (normal boot = blue screen). Started with 10.4.0 and updated to 10.4.11 by restarting in SafeMode with updates, no change. Disk Utility = all good (in SafeMode).
Lost audio somewhere along the way, too: No startup tone, Sound Prefs say no output device detected, mute is checked and unavailable, sound menu vanishes from menubar when clicked. (Speakers are built-in and connected, just as they were when we started.)
Boots in SafeMode, works as expected, but normal startup hangs at blue screen, 100% of the time. While 512MB RAM isn't much these days (2x256 verified), it should be enough for a fresh install and OS only, no? Firmware issue? (Won't boot from Panther or OS9.) Boots into Startup Manager (w/option key) and shows internal HDD: Then, Apple logo, gear, and blue screen, as usual. Goes to sleep eventually, then refuses to wake. Logic board? Sure acts like a software issue.....
Any suggestions/ideas/clues would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Mike

Do DVD's from a Macbook Air (OSX 10.5) work on an eMac (2005)?

I purchased a used eMac for my daughter but it did not come with the discs. The previous owner wiped the system and now I need to install the OS to the eMac. I'd prefer installing OSX 10.5 since it will work on the eMac, but want to know if I can use the discs from an older Macbook Air with 10.5 discs for this eMac. Thanks in advance.

Thank you! I am a native Dallasite but headed north about 27 years ago. I now say I am bilingual--I speak both English and Texan!
As you are in the US, you can try a long shot action. Get on the phone and call Apple's Store at 1-800-MY-APPLE. Ask to speak to an operating system specialist. Give them the serial number of the computer. You can find the number easily inside the door for the optical drive.
If they have the software for your model/sub-model on their servers, they can burn you a copy at a nominal charge, usualy around US$16 per disk.
You can also ask if they have 10.5 available on disk. Some people get the right agent and find they can still get burned copies from Apple. Again, both are long shots.
Before going much farther, let's deal with the two elephants in the room:
Elephant #1: Even the fastest eMac (1.42gHz 2005) is going to be a struggle with the modern internet. You will have an old version of Safari that many sites will reject as out of date. The modern internet has abandoned support for the powerPC processor used in all eMacs. You can get a browser, TenFourFox, that keeps the sites from rejecting your browser because it causes the sites to show you are using a recent version of FireFox. However, it does not support Flash Player so videos are out. And it is slow. I use TenFourFox on an old G4 tower I keep running and, even on our speedy 50MBps cable conecction, many sites run slowly. That said, if you have older games contemporary with eMacs (2002-2005), they will do OK on faster eMacs. Same with productivity programs--Office 2004 runs quite nicely on G4 Macs.
You will not be able to find much new software that runs on that computer.
Elephant #2) A very large number of eMacs with USB 2.0 logic boards and 1.0 and 1.25Ghz processors have a fatal logic board fault that is not worth trying to fix, even if you can find someone who claims to be able to do it. See if the serlal number falls in any of these ranges:
G8412xxxxxx- G8520xxxxxx
YM412xxxxxx - YM520xxxxxx
VM440xxxxxx - VM516xxxxxx
If it does, my recommendation is to stop any action on the computer now and don't throw any money at it.
So we need to pin down your version (there were four versions in two "families"). Please use this Apple article to find which you have and tell us:
eMac: How to locate the serial number and identify your model - Apple Support
Then we can recommend whether to proceed or look for a used Intel Mac--the better choice.

Can i use a seagate external drive with my mac?

Hi, probably a dumb question but i want to make sure before i buy, can i use this drive-
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=18283 84&Tab=5
with an imac g5? to me,it seems like a good price. i have fceHD and a 1.8 g5 with 512 ram. Thanks in advance. Ben
Imac G5 Mac OS X (10.4.4)

The hard drive itself is excellent. I have two external FireWire/USB 2.O drives, both of which contain Seagate drives similar in specification to the one you propose to buy, though both are 300GB in size. My question is whether the drive enclosure is a good buy (i.e. one that will work with your Mac). You want an enclosure with a good FireWire Bridge chip, such as the Oxford 911, which is known to work well with Macs. I looked at your link, but I could not tell which chip is found in the enclosure.
I would not buy this until you find out what kind of FireWire Bridge is in the enclosure.
You may wish to check out the selection at Other World Computing. This is a company that specializes in Mac products, so you know your product will work with your Mac. You'll pay a bit more for a similar hard drive at OWC than the one you are considering presently, but as they say, you get what you pay for. OWC backs it products with a great warranty, too.
iMac Intel Core Duo 20", 1.5 GB RAM, OWC 300 GB FW HD Mac OS X (10.4.5) eMac 1.42GHz, 1 GB RAM; iPod w/ video 30 GB

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