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.
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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; -
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 -
Hello to all my readers.I am still using my Apple G4 1.25 Ghz MDD running Leopard 10.5.8 with iTunes 10.6.3 installed. Can I use an Phone 4s with iOS 5 with this set up? I have read the iPhone iOS 5 user guide and it appears that I can but is anybody actually doing it ? My current phone is a £10 Nokia and I've neither wish nor cash to spend more than a grand upgrading to an intel based machine (at the moment) ! Regards to you all.
If you can find an iPhone running iOS5 and those are the specs for iOS5, there is no reason it should not work.
If you want a more current version of iOS or a more current device, a Windows computer is always an option at significantly less cost.
Granted, there is no requirement to have a computer to use an iPhone. -
I have updated my iphone software to ios5 and everything is working perfectly except for the wireless sync. When I plug my phone into my computer (I'm using a MacBook Pro running leopard) it does not give me the option to check the box in the summary section to sync wirelessly. Can anyone help? Please and thanks
stefani88 wrote: It seems from other discussions my current OS on my laptop is the reason why it won't sync but people running older versions of windows aren't having a problem. So I don't get it.
Oh. Gosh. What's Windows got to do with anything? You're on Leopard, on a Mac.
It seems from other discussions my current OS on my laptop is the reason why it won't sync -
I am trying to do a migration transfer from an older Mac Pro, running Leopard, to a newer Mac Pro, running Lion. There is a step that asks for a "passcode" to proceed. I have no idea what that passcode is. It seems to want a numeric code. Has anyone had this experience?
This general-purpose article gives detailed step-by-step instructions for using Migration assistant, Setup Assistant, and other mehtods, and discusses the Pros and cons of each mtheod. It is very approachable and easy to understand. Wriiten by Pondini, the resident Time Machine guru.
Setting-up a new Mac from an old one, its backups, or a PC -
I upgraded from my
mac pro power pc, G5 ( running leopard 10.5.8 combo update)
to
an Intel iMac Running Lion,
after failing to move my data with migration assist, then target disk mode - i phoned Apple - which said id need an external drive.
I used time machine to copy my user data from my G5. However Lion will not recognize the external drive.
Ive been at this for a few days and anxious to expedite the move, mostly photos, and media files.
If Re-formatting is the only way.....is there a way to do so without another day of re-copying by firewire.
The external drive is a Ciel Lx , recomended to me by apple.
Any one else making the move from power to intel? Havent found much posted recently.So we know more about it...
At the Apple Icon at top left>About this Mac, then click on More Info, then click on Hardware> and report this upto but not including the Serial#...
Hardware Overview:
Model Name: iMac
Model Identifier: iMac7,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.4 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 4 MB
Memory: 6 GB
Bus Speed: 800 MHz
Boot ROM Version: IM71.007A.B03
SMC Version (system): 1.21f4
On both please. -
Hi, I have macbook Pro, running Leopard OS X. I partitioned my hard drive a while ago to install windows and only allowed myself 10 Gig of data. I deleted windows after i realised i wasnt enjoying using it at all and wasted my hard drive. I now decided that i want another OSX on there instead yet i have only allowed myself 10 gb on the partition. I have ben thru some programms but am struggling on making this partition bigger.
I only want it at 20gb but cant seem to make the partition bigger, only smaller or split it into further partition.
Is there a way to do this, i have all installation discs from original OSX so think this could help.
Any help please would be fantastic.
Thanks ChrisHi, dragging the partition will only make smaller, not larger. In disk utility you can only split or make smaller the partitions. Yes i booted from installation disks also but still no help.
And Brody, I am willing to erase the disc completely, infact jus started doing a backup in order to do so but that failed also. And the information you gave on partition a hard drive, Although very simple and i already know how to do this, but it wont let me make the partition bigger, and i dont want to make a new partition, just enlarge the one i already have, which i dont see possible from disk utility.
Getting really frustrated now, even backing up is saying no to me. **** external being a douche.
I dont mind erasing the hard drive but surely this must be doable without deleting the secondary partition back t a single volume, and re partitioning into 2 volumes again.
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I am having trouble seeing my usb printer from my second gen airport extreme using the newest version of airport utility under Mountain Lion. UGH! And while I can see and network to my Canon IP5000 from my macbook pro running leopard, I can't from my new macmini running Mountain Lion. Any help would be appreciated in configuring my macmini so it can see the Canon IP5000 on the airport extreme. Don't want to "share" the printer from the laptop because that would be a cludge. Thanks ahead
I solved this one based on another post. Turned out I needed the snow leopard IP5000 driver. I had just copied over the leopard driver (I had saved my .dmg file) and installed that but it didn't work. So I downloaded the latest driver which turned out to be for snow leopard and I am guessing since it is 64bit that is why it worked and the leopard driver didn't. Anyway, I also had to hook the printer up via usb to the mac mini to get it to work locally before the O/S would see it over Bonjour via the airport extreme.
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Opening PageMaker files on a Mac running Leopard
What program can be used to open windows pagemaker files on a Mac running Leopard?
None. You'll need to install Windows on your Mac.
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Getting new 8 core today - will it run Leopard?
My 2006 Mac Pro died today. I have 4 SATA drives in it's bays. One of the HD's has a Snow Leopard install and another has Leopard 10.5.8 on it. The other two have media files on them. I want to drop all 4 into the new Mac Pro and pull the one it comes with (for now)
Will I be able to option boot into my 10.5.8 HD like I did with my old Mac or will the new 8 core not let me run an OS lower than what it came with?
I'm a Pro Tools user under a deadline and it would be extremely convenient (I'm really under the gun at the moment) to just boot right into my Leopard drive and keep working!
Thanks ahead of time!
Dan-My suggestion would be to get an older Mac that is capable of running Leopard in your case. The newer Mac is only going to cause you grief with your older software.
Allan -
Running Leopard on one partition and Tiger on another partition?
I have recently purchased a family pack of Leopard, and I am reading up on a lot of the posts, here, before I venture the installation on two machines. I intend to install Leopard one machine at a time and give a few weeks between installations.
One machine is a 20" 2.0 Ghz Intel - IMAC Aluminum (August 2007), and the other is a G4 Powerbook 17" 1.67ghz 250GB HD. I will probably install on the IMAC first.
My question concerns the G4 Powerbook 17." I have just purchased a 250gb internal hard drive; however, it has not arrived yet. From time to time, I want to be able to run a few programs in classic....., and to have that available to me in the rare event that I want to look at files formatted for classic programs. Call me old fashion or unable to let go of the past... .in any event, I have some files that may be difficult to convert or some software that I do not want to purchase in OS X because I use those programs so rarely.
Initially, I considered just having an external fire wire drive with Tiger installed on it in which I could boot classic up on the rare occasion.
My new idea has been to partition the internal drive to have 10 gb or so available for Tiger. Has anyone successfully run Leopard on one partition and Tiger on the other partition or do they potentially cause problems for one another? Any suggestions, recommendations or concerns are welcomed.Works like a champ. I run Panther, Tiger, Leopard, and OS 9 on the G4 w/o problems.
Get a bootable, external HD, partition it into enough volumes to accommodate each machine, and make bootable backups/clones of each machine before upgrading/updating and ensure that each boots that machine and works like the original. That allows you to revert to the previous good state without having to reinstall anything. See these for details:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106941
http://www.macmaps.com/upgradefaq.html
http://www.macmaps.com/backup.html
http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/installswupdates.html
http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/backuprecovery.html
Once that's finished, review these for upgrading options:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=5757385
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=5666369
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=5646414 -
Mac Pro running leopard freezes when shutting down
Hi,
I am having problems with the Mac Pro that was assigned to me at my workplace. Here are some of its specs
it runs Leopard (10.5.8)
processor 2 x 3 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xenon
memory 32 gb
Hard disks: here's the issue, It shows 3 hard disks on the finder (more details below)
The first issue is that it won't shut down. When I try to turn it off the screen goes blue and freezes. As I read on some forums that people were having issues with Leopard shutting down, I left it on that state for a whole weekend and when I came back it was still frozen.
The second issue is that aslmanager executes periodically and consumes 100% of one of the cores. Luckily most of the time I can use the other cores to do the work, but for heavy chores I do need that extra power. I tried killing it, and it works for some time, but it restarts after a while effectively slowing down my work (I hate having to babysit the computer for hours while it computes, killing the aslmanager periodically, a workaround would be to make a script that periodically kills it but I think this issue is just a symptom of a graver problem).
My guess is that the computer has 4 hard disks, with one of them broken (system information shows 4 hard disks, but the finder only shows three). This somehow affects the operative system, which tries to ineffectively communicate with it before shutting down. Some process may also be logging the problem, creating huge log files that aslmanager then tries to manage.
My questions are:
- How can I test my guess to know if it is correct? I must say that a blue screen and a stray process are not a transparent way to convey information to the user about a hardware problem.
- How can I fix this issue? In case my guess is correct, would disconnecting the hard disk solve the problem?
Thanks a lot.
PS: Even though I don't have to pay for the electricity bill at my workplace, I do try to use as little electricity possible since I believe we are overexploiting our planet. This makes my issue with the Mac Pro even more nagging since I can't help but think that leaving it turned on the whole time and using one of its cores continuously is using a lot of energy.Take a look in Disk Utility.
Also, About This Mac to see what System Profile shows.
You could have two drives in a RAID configuration.
See if it has the Apple Mac Pro RAID controller (affects sleep)
* Disconnect any peripherals
* Clean OS instlal
* Disk Warrior
* Clone the OS (CCC or SuperDuper)
* Try running with Safe Boot
* Apple Hardware Test (your OEM DVD it shipped with, likely 10.4.x) and use D on startup to run
Now the bad news.
The directory and file system get worse and are corrupt and you need to repair and restore to get it back to working right, which is where Disk Warrior and SuperDuper come in.
Your business could get a more powerful Mac Pro or upgrade the processors even to 8-core 5355 or 5360s.
FBDIMMs use a lot of watts and create heat more than anything, too, and those need COOLING and a boost to the fans, so you want to run the fans and set 2-3 extra profiles for when you are running a heavier load. SMCFANCONTROL 2.2+
Apps that aren't multi-thread / multicore you have to wait and upgrade and up to the vendor to ship a more efficient version that uses all the cores (and threading) IF it is an app that can and will benefit. Not all will.
A couple backup sets of course is a must and most any business will have redundancy and a good recovery plan strategy in place. -
How do I move mail from MacMini running Leopard to MacBook Air on Lion?
I've just started using Lion on a MacBook Air and I'm having a problem transferring Mail from my MacMini running Leopard to the MacBook running Lion.
I used to just move the "Mail" and "Mail Downloads" folders from the Library of one computer to the other. I do this pretty regularly. I understand these folders are hidden in Lion, and I can't figure out how to find them or unhide them.
Any suggestions on how to do this--or another way to copy all my mail from the older computer to the new one (so that it serves as a back-up) will be appreciated. Thanks!I've just started using Lion on a MacBook Air and I'm having a problem transferring Mail from my MacMini running Leopard to the MacBook running Lion.
I used to just move the "Mail" and "Mail Downloads" folders from the Library of one computer to the other. I do this pretty regularly. I understand these folders are hidden in Lion, and I can't figure out how to find them or unhide them.
Any suggestions on how to do this--or another way to copy all my mail from the older computer to the new one (so that it serves as a back-up) will be appreciated. Thanks! -
Would a 1 Ghz powerpc g4 be able to run leopard, would a 1 Ghz powerpc g4 be able to run leopard
is it possible to run leopard on a 1GHz powerpc imac g4
Yes.
Leopard 10.5 Technical Requirements - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3759
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