Software Install DVDs iMac G5 1.9 & 2.1GHz

I just realised that the Mac OS X install software that came with 2 different iMac G5 (2.1 & 1.9GHz) are not the same versions.
Question: will it be a problem using the software of the 1.9GHz on the 2.1GHz and vise versa?
Problem is I am not sure which version came with which computer...
The labels read as follows on both software dvds:
Mac OS version 10.4.2
AHT version 2.5.3
Disc version 1.1
Then the last line is different on the two sets:
2Z691-5554-A
2Z691-5669-A

Welcome to Apple Discussions!
I would contact Apple's Chat support on:
http://www.apple.com/support/imac/g5_isight/
If that doesn't help. Both Macs are at least under their one year warranty and still eligible for purchasing AppleCare for if you haven't already purchased it.

Similar Messages

Ilife not installing from Software install DVD

Hi,
I have a G5 that came preinstalled with 10.3 and the iLife programs (iphoto, iDVD, etc). Over time, I upgraded to 10.3.9. Recently my computer was having problems, so I did an erase and install from the original Software install and restore DVD to 10.3 (my computer came with one dvd). Now my computer has iphoto 2.0 and no iDVD. I can't open iphoto because i had been using a more recent version. I'm pretty sure my computer came with the iLife 04 apps, why won't it install them from the original software DVD?
Thanks in advance for any help

Thanks, that was helpful. I was able to see that my Installation install and restore DVD only has iPhoto 2, and no iDVD.
I found the box that my computer came in and it says that I should have the iLife 04 programs. The only thing I can figure is that I got a seperate iLife DVD with the computer, and have lost it. I can't think of any reason that software would be missing from the install DVD.

IMac won't start up, don't have Install DVD. Is there any hope at all?

Hi Everyone,
I have a Non-Intel iMac G5 2.1ghz, it has performed flawlessly until last Thursday when I installed a Security Update (as prompted by OS X) and then rebooted. It loads to the grey screen with the Apple Logo and the spinning wheel.
It goes no further at all.
I don't have my original disks.
I have reset the PRAM and still no go at all. I've also unplugged the power cable, plugged it back in with the power button held down.
Nothing. Zilch. Nada.
Am I completely screwed? Is there absolutely anything at all that I can do?

Hello again, sweeet (and welcome from up over...LOL):
I am not sure why your system would show up - did you "ping" it from the network tool, or does it just show in the network summary (I think it would be there from before, although networking is not an expertise of mine)? In any event, without the software install DVD, it is really hard to suggest anything else than to head in for a diagnosis.
Good luck.
Message was edited by: Barry Hemphill

How to install software on an imac that doesn't have DVD player built in?

I just got my daughter an imac G3 running OS 10.4.11. I went to install iwork onto the computer, and it spit the disc out. i then realized the computer does not have a DVD player built in. How do I install newer software? It runs and plays CD fine. Any help?

Since the other Mac is an eMac, it's a FireWire (400) cable, also called 6-pin to 6-pin. OWC has it.
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Newer%20Technology/1394A66036/
I'm not sure if Radio Shack has it. Look for something like the above.
An eMac may be one of the models where the optical drive is not accessible over FireWire Target Disk Mode. If the hard drive and optical drive are on the same IDE bus, only the one that is set as Master (usually the hard drive) is available to the other Mac.
So give it a try. If it does not work (eMac's optical drive not accessible from the iMac), you will have to reverse the roles of the two Macs. Start up the iMac in FireWire Target Disk Mode. Connect it to the eMac that is started up normally. Set the eMac to start up from the iMac's hard drive in System Preferences +Startup Disk+ pane. If it's Tiger, your eMac should be able to start up from it. Restart. Insert the software disc and let the eMac install the software onto the iMac's hard drive. After installation completes, change the eMac's startup disk setting back, shut down the eMac, disconnect the FireWire cable, and restart the iMac normally.
Note: Unless you purchased the family license for iWork, it should only be installed on one Mac at a time.

IMac won't read the System Install DVD after trying a Software Update (Whic

Last weekend I tried downloading the 10.4.7 update to my iMac. Towards the end of the download the iMac crashed out and said that the Software Update was unsuccessful. As this was the case I tried rerunning the 'Software Update' again but after a few seconds of the application running and the little window being on the screen, it just dropped out and exited. As this was therefore not working I tried to download the Software Update as a Stand Alone application. I found after downloading the file that mounting a disk image on my iMac no longer works. My next step was to try and reinstall OS X from the System Install DVD. I put the DVD in the DVD Drive and found that after it whirred for about 20 seconds, the disk ejected. I thought this was odd so I tried to boot the iMac , holding down the 'C' key once the DVD was in place inside the iMac. The Mac powered up and then the DVD whirred for a while and once again it ejected the DVD. I now have no way of reinstalling OS X..and am at a loss. I called up the supplier of the iMac as I only purchased it in May 2006. They advised me that the warranty only covers Hardware and not Software. They said with a problem like this it could be expensive to try and work out what is causing it as it is sort of an unknown. I would like to know if anyone else has had this problem, is there some way I can see what the iMac is doing when it is trying to read the DVD and the ejects it, and is there some way of 'resetting' the iMac so that it is in the initial state. I know the BIOS on these machines is a 'soft' BIOS so as the supplier said, it is quite possible that the Software Update has corrupted the soft BIOS on the machine. Any ideas?

Yes. It is possible that the DVD could be bad.
It is also possible that your corrupted installation is preventing the DVD from working right.
It would seem strange, except that this happened with another guy as well. But, once we disconnected his internal hard drive with the corrupted OS 10.4.7 install, the machine booted from the DVD and worked properly. We then connected a different hard drive to install to, and it worked fine. Then, we connected the drive as a secondary and formatted it and it resumed working.
But, with an iMac CoreDuo, you cannot open the machine to unplug the drive. So, you'll be a bit stuck if you require the same solution. He had a PowerMac G5.
But, basically, his corrupted OS 10.4.7 installation was preventing booting from a CD, booting into safe mode, booting from an external drive, or any other kind of booting.
So, for him, the only option was disconnecting the internal drive and installing on another one.
I hope this doesn't turn out to be necessary on your system as well. If so, you'll need to take it into the shop for servicing.
The only other option I could think of is to try and boot it into Target Disk mode, and format it's drive with another computer. Perhaps that would work.
Once your internal drive has been cleared (formatted), then it may boot from the DVD again (assuming your problem is the same as the other guys).
You can read about Target Disk Mode here:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=58583
You can read about the steps we took to troubleshoot and repair the other guys machine here:
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=2629919#2629919
Perhaps that will help explain what I described above.
I hope this helps.

HT204382 Quick time Player can't open because a required codec isn't available. The DVD I am trying to play was made on an IPAD. My Imac came with a IMac Application install DVD, A IMac Mac OS X Install DVD, & iWork, I don't think I have iLife

Quick time Player can't open because a required codec isn't available. The DVD I am trying to play was made on an IPAD. My Imac came with a IMac Application install DVD, A IMac Mac OS X Install DVD, & iWork, I don't think I have iLife What additional software do I need?

Perian 1.2.3 *should* work for both QuickTime & and QTX in Mountain Lion. Regardless of the filetype container, whether it is a Matroska (.mkv) or a .mov. As to the actual encoding of the file (h264, .mp2, whatever..) I have found most play, even older formats.
Even though it's no longer supported and is a dead project, it works just fine. It will load as a System Preference file and adds to the Other category in them.
I think in 10.8 you've still got support for QTX so it may work with that. (in Mavericks, it only works for QT7)
If not, just run QuickTime 7.6.6.
http://perian.org
If no luck there, you could also try VLC at http://www.videolan.org

Installing 10.6 on iMac using MacBook Pro install DVD

Hi
I have a 24inch intel 2 core iMac from early 2008 with 10.5.6 installed and I just bought a MacBook Pro with Snow Leopard. I want to upgrade my iMac to 10.6 but before I purchase it I wanted to check if my apps etc would work.
I used the MacBook Pro dvd to install to an external drive and then I restored that drive. I then migrated my iMac install unto the external 10.6 drive and I am now running from the external drive on the iMac.
All seems to be ok for now but should this work? Do the different cd's have specific drivers or setup specific to the device i.e. might I be missing software or have the wrong software installed and thus invalidating my test?
Yes, I know what I have done is not strictly allowed but there is no other way to test an install without purchasing and I can't afford downtime to fix any problems.
Thanks

Allan Eckert wrote:
Hi cypher6x;
If you are willing to ignore the fact of it being illegal, then you will be leaving yourself open to the fact that the vast majority of the time when one uses hardware specific DVD for different hardware it doesn't install at all. When it does it usually causes more problems that it is worth so go ahead and pay the $29 and do it legally and correctly.
Allan
It installs and runs. I will purchase the proper dvd *IF all my apps works ok* otherwise I will not be upgrading anytime soon. I am just trying to ascertain if my test is valid.
It would cost Apple more to package up different dvds for all their products. I imagine they may have different installers though that selects the items.
Either or, it will be hard to say unless I do a diff against fresh installs using both dvd's.

Imac 27 will only boot from internal and from factory install DVD?

I was trying to create a bootable external source for my iMac 27 and came across a pretty odd scenario. One that Apple iteslef says they have never seen before. Love any feedback on how to create a external bootable source. Below are my notes from the 45 minute conversation I just had with Applecare.
My iMac 27 purchased in December, 2010 Will not boot from:
Apple Factory Install DVD (white printed with Snow Leopard)
TechTool Pro 5.06 DVD
SD Card with Bootlable installation
EXT HDD with previous bootable (Leopard 10.5.9) system on it
eDrive on an EXT HDD
I had a 45 conversation with Applecare and the tech has never heard or seen a situation like this one.
Every source shows up if I hold the "option" key down upon power up.
Every source shows up in the System Prefs Startup window (though there was one oddity that he had not seen before. I have to authenticate each and every time I try to change my startup disk in the Startup Disk Prefs)
Every source other than the internal has the same result if I try to boot into it, gray screen with dark gray Apple logo, no gears running, no optical accessing, just the gray screen forever.
We reset my PRAM and tried again. No change
Then the Applecare tech had to get off the phone in order to do some further research.
He came back and we tried to startup from the DVD that shipped with my iMac, not the white factory Snow Leopard I got from Amazon, but the gray install DVD from Apple.
This one booted.
We repaired permissions and checked the internal disk from the Apple Gray Install DVD.
That is as far as the tech could go. He is sending me out a new copy of Snow Leopard, but is unable to support me in my quest to boot from an external source.
I am going to try and create a bootable external source using the gray install dvd instead of the commercial Now Leopard one and see what happens.
Thanks,
Henry

The point is that V.K. is correct.
You cannot create a bootable disk for your iMac from the factory Snow Leopard DVD because your machine was released after Snow Leopard was and as such relies on operating system changes and drivers that exist solely on the disc that came with your machine.
I'm really surprised if an AppleCare agent didn't know that.
To create a bootable external drive either use your Software Restore disc or create a bootable clone of your internal drive using an app like Carbon Copy Cloner.

Imac G5 startup problems - and cannot access leopard install dvd

My imac G5 (3 years old) has been running fine - until the other day when I updated to the latest version of leopard using software update (dunno if this is related) - anyway the thing slowed down the next day - freezing/hanging/spinning coloured ball etc.
Then it wouldn't restart - took forever - I have discovered if you leave it 2 hours it gets to a blue screen, another hour or so it gets to login screen but everything hangs - unable to use it for anything!
I have tried to reinstall from DVD leopard BUT the dvd gets spat out of the drive when i C on boot - I also tried an older OS X install DVD but it also gets spat out! I can boot into unbuntu from a CD and the HD is fine and there - it seems the superdrive since the upgrade is only recognising CD's!!!!
Anyway I phoned Apple - unable to help - out of Warranty!
I cannot reinstall Leopard, cannot use imac and haev no idea where to go next (having already tried the old PRAM reset, verbose mode (showing I/O errors but going nowhere), safe mode not working, boot from DVD unable to work. The frustrating thing is I could install UBUNTU and erase HD and the system woudl work on this OS but I really want to get into OS X again!
Any help.....please.....?

If you used Software Update, you installed the Delta (only the latest update)version, not the Combo, which basically re-installs 10.5 up to and including the latest update.
If you can see the iMac on your PB, do install the Combo and see if that helps. Often it will fix problems that occur when data has been corrupted in a previous update and the Delta, since it only updates one step, but doesn't go back and start from scratch, can't correct the problems, but the Combo can.

Is it possible to boot to a Windows 7 install DVD from an external USB drive on current iMacs?

On the iMac I'm currently using, a mid-2007 24-inch, it's impossible to boot into a Windows install DVD from an external drive: I can hold down option on boot, and all my hard drives come up, but if the Windows disc is in my external DVD drive, it won't show up. I'll soon be upgrading to a late 2012 iMac, and I'd like to be able to install Windows 7 for a boot camp partition. Since that iMac has no built in drive, I'd like to know if using an external DVD drive will work on that model. I'd like to do that, seems easier than messing around with disk images. But we'll see...

You can use an external optical drive to install Windows without any problem with a Late 2012 iMac.
The reason that you couldn't install Windows from an external optical drive on the 2007 iMac is that it has got an internal SuperDrive, so Apple only allows you to use it to install Windows on your iMac

I downloaded latest software on iphone 4 and installed new software on my imac (snow leopard 8.6 and now phone not synching with new itunes. Itunes does recognize the phone but the itunes is totally different now. It doesn't look anything like the previou

I downloaded latest software on iphone 4 and installed new software on my imac (snow leopard 8.6)and now phone not synching with new itunes. Itunes does recognize the phone but the itunes is totally different now. It doesn't look anything like the previous vesions. I can't even find a tab for synching. very strange. any help is appriciated.

iTunes 10.7 is compatible with Snow Leopard.
You can download it here: http://www.apple.com/itunes/

G5 iMac won't read 10.5 install DVD

Hello good people! Here's my problem:
When I instert my OS 10.5 (Leopard) install DVD into my G5 iMac, the computer will not read the disk. I can hear it spinning the disk and it makes a few strange grind-like noises, but I never get an icon on the desktop and it eventually (after about a minute) just spits the disk back out. This is a 20" 1.8 GHz PowerPC G5 iMac (no camera) w/ a Super Drive and 2GB of RAM, currently running 10.4.11.
A few things to know:
• I know the 10.5 install disk is good because it worked fine on a G4 iBook.
• I know the Super Drive will read from and record to other CDs and DVDs.
• I tried duplicating the 10.5 install DVD onto another DVD and got the same result: can't read the copy either.
• I looked into updating the Super Drive's firmware and the updater told me I did not need to update it.
So it seems that this drive is just not happy with this disk or a copy of this disk for some reason. If anyone knows why, I would be grateful for an explanation, but what I am more interested in knowing is this:
IS IT POSSIBLE to run this installation either from a disk image that I put onto the iMac's desktop; OR by inserting the physical disk into the drive on my iBook (which as I said previously WILL read the disk without a problem) and then running the install from the iBook's drive onto the iMac, either over a network or by connecting the two machines directly via some sort of cable? (The iBook is running 10.5 and the iMac is at 10.4.11). If this is possible, please explain how to do it! Desperate!
Thanks in advance for everyone's help and expertise.

When I follow the 6-step procedure described here, I get a screen at startup from the iMac where I can select either the iMac's hard drive or the iBook's hard drive to startup from, but I do not see the install DVD as an option.
I also tried starting the iBook in Target disk mode (by holding down T @ startup) and then connecting it to the already-running iMac (which I started and logged into without holding down option). When I do this, I get icons on the desktop for the iBook's hard drive and for the install DVD in the iBook's optical drive (yes!). Unfortunately, the install DVD shows up as a "volume" (i.e. a drive with a white rectangular icon) and NOT as an actual DVD with a round DVD icon. When I try to launch the installer from the DVD, I get a box with a message telling me that I can't use the installer from this "volume" and that I need to run it from the actual DVD (even though it IS an actual DVD). Frustrating!

IMac G4 Flat Panel Will NOT Mount Leopard Install DVD

I'm trying to install Leopard (MacOS X 10.5) onto a 1 GB 1.25 GHz iMac G4 (flat panel) from an install DVD.
Any ideas why it doesn't mount? After a minute or so and several spins and arm accesses the iMac ejects the DVD. Maybe this is a dual-layer DVD and the old iMac can't read dual layer DVDs?
More important, how can I install Leopard on this old hardware? Can I access the DVD from another Mac set up as a firewire target disk? Can I copy the DVD to a USB/FireWire external hard drive?
Any other ideas?
Thanks.
- nello

From what source is the Leopard DVD? Retail discs should work fine in your model.
You can install from another Mac that is able to boot a Leopard installer by way of Target Disk Mode. See the following: Installing Tiger without a DVD drive and How To - Installing Tiger Using FireWire Target Disk Mode.
You cannot copy the disc to an external FireWire drive, but you can use the Restore option of Disk Utility to "restore" the DVD to a freshly formatted external FireWire drive. Cannot use a USB drive as they are not bootable on most PPC Macs.

Hello, I have a 2009 iMac, and my harddrive has failed several times now, and now I need to re-install snow leopard but my install DVD is damaged and I have bought a new snow leopard disc. However my iMac will not read the disc at all ?

Hello, I have a 2009 iMac, and my harddrive has failed several times now.
I tired to reinstall snow leopard with the install DVD that came with my iMac. However the disc is damaged so I bought a new Snow Leopard but my iMac wont read the new disc, it just stays in the apple logo screen, I have tired safe boot, holding down the "C" key on startup and tried using disc utility but getting nowhere.
Please help. Thanks.

Might be related, if your hard drive is a 1TB drive,it could be a Seagate drive.
The drives are known to fail and your iMac maybe covered for free replacement under the Apple's Seagate hard drive replacement program until April 12 of this year.
I Believe the 2009 models are covered under this replacement warranty.
You can find out if you are eligible here.
http://www.apple.com/support/imac-harddrive/
Good Luck!

Problem installing officejet pro 6830 software on my iMac running Snow Leopard

Greetings, I have a problem installing officejet pro 6830 software on my iMac running Snow Leopard. When I insert the HP software disc onto my iMac, and go to the HP website, it says:
"403" Ooops! Request forbidden...
Any possible solutions to this? Thanks for any feedback...

Hi @RNOjetnow ,
Thank you for visiting the HP Support Forums and Welcome. I have looked into your issue with needing the drivers for the 10.6 Snow Leopard OS. You should be able to install the Apple Drivers just by connecting the USB cable.
Here is a document that might help.
Hope this helps you install the drivers.
Thanks.
Please click “Accept as Solution ” if you feel my post solved your issue, it will help others find the solution.
Click the “Kudos, Thumbs Up" on the bottom to say “Thanks” for helping!

Software Install DVDs iMac G5 1.9 & 2.1GHz

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for