Tiger on Mac Pro 3.1

Can i install Mac OS X Tiger on my Mac Pro?

Hi, normally Macs cannot run or use an OS earlier than they came with, as they do not include drivers for new hardware of that model, & your minimum OS is likely OSX 10.5.1 (9B2117)...
http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/mac_pro/stats/mac-pro-eight-core-2.8-2008- specs.html

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Is it possible to run both Yosemite 10.10.2 and OS X Tiger in Mac Pro?

Is it possible to run both Yosemite 10.10.2 and OS X Tiger in Mac Pro?

Not with a hack.
Only the 2006 and be the 2007 shipped with Tiger. See;
Mac OS X versions (builds) for computers - Apple Support
However, for ML and later on a 2006/2007 you need a hack
http://oemden.com/sixty-four-on-thirty-two-sfott/

Can't reinstall Tiger on Mac Pro

We have a Mac Pro 1,1 with OS 10.4.11 on it. It is heavily corrupted and we want to wipe it and reload the OS. I tried 10.5 disks, but they cannot be used on this machine, so I tried the Tiger disks, but they said the same thing. I noticed that they are not the OEM disks, but a "Family Pack". I also noticed that I cannot boot to them. I hold the option or the C key and it boots to the HD. I tried startup disk, but the Tiger disk is not visible. I hesitate to wipe the drive (using the 10.5 utility) and then find I cannot load any OS on this machine. Any advice?

ghstd, welcome to Apple Discussions.
The MacPro has an Intel processor. It uses a special version of Tiger that is on the installers that came with the Mac. Do you have the installer? The family pack Tiger installer is for a PowerPC processor Mac.
Leopard can be used on your Mac, but you need to use a retail installer & not a gray installer from another model Mac.
Two things you might try.
Boot in Safe Mode? See
What is Safe Boot, Safe Mode? (Mac OS X)
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107392
Takes a while to run, but it can correct some problems.
You may have some directory corruption. DiskWarrior can fix that. DiskWarrior by Alsoft
http://www.alsoft.com/DiskWarrior/index.html
 Cheers, Tom

Mac Pro OS X 10.5 cannot print to Canon iR2220i

Hi, there - ! Having just migrated from PowerMac G5 OS X Tiger to Mac Pro OS X Leopard I find I cannot print to my Canon iR2220i via ethernet. All other printers - LaserWriter 16/600 , Brother laser colour, Epson Stylus Pro 3800 - are reachable. Have tried with original PPD as well as the most recent one from Canon's website, have tried Appletalk/IP-printing, etc. A specific iR2220i is and has not been available, but the iR2220 used to work.
Would be most grateful for advice here ...
Best regards,
Adam

Hi Adam,
For the record, the Canon v1.81 driver does work on Leopard, so there must be something about your setup that is stopping it from working. Do you have the Firewall enabled on Leopard? I cannot remember ever testing if this causes an issue with the driver, but considering that the driver has to communicate with the printer to determine which model to select from its list, then an enabled Firewall could be the cause of the error.
As a test you could also create another printer queue but this time selecting Generic PostScript for the printer model. You can select IP > LPD for the protocol, which is what the PS driver would be using, and enter the IP address and queue name of LP. If you can get this queue printing then that confirms all the network and machine settings are okay and that something must be amiss with the Canon driver.
Note that there is also a PPD option for the Canon iR's. If you get the Generic PS working and want a bit more finishing support, then this can be another solution. You can download from here...
http://software.canon-europe.com/software/0030707.asp?model=
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I have a mac pro 2007 model. It appears I have a corrupted sector on my the hadrive tha has my operating system. If I use the install disk that came with is (Tiger) can I still get my lion back.

I have mac pro 2007 model given to me, I updated it to lion about six months ago, and I do not have a time machine.
Lion stopped loading before I get to the login screen,
I tried all the tips, doing a option/shift/v. I noticed several fsk_dsk errors that it could not fix on my boot drive.
Restore would not work either. The only physical copy I have is the install disk that came with the mac. I think it is Tiger.
If I put this operating system on will I be abel to upgrade it to lion, and if so will I have to pay again?

The Lion Recovery Partition has its own index. Your Macintosh HD partition is the one with the troubles.
If Disk Utility cannot fix it, you may need to apply different Utilities, such as Disk Warrior.
Some readers suggest that the best disk repair is to erase the drive and restore it from your Backups.
This might be a good time to consider getting a new drive to have on hand. This would allow you flexibility in copying, fixing, and (if needed) replacing the drive with the problems.

Can I use Tiger and Snow Leopard on my Mac Pro?

I have a 3 year old Mac Pro with 2 internal hard drives installed by Apple at the time of purchase. At present, I'm using Tiger 10.4.11. I've purchased Snow Leopard (The Family Pack with 5 licenses) and have installed it on my MacBook Pro.
I haven't put Snow Leopard on my Mac Pro since it is my main, workhorse computer and I have several older applications that aren't compatible with Snow Leopard.
My question is: Can I install Snow Leopard on my second internal drive and leave Tiger on the main drive? That way I could use either system by changing the start-up drive to the system I want to use. Is this possible, or advisable? Will it work or cause problems?
Another question: If one of the drives needs repair, could I boot up in the other drive and run Disk Utility to make the repairs instead of booting the computer from the original software CD? (I'm having a problem finding the original Tiger 10.4 System CD in my organizationally challenged graphic design and illustration studio.)
Thanks for any help anyone can offer.
Specs:
MacPro1,1
Dual-Core Intel Xeon (Intel)
2.66 GHz
Two hard drives each with two 512 MB RAM chips
Bay 1: Intel 232.89 GB drive
Bay 2: Intel 465.76 GB drive

Been hiding or not backing up and keeping bootable spares?
http://www.shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper/SuperDuperDescription.html
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http://www.google.com/search?q=clonemac+osx

Can I install Tiger on a G4 using Mac Pro or MacBook Pro install discs?

I gave my old G4 dual500MHz processor running system 9.2.2 to my brother some time ago and he really wants to upgrade to tiger. I bought a copy of Tiger when it first came out but I have lost the disc. I currently have 3 macs and they're all intel machines so I don't have install discs on hand that are pre-intel. I would like to do a complete overhaul of the G4 but I am worried that the install discs I currently have might not work on it. I also have Disk Warrior and Drive Genius and plan to run them extensively on that machine as well. If not, can I start the G4 up as a target disc and do the install from my mac pro? Or is there a way to download a disc image of the older system and install it that way?

If you bought a retail copy of Tiger & are not using it for another Mac, you do hold a Tiger OS license you could transfer to your brother legally. However, your brother still will need disks that install the PPC version of the OS for it to be installed on the G4, & for troubleshooting or some maintenance tasks. Intel-specific installer disks do not meet this requirement.
If you can document your purchase (like if you have a receipt for it from an authorized Apple dealer or the proof-of-purchase certificates) you may be able to purchase a replacement disk through Applecare.

How to install OS X Tiger on new Mac Pro

Does anyone why you can´t install OS X Tiger on the new Mac Pro? I bought it recently and it came with Leopard of course but I really need to run Tiger because of many of my plug-ins for Protools costs a fourtune to upgrade...
Is it possible to do it? Workaround anybody..?

Is the hardware in the mac pro all that different than to the one shipped with Tiger???
I don't know all the differences, but iirc, the Graphics card is a big diff.
I have Tiger discs for a mac mini shipped just before 2008, would that work you think?
Can only guess, but no, I don't think it would, all Tiger disks for IntelMacs are Machine specific.
Sorry, can't help with the links, I've just read about attempts & the difficulties.

IPod 6th Generation and Mac Pro on Tiger

Please help, is it possible to transfer music from a Mac Pro OSX10.4 Tiger to my new iPod nano 6th Gen ? It refuses to sync. I downloaded iTunes 10.5, but it won't install the program in Tiger.
any suggestions most welcome.
M

thanks for reply.
so I have to upgrade to Lion? Is there a better/cheaper alternative?

Boot up Tiger from Lastest Mac Pro shipped from Apple

Ok, I am testing to upgraded our Tiger to leopard for the Marketing department. my problem is, the lastest or current mac pro that from Apple is not booting up from Tiger so I can install it on a 250gig hard drive brand new. I hold down the "C" and nothing comes up to prompt me to install. Mac Pro comes with 6gig and 650gig hard drive leopard, but I need to downgrade the OS to Tiger to test it.
Any suggestion what I did wrong or you can downgrade OS on this new model from Apple?

You can't boot the new mac with Tiger.

Tiger on a Mac Pro???

Would Tiger run faster on a Dual 2.0GHz *Mac Pro 1,1* or a dual 2.3GHz PowerMac G5?

Runs faster on the Mac Pro. The MP is at least four times faster than the G5.

Mac Pro (Early 2008), Tiger Boot

Is my Mac Pro (Early 2008) able to boot from Tiger normally? I 've tried many times but it seems that Tiger has not the necessary drivers for my ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro! Boots, but there is no communication with my graphics card. Is there any way to make it work?
I' ve tried to install Tiger from the DVDs of my MacBook Pro, MacBook and from the DVDs of a friend's previous generation Mac Pro, but not from a Retail Tiger DVD... Do you think that this is my problem?

The only hack is to find a system with 2600M it sounds like.
Or get X1900 that works in 10.4.11 and 10.5.x
Cloned system and then reapply the combo update would do if you do have an Intel Tiger system.
I've been using Vista x64 since late '06, before it was RTM forward, and the horror stories of trying to get it to run on some motherboards, BIOS, etc - I have more respect for what people are willing to go through, how different it is on Mac Pro, and the way OS X is tighter controlled to hardware... but it does make for problems.
People held off buying Mac Pro until CS3. And now some are considering buying ref'd units just to run Tiger or wait 3-6 months for things to catch up.
Game developers love 8-cores, cuts down time to compile, test and develop, and will pay dividends down the road in games that unless the power, but most, a lot, of applications really have trouble using more than 4-cores, it is a technical challenge and requires new compilers and tools.
ATI and Apple aren't likely to build any new drivers for Tiger

Trouble installing OS X 10.4 Tiger on new Mac Pro

I just got my new Mac Pro, of course it has Leopard installed. However, I have programs that are not yet updated from 10.4. I have a family license CD with Tiger, and I tried to install it into another partition or another hard drive in this computer, but I get a screen that says it cannot be installed in my computer. I don't understand. Any advice?
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Operating systems are hardware specific. You can't install a 64-bit windows if the hardware and cpu doesn't support it, you cannot or should not install or upgrade 64-bit over 32-bit.
XP has to be installed ahead of Vista if you want both, not the other way around.
Some versions of Vista support only one physical cpu, or limit you to how much memory can be addressed and limited also by BIOS and memory controllers.
I wish Apple had a retail Intel version of Tiger but they don't, and the last DVD was 10.4.6 which predates the earliest OS that the Mac Pro can boot from and use. So double whammy there. And that is if you have the latest and not some 10.4.3 or original.
Given some of the installer glitches with 10.5.0 I hope we see 5.3/5.6 AND a 10.5.9 DVD down the road.

Networking / controlling Tiger G5 from Mac Pro?

I have a G5 Tiger and a Mac Pro Leopard.
Is there any way to control the G5 from the Leopard based Mac Pro?
I know there is screen sharing? but not sure if this is available on Tiger?
I have 2 screens on Leopard and want to somehow control the G5 from my 1 x keyboard/mouse?
Is this possible? I have tried Teleport but didnt work that great?

Don't know about the two screens shared -- I don't have anything with two screens.
Don't know what to say about speed and "jumpiness." I don't experience that on my Leopard Mac Pro connecting via wireless 802.11g to Leopard G4/867 tethered to router by ethernet cable. Didn't have the problem when the G4 was running Tiger, either.
You are not inadvertently going out onto the internet and back in. You would have had to turn on port forwarding in your modem/router and route port 5900 to your G5 and connect to your modem's ISP-assigned IP address (the one you see when you visit http://checkip.dyndns.com/).
My experience and consequently formed opinion has been that Apple's Screen Sharing blows any VNC client away, with regards to speed, "smoothness" of keyboard and mouse and remote screen rendering.
Both machines are tethered via ethernet cable to the router, right? I'm grasping at straws here, but try disconnecting one of the screens and see if that helps? Or perhaps disconnect the G5 screen ... after you have set the screen resolution on the G5 to match the Mac Pro's screen resolution. Maybe your router is not up to the task?
Granted, it will not be as smooth as sitting in front of the G5 itself, screen rendering for me is a bit "blocky," but it should be nearly as good as being there. I find it quite useful -- although I probably could not view a video running on the G5 via Screen Sharing on the Mac Pro. But I find mine is more than useable even when I tunnel the connection through ssh (secure shell) over the internet at large and that is with a 896kbps uplink to my ISP for the screen rendering of the "server" machine.
I honestly don't think you'll find anything better than the built-in Screen Sharing on the Mac Pro in conjunction with the built-in Apple Remote Desktop server on the G5...except maybe running Leopard on the G5, too.

NVIDIA 8800gt for Mac Pro (mid 2007 models) not compatible with TIGER !

Just tried to install Tiger on a hard drive while i was successfully able to use the NVIDIA 8800gt in Leopard on another hard drive and the computer would either stall or just have the gray screen come up. Brought it to Tekserve and they said Apple doesn't have firmware for this yet and it won't run on Tiger.. runs flawlessly on Leopard.. anyone have updates on this?

I purchased the 8800 card intending to run it with Tiger. I was assured both by the sales person I spoke with, and the engineer they checked with that it would work under Tiger. I even asked if it came with a driver CD and they said no, but it wasn't needed, it would "just work".
Of course, when I got it and put it in my Mac Pro running 10.4.11, it didn't boot. Then I realized there was a sticker on the box that said it required "10.5.2". I checked the product web page and it did not mention Leopard as a requirement. However, as of Monday April 28th, this was added to the web page. I have a screenshot from two days before which doesn't list it.
Anyway, I've returned the card and will be credited, but I am very disappointed. I can only conclude there was every intention to support tiger (probably with a Tiger Graphics Update 1.0 or some such) but this wasn't ready in time and they hastilty had to slap on the "10.5.2 required" sticker to the boxes.
Hopefully this update will come out at some point, and then I can repurchase the card. (I do not wish to upgrade to Leopard until the finder is fixed.) It would also be nice is there was a 10.4.12 release that supports the new Mac Pro's (hint: you'll get more sales if you do!)
If all else fails maybe ATI will have a new card out in the near future, and hopefully will support Tiger. I think they do a better job on drivers than nvidia anyway.

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