Upgrade tips please!
What should I buy to upgrade from the old 10.4.11 OS X?
I have G5 iMac and am not the most technically proficient person. Confused about the snow leopards, mountain lions and other cats - what on earth should I do! I'm hoping I can download something from the apple store but I don't know what my best option is.
Appreciate any help.
Thanks,
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ericscollar wrote:
What should I buy to upgrade from the old 10.4.11 OS X?
I have G5 iMac and am not the most technically proficient person. Confused about the snow leopards, mountain lions and other cats - what on earth should I do! I'm hoping I can download something from the apple store but I don't know what my best option is.
In no particular order...
OS X 10.5 is the last OS X release that will run on PowerPC / PPC / G5 hardware, and there is no support for the App Store and software downloads that far back.
The oldest OS X release that can download software from the App Store is 10.6.8.
To upgrade that 10.4 system to 10.5, you'd need to scrounge up a retail DVD and install that. There's probably not really all that much point in expending the time and effort and money involved with this upgrade, either. (If you're going to stay where you are, you might consider scrounging up another old G5 of the same model for spare parts, and plan to have to swap disks and related parts around as they fail.)
OS X 10.6 and all later releases require an Intel processor, and the current 10.9 release has some additional requirements.
Typical approach here would be the wholesale replacement of this PowerPC / PPC / G5 Mac. With a newer or a new Mac. A new Intel Mac will arrive with 10.9 or potentially the next "Yosemite" release, depending on exactly when you buy it and when Apple releases the "Yosemite" version.
Your existing PowerPC / PPC / G5 software can be emulated on 10.6, if you buy a (used) Intel Mac that is old enough to support that release. That's not really a long-term solution, as 10.6 is itself very old.
You will require replacement application software for any newer Mac or new Mac system. You'll need new application versions that are built for Intel on later releases. Your existing PowerPC / PPC / G5 application software will not work past OS X 10.6.8. How you migrate your data depends on the application, assuming there are new versions of all of your application packages.
Here is a list of the project names for the various OS X releases — the older releases were named after big cats, and 10.5 was Leopard.
Whatever you decide to do (or not do) here, always have backups of your Mac.
Probably best to visit the local Apple store or Apple reseller and have a detailed discussion with the folks there.
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