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Mac OS X 10.3 Panther not booting from burned CDs ?

I got an iMac G5 A1058. It had some booting problems, so I bought an OS X 10.4 Tiger disc (NON Apple official. It was made when someone on eBay updated their Macs to 10.4 and it asked if they wanted to...

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Clarification about previous post

Clarification about this post. The disc was created by a Mac during an Apple-recommended update. In no way was this piracy. The update process asked if they wanted to create a copy. I asked the seller...

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Updating MAC OS X Mountain Lion (2012)

Hi, So I bought a mac (2012 one) my lil bro to do his school homework on, My issue is I can't update the OS cause its an old system But it says to go on the site to do an update -So I go -But It don't...

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Will anything break if I change the full name associated with my account from...

I have activated apps like Ableton Live, UVIWorkstation, etc. with valid licenses. Will they require new activation if I change the full name of my account? From here: System preferences > Users and...

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How to install hackingtosh on a legacy mainboard

I am trying to install hackintosh on my pc to try it out but there's a problem: My motherboard only support legacy bios, it doesn't support uefi and i have only seen guides for installing hackingtosh...

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iMac G5 A1058 displaying gray screen on bootup?

Some of you may remember my iMac G5. Now it has Mac OS X 10.4.6, from an official Apple disc. So calm down, moderators. Unfortunately, the next day after installing the hard drive died. I heard a soft...

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Logic Pro X - 'Logic needs an internet connection to download basic content'...

For a long time I've kept my copy of Logic Pro X on an external hard drive as I was short of space. A few months ago I copied it onto my MacBook Pro and it worked fine; tonight I've copied it on our...

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is this a "good" time machine backup?

hello. i have a client with a dead HDD, but he also used an apple router to use time machine. i've screenshotted this data i saved onto a PC. is this legitimate time machine data or is it unusable? i...

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Is An iMac Worth it.

What OS is the best

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How to control volume by hovering and scrolling anywhere in Mac Menu Bar

Hi, 
 I use both Mac's and pc's. Mac's are great but here's one thing I can do in my pc's that I have not been able to find how to do in my Mac. 
 In my pc's (Win7, Win10) I have a utility called "7+...

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Power Mac G4 (400 MHz PCI graphics) doesn't boot anything ?

Yay... more tech problems... I have a Power Mac G4 (400 MHz PCI graphics). I got it from a relative. They said it wasn't working. After bringing it home, I booted it up. It showed an Apple logo on a...

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macbook pro battery strength

is it ok to keep your macbook pro plugged in even after it's been fully charged? there have been times where i have left it pugged in for an extended period of time and even putting the computer to...

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IPad won't accept my password

I just received my first Apple product, 8th generation iPad. After I got it set up, I've tried to install an app. When I find the app, a prompt appears that says "The Apple ID has not yet been used in...

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mac reformat question

i have a .dmg file of mac osx so that i can finally upgrade my computer. would just running the installation right of the hard drive be a bad thing or should i burn the image to a cd? when everything...

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IOHW Monitor - no Params Version !! error

Continuing my quest to get my iMac G5 working. A1058, 2 GHz, ALS model. Bit of backstory: In August 2020: Got the iMac. Wasn't working. In September 2020: Bought a Tiger boot DVD. Installed Tiger. Got...

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No display NVIDIA 1070 on High Sierra

Hello, Thank you for the help. I hope to upgrade the GPU on my 2012 mac pro, switching from an ATI Radeon 5770 to NVIDIA 1070. Mac Pro Mid 2012 - 5,1 OS: High Sierra 10.13.6 CPU: 2 x 2.4 ghz 6-core...

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How to solve error 4000 when updating to iOS 14 through iTunes WITHOUT DFU...

Hey all. I thought this was just a small issue for a handful of users but this is apparently a widespread issue. Not sure what’s causing it but I know how to fix it. First off, there’s been a few...

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Final update on Power Mac G4

I know that the mods and me haven't had a good relationship over this thread. But. I figured out the problem. It was the optical drive. Backstory to how I got this computer: When I first got this, with...

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Mac restarts automatically ?

i got a pop up on my screen (in multiple languages) that told me my computer will restart automatically and it did, then another pop up came up and said "my computer restarted because of a problem". im...

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How to get Safari to work on MacBook Pro with MacOS 10.6.8 ?

Someone gave me a MacBook Pro with MacOS 10.6.8. Apparently this is an older MacBook, since it has a CD/DVD drive, among other things. However I thought this would work just fine for at least browsing...

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