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So a friend of mine asked me if I wanted his Public Beta OS X disk, since he was moving. I tried installing it on my G4 Powermac, but since it apparently xpired on May 15th 2001, it won't go past the login screen.
Now, I've read that if you have something newer than the Public Beta (in my case, 10.4 Tiger), you can boot into that, and change the clock back earlier than May 15th 2001, so that you can use this. However, I booted into 10.4.8 and changed the clock back to December 31st 1980, so that it would give me enough time to check out the Public Beta, and see what OS X was all about before it got released retail.
is there anyway I can tell my PowerMac to have the date set earlier than May 15th? I want to see this, as it is kind of nostalgic.
Again, if this is considered illegal, it can be closed/removed if neccesary.
Thanks!
So a friend of mine asked me if I wanted his Public Beta OS X disk, since he was moving. I tried installing it on my G4 Powermac, but since it apparently xpired on May 15th 2001, it won't go past the login screen.
Now, I've read that if you have something newer than the Public Beta (in my case, 10.4 Tiger), you can boot into that, and change the clock back earlier than May 15th 2001, so that you can use this. However, I booted into 10.4.8 and changed the clock back to December 31st 1980, so that it would give me enough time to check out the Public Beta, and see what OS X was all about before it got released retail.
is there anyway I can tell my PowerMac to have the date set earlier than May 15th? I want to see this, as it is kind of nostalgic.
Again, if this is considered illegal, it can be closed/removed if neccesary.
Thanks!