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Upgrading an iBook G4 from 10.3.9 to 10.4.4
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<blockquote data-quote="dtravis7" data-source="post: 887280" data-attributes="member: 8287"><p>I hope this does not sound mean, but people have told you and somehow you are not understanding. You do not need to update your firmware to install 10.4 Tiger. OS9 will NOT even boot on your 933Mhz G4 iBook. Here is a URL right from Apple. Check the iBook G4's at the bottom. OS9 will not boot. </p><p></p><p><a href="http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1835" target="_blank">Mac OS 8 and 9 compatibility with Macintosh computers</a></p><p></p><p>You do not need new firmware on that machine for tiger or even Leopard 10.5. That 10.4.4 CD is a Machine Specific CD. There are many iBook G4's and it's made for a different model than the one you have there. You need a Black Tiger DVD that will install on any Power PC Mac with a DVD drive and Firewire ports. Do NOT try and install OS9 as it will never boot and you do not need to update anything.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dtravis7, post: 887280, member: 8287"] I hope this does not sound mean, but people have told you and somehow you are not understanding. You do not need to update your firmware to install 10.4 Tiger. OS9 will NOT even boot on your 933Mhz G4 iBook. Here is a URL right from Apple. Check the iBook G4's at the bottom. OS9 will not boot. [url=http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1835]Mac OS 8 and 9 compatibility with Macintosh computers[/url] You do not need new firmware on that machine for tiger or even Leopard 10.5. That 10.4.4 CD is a Machine Specific CD. There are many iBook G4's and it's made for a different model than the one you have there. You need a Black Tiger DVD that will install on any Power PC Mac with a DVD drive and Firewire ports. Do NOT try and install OS9 as it will never boot and you do not need to update anything. [/QUOTE]
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