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Apr 01, 2020 learn about the mac features and tools that you can access by holding down one or more keys during startup. The hard drive went on the mac g5 and now i would like to install maxtor ii software onto my macbook pro 15inch, mid 2012 running macos high sierra, version 10. That would have been easy on the dual, but i didnt want to reformat either of its hard drives, so i went through my. Complete power macintosh g5 technical specs are below. Came across a couple powermac g5s at a local thrift shop with no hard drives and no ram for cheap.
I held down things like the windows key and alt key dont have a mac keyboard and even all of the f. Once i saw that lubuntu ran decently on my ancient power mac g5 dual, i knew that i wanted to install it on a hard drive so it would boot more quickly and allow me to add more software. I was given an old g5, and the existing installed os is locked, and i dont have the password. Apple power mac g5 specs all power macintosh g5 technical. But before choosing and installing the app, make sure to back up your data. G5 power mac cd dvd drive door stuck shut so i finally got myself a somewhat used g5 dual power mac. Boot your mac from cd, dvd, external drive, or usb flash at some point, you may find a need to boot your mac from a disc or a drive other than the primary mac os x startup volume. The power macintosh g5 shipped from 2003 until 2006. Usually there are only 1 or 2 disk according to mactracker in your case the would be tiger 10. Note that you would need to know what os your machine originally shipped with. Unfortunately, mac does not label their drives with letters like other computer systems do. Apple powermac g5 for mac free download and software.
Mac takes a long time to boot it might be looking for a different startup disk, delaying booting even if your problem isnt be listed above, resetting the pram is actually a good starting point. Replacing a power mac g5 hard drive by velokev jul 12, 2007 8. A mac can start up from any disk that contains a bootable operating system or the files necessary to run your computer while you install an operating system. There are no unusual noises, such as disk access, optical drive spin up or down, or excessive fan noise. Mar 24, 2020 if your mac is using an earlier version of any mac operating system, you should install the latest apple software updates, which can include important security updates and updates for the apps installed by macos, such as safari, books, messages, mail, music, calendar, and photos. I stuck an old 500gb hdd of mine in the pc i tested it and it still works.
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