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Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger

OS X 10.4 Tiger was released on April 29, 2005, went through 12 revisions, and wasn't replaced until OS X 10.5 Leopard arrived in October 2007 - two-and-a-half years later.

Apple's official hardware requirements for Tiger are a G3 CPU, 256

MB of system memory, 3 GB of available hard drive space, an optical drive that supports DVDs, and a built-in FireWire port, although it can be run on the 350 MHz iMac, which does not have FireWire. We strongly recommend more than 256 MB of memory - at least 512 MB if your Mac supports it.

It is possible to install Tiger on Macs without DVD-compatible optical drives. See Installing OS X 10.4 Tiger on DVD-Challenged Macs Using FireWire Target Disk Mode and Using FireWire Target Disk Mode to Install OS X on Macs without DVD Drives for details.

The following Macs were supported in OS X 10.3 but not 10.4: beige Power Mac G3, tray-loading iMacs (which can run it via an unsupported installation), and the Lombard PowerBook G3 (which can also run it via an unsupported installation).

Downloadable Updates for Mac OS X

Standalone Updates let you update to a newer version of Mac OS X from your hard drive instead of using Software Update, which requires an Internet connection. Download the one(s) you need and install them after mounting the disk image and launching the Installer program.

There are two types of Standalone Updates: Individual (or Delta) and Combo.

• Individual Updates update one version of Mac OS X to the next version. For example, the Mac OS X 10.2.4 Update updates Mac OS X 10.2.3 to version 10.2.4. Individual Updates are also known as Delta Updates.
• Combo Updates update the base version of a Mac OS X release to the version specified in the Combo Update, including all intermediate updates. For example, the Mac OS X 10.2.4 Combo Update updates any earlier version of Mac OS X 10.2 to Mac OS X 10.2.4 using a single installer, as opposed to installing the individual Mac OS X 10.2.1, 10.2.2, 10.2.3, and 10.2.4 updates.

Standalone Updates are generally available 24 to 48 hours after the Update is available through Software Update.

If you burn a Standalone Update to CD, its disk image must be copied to your desktop or another location on your Mac OS X startup disk in order to be installed.

About the Standalone Update tables

To access the page from which you download a Standalone Update, click the link in the Update column corresponding to the desired Update.

To review detailed information about the changes to Mac OS X included in a specific Update, click the link in the Description column corresponding to the desired Update. This will open the corresponding "About this Update" document. Note that not all Standalone Updates have a corresponding "About this Update" document. In such cases, the information about the changes incorporated in the Update is provided in the page from which the Update is downloaded.

Mac OS X v10.4 Tiger Updates

Mac OS X 10.4.1

• About the Mac OS X 10.4.1 Update
• 10.4.1 Delta, 37 MB

Mac OS X 10.4.2

• About the Mac OS X 10.4.2 Update (Delta)
• 10.4.2 Delta, 44 MB
• About the Mac OS X 10.4.2 Update (Combo)
• 10.4.2 Combo, 58 MB

Mac OS X 10.4.3

• About the Mac OS X 10.4.3 Update (Delta)
• 10.4.3 Delta, 97 MB
• About the Mac OS X 10.4.3 Update (Combo)
• 10.4.3 Combo, 109 MB

Mac OS X 10.4.4

• About the Mac OS X 10.4.4 Update (Delta)
• 10.4.4 Delta, 55 MB
• About the Mac OS X 10.4.4 Update (Combo)
• 10.4.4 Combo, 120 MB

Mac OS X 10.4.5

• About the Mac OS X 10.4.5 Update (Delta)
• 10.4.5 Delta, 16 MB
• About the Mac OS X 10.4.5 Update (combo)
• 10.4.5 Combo, 125 MB

Mac OS X 10.4.6

• About the Mac OS X 10.4.6 Update (delta)
• 10.4.6 PPC Delta, 65 MB
• 10.4.6 Intel Delta, 163 MB
• About the Mac OS X 10.4.6 Update (combo)
• 10.4.6 PPC Combo, 140 MB
• 10.4.6 Intel Combo, 191 MB

Mac OS X 10.4.7

• About the Mac OS X 10.4.7 Update (delta)
• 10.4.7 PPC Delta, 64 MB
• 10.4.7 Intel Delta, 133 MB
• About the Mac OS X 10.4.7 Update (combo)
• 10.4.7 PPC Combo, 145 MB
• 10.4.7 Intel Combo, 215 MB

Mac OS X 10.4.8

• About the Mac OS X 10.4.8 Update (delta)
• 10.4.8 PPC Delta, 31 MB
• 10.4.8 Intel Delta, 206 MB
• About the Mac OS X 10.4.8 Update (combo)
• 10.4.8 PPC Combo, 149 MB
• 10.4.8 Intel Combo, 294 MB

Mac OS X 10.4.9

• About the Mac OS X 10.4.9 Update (delta)
• 10.4.9 PPC Delta, 72 MB
• 10.4.9 Intel Delta, 160 MB
• About the Mac OS X 10.4.9 Update (combo)
• 10.4.9 PPC Combo, 163 MB
• 10.4.9 Intel Combo, 310 MB

Mac OS X 10.4.10

• About the Mac OS X 10.4.10 Update (delta)
• 10.4.10 PPC Delta, 25 MB
• 10.4.10 v1.1 Intel Delta, 72 MB
• About the Mac OS X 10.4.10 Update (combo)
• 10.4.10 PPC Combo, 165 MB
• 10.4.10 v1.1 Intel Combo, 297 MB

Mac OS X 10.4.11

• About the Mac OS X 10.4.11 Update
• 10.4.11 PPC Delta, 68 MB
• 10.4.11 Intel Delta, 128 MB
• 10.4.11 PPC Combo, 181 MB
• 10.4.11 Intel Combo, 322 MB

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