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Modernizing the 2006 and 2007 Mac Pro to Go Beyond OS X Lion

Robert Bryant,  Hacking Your Mac, Low End Mac - 2014.07.28 - 14 Comments -

Hi, Low End Mac readers. My name is Robert Bryant, and I am a computer tech in Central California just south of San Jose. As a daily Mac Pro user, I wanted to provide the Low End Mac community with the necessary steps to take a base model 2006 Mac Pro 1,1 or 2007 2,1 […]

Hacking the Tiger Installer for Unsupported G3 Macs

Simon Royal,  Hacking Your Mac, Low End Mac, Tech Spectrum - 2011.08.31 - 1 Comment -

It is very simple to install Tiger on a G3 Mac that doesnt officially support it. I did this trick a few years ago to get Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger installed on an unsupported Lombard PowerBook G3, and it seems very few people know about it or can get it to work, so I thought […]

Fooling the OS X 10.5 Leopard Installer with Open Firmware

Daniel Knight,  Hacking Your Mac, Low End Mac, Low End Mac Tech Journal - 2007.12.06 -

I have found that, by far, the easiest way to install Leopard on unsupported G4s is to spoof the clock speed in Open Firmware before installing. Spoofing will have Open Firmware tell OS X that your G4 is up-to-speed until you reboot. This will allow you to install without hacking an install disc or working in […]

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