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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 […]

Unsupported OS X 10.5 Leopard Installation

Daniel Knight,  Low End Mac, Low End Mac Tech Journal - 2007.10.31 -

The good news is that Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard seems to be able to run on any Mac with AGP graphics built around a G4 processor – and even on the 2000 Pismo PowerBook (the first PowerBook with AGP graphics) as long as it has a G4 upgrade. The bad news is that the […]

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