Question Mac Os X 10.4.0 to anything newer.

[LightningsalesUK]

I bought a "dead/dropped in transit" system a week back. I got around to scrapping it but before I did I thought just to test to for the hell of it. It worked. and booted. with no problems.

It is a A1037 running Mac OS X 10.4.0. I would like to upgrade it to any newer OS like OS X lion or higher. I have 2 other systems running Mac Sierra and the other Mac OS X Lion. Is there anyway I could upgrade the system to a new OS. The old Mac is password locked so I cannot update it either. I have spare hard drives for use if that is helpful.

Thanks

 

[McHenryB]

Are you sure that model nuimber is correct? It doesn't seem to correspond to any Mac. (But there was an A1037 RAID controller.)

 

[LightningsalesUK]

Are you sure that model nuimber is correct? It doesn't seem to correspond to any Mac. (But there was an A1037 RAID controller.)

Hi,

My mistake, It is the A1047.

Thanks

 

[McHenryB]

That's a PowerPC model, so won't go beyond Leopard (10.5). I'd only recommend that if it has 1GB, or more, RAM.

 

[LightningsalesUK]

That's a PowerPC model, so won't go beyond Leopard (10.5). I'd only recommend that if it has 1GB, or more, RAM.

Its running 4gb of ram currently.

Is there a way to get leporard?

I have other macs at hand for use.

 

[McHenryB]

Leopard was a paid-for upgrade, not free. You could probably find a copy on eBay. Go for a retail pack rather than a disk intended for a specific model (unless it's the same model as yours).

 

[LightningsalesUK]

Leopard was a paid-for upgrade, not free. You could probably find a copy on eBay. Go for a retail pack rather than a disk intended for a specific model (unless it's the same model as yours).

I purchased a bootable leopard 10.5 disk for 4.99. Should arrive friday. I will update you then.

 

[LightningsalesUK]

Leopard was a paid-for upgrade, not free. You could probably find a copy on eBay. Go for a retail pack rather than a disk intended for a specific model (unless it's the same model as yours).

Hi,
Since then I have got another system. A 2.5Ghz G5 with 7GB of RAM.

It works fine. I put the Boot dvd in the system and it shows up on the system when the current mac os boots up. I plug in my new HDD for the system. I boot up the system and it only shows the ? Folder icon. What could be the problem here?

 

[velocityg4]

Are you holding down the option key when you turn it on so that you can select the startup disk.

 

[LightningsalesUK]

Are you holding down the option key when you turn it on so that you can select the startup disk.

Yes, I have also discussed this on mac forums however they do not know what is causing it either.