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iMAC to Tiger?
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I own two macs, an iMAC at home (10.2.8) and a powermac G5, Tiger.... I wonder if I can use the Tiger DVD to upgrade my iMAC to Tiger?
Thanks for any input.
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Should cause no problems. But don't upgrade as such - do a Clean Install of the OS
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Did Tiger come on the installation cd's to your powermac or have you bought the retail version of tiger? If you have tiger on the installation cd's for your powermac there is not 100% sure that you will be able to use them on the iMac. Might work, but wouldn't bet my life on it.
Fonzie: Did you mean clean install as in archive and install or as in erase and install? Because an erase and install would be somewhat overkill, and much more time consuming than a regular archive and install. As long as your user area isn't serioulsy messed up, an archive and install would be the best bet. I would only run a upgrade if you have performed an erase and install installation of an earlier os version.
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Originally Posted by bernt
Did Tiger come on the installation cd's to your powermac or have you bought the retail version of tiger? If you have tiger on the installation cd's for your powermac there is not 100% sure that you will be able to use them on the iMac. Might work, but wouldn't bet my life on it.
Fonzie: Did you mean clean install as in archive and install or as in erase and install? Because an erase and install would be somewhat overkill, and much more time consuming than a regular archive and install. As long as your user area isn't serioulsy messed up, an archive and install would be the best bet. I would only run a upgrade if you have performed an erase and install installation of an earlier os version.
While that is true with a erase and install you are almost guarunteed not to run into compatability problems as you would if you did an upgrade.
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You wont run into compatability problems by running an archive and install either, as all system files are replaced and 3rd party extension etc are removed. But erase and install is the best bet if you're not sure if your problems are system-wide or user-specific.
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