Trouble is Apple no longer sells it, check eBay & such for the Retail version, not the Gray Discs. * 9GB of available disk space (I say 30GB at least) Once the file has finished downloading, the installer will open automatically. A file with the name of the operating system will download to the Application folder.
Press the Download button on the page of the operating system that you have chosen. * 512MB of memory (I say 1.5GB for PPC at least, 2-3GB minimum for IntelMacs) Search the App Store for the operating system that you prefer. * Mac computer with an Intel, PowerPC G5, or PowerPC G4 (867MHz or faster) processor Or Ali Brown's great info on where/how to find/get Tiger. See Tom's, (Texas Mac Man), great info on where/how to find/get Tiger. * At least 3 GB of free disk space 4 GB if you install the XCode 2 Developer Tools (I recommend 20GB minimum) * DVD drive (DVD-ROM), Combo (CD-RW/DVD-ROM) or SuperDrive (DVD-R) for installation * At least 256 MB of RAM (I recommend 1GB minimum)
To use Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger, your Macintosh needs: It WILL NOT say "Update." Also be aware that most Tiger install packages come on DVDs and some earlier eMacs did not ship with DVD-capable drives.Ī last and sad note: because of demand, legit Mac OS install disks today will likely cost more than a used eMac is worth. You must also avoid gray-colored system restore disks-they are intended for only one model Mac and may not have the software components your hardware requires.Ī legitimate Tiger retail install disk is black with a big silver/gray "X" on it. All are illegal many contain malware or just don't work. The are NO legal or safe downloads of Mac System Install packages for OS10.5 and 10.5. I can give you a word of caution: Older Mac OS version like 10.4 and 10.4 are in high demand, so have unfortunately attracted criminal opportunists. It is questions like this that are the reason Apple wisely elected to give us a "Geographic Location" field in our profiles. Please help us out and tell us where you are so we can tell you where to look.