[X-Newbies] upgrading an ibook g3

[Al Poulin]

On Apr 6, 2007, at 1:46 PM, Thierry de Coulon wrote:

> On Friday 30 March 2007 16:10, arturo oropeza wrote:
>> Hi, I have never do this , to be honest is the first time I have a 
>> mac.
>> Does anyone knows where I can find a tutorial to do an upgrade of my 
>> ibook
>> g3 version 10.39 to 10.45 or something near to that version.
>> I have never do this , to be honest is the first time I have a mac.
>> Thanks
>
> OK, first you have to get a version of 10.4 (which one is not 
> relevant). there
> is no free upgrade from 10.3 to 10.4.
>
> Then it depends on the material you have at hand. I would clone the 
> iBook to
> an external (firewire) hard drive using Carbon Copy Cloner, then 
> install a
> clean 10.4 using the feature that imports your settings from the old
> installation.
>
> I don't know if 10.4 makes it possible to simply "upgrade" 10.3, I 
> doubt it.
>

On possible complication is that OS 10.4 usually comes on DVD.  Some 
iBook G3s do not support DVDs.  Also depending on the iBook G3 model, 
you may need to use a third party utility to assist in the 
installation.  That would be XpostFacto.  Check it out at:
http://eshop.macsales.com/OSXCenter/XPostFacto/
If you pass these hoops, of the several upgrade paths on the installer 
disk, it is best to use "Archive and Install."

Al Poulin
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