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I just got an original 2002 iMac G4. It connects to the internet with an Ethernet cable, but the webpages don’t fully load, and I can’t click on any links. It’s running Tiger 10.3. My internet provider is AT&T Air. Any suggestions as to adapters or anything else I can do?
I tried using an AirPort Extreme for Wireless, but the computer couldn’t pick up a signal from the router.
Earlier Mac models
The 2002 iMac G4 and the versions of Mac OS X (10.3 Tiger) that it can run are inadequate to meet the security standards of the modern internet. It will not be able to open most secure internet websites (https:).
There is little you can do to get around this problem with that obsolete Mac.
Jayescott wrote:
It just would’ve added to the fun to be able to at least download music and other things.
If you have purchased music in a Music or iTunes Library on a newer Mac, you can drag-and-drop songs out of the Music or iTunes window to the Finder to put copies onto a USB flash drive.
You can then move that flash drive over to the iMac G4 and import the music from the flash drive.
TenFourFox is about the best you can do for Internet on G4 with Tiger or Leopard...
I kind of figured that. I actually bought the system just because it’s so amazingly cool looking and I wanted to use it for a display piece, but it boots up and I got the complete system with the speakers, the keyboard, the mouse, etc. for dirt cheap. I have two newer MacBook Airs, so I wasn’t thinking about using this for an actual daily driver. It just would’ve added to the fun to be able to at least download music and other things. Thanks for responding!
Thanks, I’ll look at that!
I had another one recommended that actually brings up old websites that are compatible with the older systems, which sounds like fun. 🙂
2002 iMac G4 not loading web pages
