I have managed to restore macOS and used program update to update Airport. macOS report that no further updates are available.
Safari is not able to connect to internet nor Apple Store.
Is there any updates I should make in order to get my iMac to communicate?
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Original Title: iMac G5 with macOS 10.6.8
Earlier Mac models
Security protocols and vendor applications have evolved since the G5 and Leopard operating system.
The web browsers and email clients on Leopard have woefully outdated security protocols and will be blocked from making connections to current security conscious web sites and email servers. Application developers have moved on and no longer make products that will run on Leopard.
The Apple Store application on Leopard is also in this boat and will not connect to the current Apple Store, though even if it could, there are no longer Power PC applications in the Apple Store.
Ok thx, so there in no way to upgrade this iMac machine to be able to communicate with internet?
I am think of downloading some working web browser via some other computer and install it on the iMac in ordet to achieve connection?
It is not possible to install Mac OS X 10.6.* (Snow Leopard) on an iMac G5.
Mac OS X 10.5.* (Leopard) was the last version of Mac OS X available for any PowerPC-based Mac. Snow Leopard was Intel-only, although it could run some PowerPC / Mac OS X applications using Rosetta 1.
The original form of https security was found to be less secure than thought. There was a move to upgrade both Web sites and Web browsers to stronger protocols. My understanding is that in the case of the Mac, the change first appeared in a version of Mac OS X 10.11.* (El Capitan), though it may have then been back ported to the latest releases of the immediately preceding operating systems.
None of the versions of Mac OS X that run on PowerPC-based Macs have that change, so you'd have to hope that some developer of a third-party Web browser cared enough to port the security change back that far. It definitely won't be in PowerPC versions of Safari.
Also consider that security protocols are not the only Web protocols that have evolved. Even if you can make connection to sites, you may find that many modern Web sites do not show up correctly in ancient browsers.
Apple released the first iMac G5 in August 2004, and discontinued the final iMac G5 in March 2006 – a couple of months into the Intel era. So we're talking about a computer that's roughly 19 – 21 years old.
These days, it would mainly be of interest for historical reasons, or as a platform for running really old software – e.g., old Mac OS X/PowerPC games. Twenty years is a very long time in computer terms.
VikingOSX wrote:
Application developers have moved on and no longer make products that will run on Leopard.
The Apple Store application on Leopard is also in this boat and will not connect to the current Apple Store, though even if it could, there are no longer Power PC applications in the Apple Store.
There is no App Store application for Leopard – and never was. Apple introduced the Mac App Store in Mac OS X 10.6.8 (Snow Leopard).
This would work to one's advantage when trying to find software to run on that old machine. When an App Store app becomes really obsolete, it often becomes completely unavailable. With applications that originally shipped on physical media, there is a chance – even if only a small one – of finding used original copies.
iMac G5 seems to have built-in Firewire port. Many people with miniDV/D8 camcorders might be interested to buy such Mac so they can import old tapes with old iMovie v1-6 or QuickTime Player Pro 7, especially when Apple's Firewire-Thunderbolt adapters are hard to find and macOS Tahoe is said to eliminate Firewire. I have PowerBook G4 running Leopard and iMovie HD 6.0.3 for that task although I can import D8 tapes also with my Mac mini 2018, those pesky FW-TB adapters and Sequoia with FCP.
An iMac G5 has the ability per se to communicate with a modern Wi-Fi router (a model that accepts 802.11g and plain WPA connections). If there is a problem with a wireless computer-to-router connection, you could always wire the iMac from its Ethernet port to one of the LAN ports of the router.
However, as has been indicated by VikingOSX and Servant of Cats, once on the Internet there is a problem with older browsers and modern (secure, https) web sites. If you so wish, you could perform a comparative test with an existing browser and a simple (not secure) http site like knubbelmac.de (this should work). Unfortunately, only a few alternative browsers (see also a brody's user tip: Browsers by Mac operating system - Apple Community) can be used with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard and earlier, and all these will have the same difficulties with the modern pages.
Re: “I ran Tiger and skipped Leopard before running Snow Leopard.”
Which, if we are talking about a single Mac, implies that it was an Intel-based one. Tiger and Leopard ran on both PowerPC-based and Intel-based Macs. (But all of the retail Tiger upgrade discs were PowerPC-only.)
Re: “iMac G5 seems to have built-in Firewire port. Many people with miniDV/D8 camcorders might be interested to buy such Mac so they can import old tapes”
Also, if it had a DVD drive. so they could author DVD-Video discs using iDVD. While converting video to MPEG-2 format took a long time on those old Macs, iDVD made it easy to create visually-attractive animated menus. It’s a shame Apple discontinued that application instead of updating it to also handle Blu-Ray discs (and maybe even digital “slideshows”).
No. A G5 Mac can't be upgraded past 10.5.8.
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ok, many thx. My conclusion is to either give them to an Apple museum or send them for destruction.
I ran Tiger and skipped Leopard before running Snow Leopard.
What updates do I need to get online with macOS 10.6.8 on my iMac?
