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Author:  bally199 [ Sun Jun 28, 2009 4:04 pm ]
Post subject:  OSX questions...
OSX nub here. :)

As some of you may now, I recently got an old B+W PowerMac. However, I have a few questions on it

Is it possible to update it to 10.4? It currently has 10.3.9 on it, and most programs I want to use (Firefox, msn etc) require 10.4.

How do I do things like I do in windows eg. Ctrl+A to select all, tab to move between things (like username to password box etc) and copy paste?

Thanks a lot!
Author:  ProfessorF [ Sun Jun 28, 2009 4:17 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: OSX questions...
Your Mac is, I think, inside the specs for 10.4 (Tiger). You'd need to buy a retail Tiger disc, probably second hand these days. Try eBay.

For most PC-key presses, CTRL is replaced with 'Command' - the splat key next to the space bar. A lot of the usual things are the same - Ctrl-A = Cmd-A.
You should be able to tab between fields as usual. Cmd+Tab should switch apps in a familiar way as well.

You might find this helpful too (but probably 10.5 specific in some areas) - http://www.apple.com/support/mac101/
Author:  bally199 [ Sun Jun 28, 2009 4:33 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: OSX questions...
ProfessorF wrote:
Your Mac is, I think, inside the specs for 10.4 (Tiger). You'd need to buy a retail Tiger disc, probably second hand these days. Try eBay.

For most PC-key presses, CTRL is replaced with 'Command' - the splat key next to the space bar. A lot of the usual things are the same - Ctrl-A = Cmd-A.
You should be able to tab between fields as usual. Cmd+Tab should switch apps in a familiar way as well.

You might find this helpful too (but probably 10.5 specific in some areas) - http://www.apple.com/support/mac101/


Thanks again Alex, really helpful. :)

I'll try and see if my friend (who is a fully blown Mac anorak :)) has a 10.4 disc. I'll overclock it later on, and post the results of it.

Cheers!
Author:  ProfessorF [ Sun Jun 28, 2009 4:41 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: OSX questions...
bally199 wrote:
I'll overclock it later on, and post the results of it.

Cheers!


Seriously, please be careful!
Author:  paulzolo [ Sun Jun 28, 2009 4:56 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: OSX questions...
Welcome to Macs :-)

OK - some info from Apple on Tiger:
http://www.apple.com/support/tiger/ (A lot of the links seem to be dead)

10.4 system specs indicate that you’ll be able to run Tiger. Install and enjoy!

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1514
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