I heard that it's possible with a hack to be able to install mountain lion on a power Mac G5? Is this possible?
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Running mountain lion on power Mac g5 possible?
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innominato5090
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Never going to happen, sorry. People have had success getting it running on older Intel machines that are not supported though.
I changed my mind, it IS possible:
http://build-its.blogspot.com/2011/04/how-to-fit-your-pc-in-power-mac-g5-case.html
If you use the right hardware, you can turn it into a hackintosh that is still 'apple labeled', allowing you to install OS X.
http://build-its.blogspot.com/2011/04/how-to-fit-your-pc-in-power-mac-g5-case.html
If you use the right hardware, you can turn it into a hackintosh that is still 'apple labeled', allowing you to install OS X.
Mal
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That's still not a G5, no matter what you put in the case. The PowerPC G5 processors will not, under any circumstances, run 10.8.
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maflynn
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No, because its not a an artificial barrier, apple has not included the PPC code in OSX since 10.5.
If you have a G5, your only option is to upgrade to a new computer if you want to use Mountain Lion