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Can I connect 3GS on iSO6 to iMac G5

Drewcole81

Drewcole81

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Original poster
Oct 15, 2012
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Hello all,

I ahve just managed to get, with the help of my brother! my iMac G5 (A1058) up and running again by installing the software, I think it might be running Tiger at the moment.

I do plan on installing Leapard or Snow Leapard on it when I find the best place to get a copy, I've been told not to go for the grey discs...?

The imediate trouble I have is, I stupidly upgraded my 3GS to the new iSO6... am now unable to sync my phone with the iTunes on the G5.

Is there a way without having upgrade the OS that I can do this?

I've been readin gup on ways to downgrade back to 5.1.1 on the phone but without the SHSH Blobs I won't be able to do this, which I haven't got!

Any pointers or advice would be great.

Drew.
 
GreatDrok

GreatDrok

macrumors 6502a
May 1, 2006
561
22
New Zealand
Drewcole81 said:
Hello all,

I ahve just managed to get, with the help of my brother! my iMac G5 (A1058) up and running again by installing the software, I think it might be running Tiger at the moment.

I do plan on installing Leapard or Snow Leapard on it when I find the best place to get a copy, I've been told not to go for the grey discs...?

The imediate trouble I have is, I stupidly upgraded my 3GS to the new iSO6... am now unable to sync my phone with the iTunes on the G5.

Is there a way without having upgrade the OS that I can do this?

I've been readin gup on ways to downgrade back to 5.1.1 on the phone but without the SHSH Blobs I won't be able to do this, which I haven't got!

Any pointers or advice would be great.

Drew.
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Any PPC Mac can only be upgraded to Leopard. Snow Leopard is Intel only. The latest release of iTunes (to support the iPhone 5 and new iPod Touch) is also Intel only. I don't think you'll have a problem connecting an earlier iPhone, even one running iOS 6, to the last version of iTunes (10.6 I believe) that worked on PPC but you will definitely need to upgrade to Leopard to run it since it isn't available on Tiger.

I just retired my old G4 iTunes server and migrated my library over to iTunes on my Win 7 desktop because they stopped providing updates to all pre-Intel machines.
 
Drewcole81

Drewcole81

macrumors newbie
Original poster
Oct 15, 2012
2
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Ah I thought as much.... So I need Leapard and the lastest iTunes.

Right.... where is the best place to get a copy of Leapard?
 
GreatDrok

GreatDrok

macrumors 6502a
May 1, 2006
561
22
New Zealand
Drewcole81 said:
Ah I thought as much.... So I need Leapard and the lastest iTunes.

Right.... where is the best place to get a copy of Leapard?
Click to expand...

Can't get it from Apple any more so your best bet is to try finding it second hand such as eBay. I did a quick search and there seem to be a fair number of Leopard installers - make sure it is the retail one and not one shipped with a specific machine.
 
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