Old mac advice

[IrishDunner]

I have an old 32bit mac stuck at osx 10.6.8 is there  anyway for hack it to update the os

 

https://apple-history.com/imac_coreduo

[IrishDunner]

1 minute ago, IrishDunner said:

 

 

[Danioki]

bear in mind that if you get to install newer version of the OS, it will run pretty slow because of your hardware

[IrishDunner]

Just now, Danioki said:

bear in mind that if you get to install newer version of the OS, it will run pretty slow because of your hardware

thats fine as almost nothing software wise runs on it anymore

 

[Danioki]

4 minutes ago, IrishDunner said:

thats fine as almost nothing software wise runs on it anymore

 

maybe your best option is to get a good flavor of linux running in that imac

[Radium_Angel]

9 minutes ago, IrishDunner said:

I have an old 32bit mac stuck at osx 10.6.8 is there  anyway for hack it to update the os

 

https://apple-history.com/imac_coreduo

The trouble is that's a 32bit CPU, and all (as far as I know anyway) the modern OSX versions are 64bit only, so you can't run anything, the OS won't even install.

 

You *could* however, run Linux, specifically Ubuntu, on the iMac, I've done it before, and it will allow you to use some more modern...well, less ancient anyway...

[IrishDunner]

2 minutes ago, Radium_Angel said:

The trouble is that's a 32bit CPU, and all (as far as I know anyway) the modern OSX versions are 64bit only, so you can't run anything, the OS won't even install.

 

You *could* however, run Linux, specifically Ubuntu, on the iMac, I've done it before, and it will allow you to use some more modern...well, less ancient anyway...

how do I do that

[Radium_Angel]

1 minute ago, IrishDunner said:

how do I do that

Depends on if you are computer savvy or not, this isn't trivial to do.

But I'd start reading here: https://mattgadient.com/2016/07/11/linux-dvd-images-and-how-to-for-32-bit-efi-macs-late-2006-models/

 

[IrishDunner]

1 minute ago, Radium_Angel said:

Depends on if you are computer savvy or not, this isn't trivial to do.

But I'd start reading here: https://mattgadient.com/2016/07/11/linux-dvd-images-and-how-to-for-32-bit-efi-macs-late-2006-models/

 

its for the model after mine, mine only has a 32bit processor

[Radium_Angel]

3 minutes ago, IrishDunner said:

its for the model after mine, mine only has a 32bit processor

Try this

https://medium.com/@PeterPrins/how-i-installed-ubuntu-16-04-1-lts-on-an-old-macbook-2-0-ghz-core-2-duo-t7200-b5e6bc77b712

 

[NelizMastr]

The core duo machines are obsolete as far as first party software is concerned, and have been for a good few years. In theory, there's a OS X Lion 10.7.2 version out there that sort of runs, but it's unstable. A 32-bit Linux distro is your best bet, or Windows. It'll happily run W7 or 10 32-bit. SSD is recommended.

[Radium_Angel]

3 minutes ago, NelizMastr said:

Windows

There are some lengthy exceptions to that

https://everymac.com/mac-answers/windows-on-mac-faq/windows-xp-vista-7-32-bit-64-bit-boot-camp-support-intel-macs.html

 

[NelizMastr]

Just now, Radium_Angel said:

There are some lengthy exceptions to that

https://everymac.com/mac-answers/windows-on-mac-faq/windows-xp-vista-7-32-bit-64-bit-boot-camp-support-intel-macs.html

 

Perhaps, but I know first hand that if you have a Snow Leopard DVD on hand, bootcamp support is irrelevant. The drivers on there can be made to work under 10 without issue, and W7 support is native.

[Radium_Angel]

1 minute ago, NelizMastr said:

Perhaps, but I know first hand that if you have a Snow Leopard DVD on hand, bootcamp support is irrelevant. The drivers on there can be made to work under 10 without issue, and W7 support is native.

I'm not deeply knowledgeable about the minute details on macs, I was just going on what I'd read. How well does win7 run on those old iMacs, natively?

[NelizMastr]

Just now, Radium_Angel said:

I'm not deeply knowledgeable about the minute details on macs, I was just going on what I'd read. How well does win7 run on those old iMacs, natively?

Pretty well, for what you can expect from two Pentium Ms glued together. It won't comfortably run high def YT videos, but it's enough for browsing and office work. W10 is more of a disk hog, so a SSD is a must there.

[IrishDunner]

2 hours ago, NelizMastr said:

Perhaps, but I know first hand that if you have a Snow Leopard DVD on hand, bootcamp support is irrelevant. The drivers on there can be made to work under 10 without issue, and W7 support is native.

Can the be a ripped copy, mine are long since gone

[NelizMastr]

7 minutes ago, IrishDunner said:

Can the be a ripped copy, mine are long since gone

Probably, as long as the image is intact and in a format Windows can read (ISO preferably), as it only shows the bootcamp part of the DVD when used in Windows usually.

[IrishDunner]

3 hours ago, NelizMastr said:

Perhaps, but I know first hand that if you have a Snow Leopard DVD on hand, bootcamp support is irrelevant. The drivers on there can be made to work under 10 without issue, and W7 support is native.

Can the be a ripped copy, mine are long since gone

[IrishDunner]

Last question can I connect it to my router and get the data over the network

[NelizMastr]

1 minute ago, IrishDunner said:

Last question can I connect it to my router and get the data over the network

Connect what to the network?

[IrishDunner]

Just now, NelizMastr said:

Connect what to the network?

The old Mac 

[NelizMastr]

2 minutes ago, IrishDunner said:

The old Mac 

Oh, yeah, you can do that. Wouldn't recommend WiFi though as these things only have wireless G, capped at 54Mbps. File transfers are limited in practice to about 2MB/s which is a bit painful. They do have Gigabit ethernet though.

[IrishDunner]

3 minutes ago, NelizMastr said:

Oh, yeah, you can do that. Wouldn't recommend WiFi though as these things only have wireless G, capped at 54Mbps. File transfers are limited in practice to about 2MB/s which is a bit painful. They do have Gigabit ethernet though.

What do I need to do to set it up, have a Windows 10 PC