Who knows - maybe it’s still useful for certain developers who still need to test how things work on 10.4 without keeping an old power-hungry machine around that is capable of running it. With that said, I really doubt Apple cares about such an old version of OS X these days, and I think creating a VM of it is a really cool thing to do for educational purposes. And technically, it’s against OS X’s license agreement to virtualize it (same with the non-server versions of 10.5 and 10.6). Nobody’s really using it anymore because it’s so old. It was only bundled with the first Intel Macs before 10.5 “Leopard” came out in 2007.īecause of the way it was weirdly released, it’s not super common to virtualize OS X 10.4 for Intel. There wasn’t a retail copy of the Intel version of Tiger. Because the Intel version came out in 2006 after the PowerPC version had already been in stores, it’s kind of a weird release. It was also the version that Apple first used on its Intel Macs in 2006.
these may help you best use the nice old computer.If you can believe it, Mac OS X 10.4 “Tiger” is over 12 years old as of this writing. Line in web site database, or get the download of MacTracker
Or an adequate size capacity hard disk drive, along with suitable optical drive, With the maximum supported RAM and adequate hard disk drive free space They appear in rare form in places such as ebay auction or online sales. That could work well enough to install Tiger 10.4.x into the early iMac G4. If you doįind a Tiger CD install set that was a product of the official Apple program, Long since expired, as has the ability to buy Tiger retail in stores. The exchange program for such a limited drive The limitation for the early iMac G4 700MHz 15" computer regarding Tigerġ0.4.11 was due to the optical drive in the low-end model having a CD-ROMĪnd not a DVD combo or Superdrive capable of boot or install from a DVDĭisc as Tiger shipped with. Also, repair permissions before and after the install. Seeīe sure to select Preserve Users & Settings. When you upgrade the OS, do it via Archive & Install. Mac OS X v10.4 Tiger Installing Software Support Page Here's the link for the 10.4.11 combo update Should be cheaper than the retail Tiger install DVD.Īfter you install the base 10.4.x, update to the final Tiger version 10.4.11. It will upgrade your 10.3 to 10.4, but it doesn’t contain the full retail Tiger installer. Possible Alternative if you are currently using Panther 10.3 – Do a Google search for Expect to pay (possibly a lot) more than the Apple list price of $129. Be sure & buy a retail version (black with silver X)Īnd not a model specific version (gray) (SeeĬan I use another Mac's system restore disc on my Mac? ). For other sources, do a Google search for Tiger is no longer available at the Apple Store but may be available for $129 by calling Apple Phone Sales 1-800-MY-APPLE (1-80). NoiseDamaged, welcome to Apple Discussions.