Installing 10.8.x on an old mac

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DEMONirk2013-04-10 16:49:53

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DEMONirk, 2013-04-10 16:49:53

Heard many times that this is possible, has anyone done this? Need a guide please. everything is done to install the latest version of xcode. mac mini g4 a1103 device. Thanks in advance

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XogN, 2013-04-10
@XogN

Your mac uses a PowerPC processor. Such processors are no longer supported since version 10.6

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ertaquo, 2013-04-10
@ertaquo

PowerPC is not supported as of OS X 10.7 Lion.

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kreativf, 2013-04-10
@kreativf

The newest version of OS X on a Mac Mini G4 is 10.5.8
. I have a couple of Macs with Power PC processors lying around at home. The relatively old version of macOS is not the biggest problem with PPC, the lack of programs is much more frustrating. Flash is terribly slow, of the sane browsers, only the native Safari and the recompiled tenth Firefox. Chrome is not and never will be. True, Warcraft III is quite playable.

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Nikolay45, 2013-04-10
@Nikolay45

I'm afraid you've been misled, this shouldn't work and I haven't found evidence to the contrary.

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thecashit, 2013-04-11
@thecashit

Unfortunately, even on Macbook 4.1 (Intel Core Duo) I cannot install 10.8 with all my desire.
And so - all those who wrote above are right - such an architecture was no longer supported in Cupertino.
As an option, you can experiment with a virtual machine by simulating the work of another processor, but I think that it will be terrible dances with tambourines and will not end in anything good.
If I'm wrong, please don't judge too harshly.