I bought a 2006 Intel Mac Pro that sort of works. The fun started when I tried to use the Migration Manager to transfer my old files from my G5 to the Intel. I got an error telling me that I needed to upgrade the G5 to a newer operating system in order to that to work. The G5 is already maxed out so that wasn't possible. I got around this by connecting the boot drive from the G5 in the Intel machine. Migration manager recognized it then but most of the files from the G5 were not useable on the Intel because the permissions were screwed up plus my ancient HL-1440 would not work and the Intel would not recognize newer drivers for it.
The only user available on the Intel is the system administrator, but it won't let me change any permissions for the other dimmed users or any non administrator files. This is territory I am not confident screwing with. I tried working around this by getting another Sata drive and installing 10.6.3. This worked in recognizing the HL-1440 but none of the files from 10.6.3 work with the main boot drive and none of the files from the boot drive will work with 10.6.3 because because of the permissions. I've tried messing with the terminal, but I really don't know what I'm doing. It would be nice to change all the permissions so the system administrator could have access to all the files on this computer and I don't have to deal with this multiple personality disorder. Getting the thing down to schizophrenia would be an improvement. I'm pretty sure the Intel is running El Capitan. This allows it to communicate with my iPhone 8+. I think something may have been patched the person who sold it. For instance when I try to pull up "About this Mac" nothing comes up. I had to get this thing because my Digital Audio G4 blew up. Then my G5 blew up, so this is my 3rd computer in a year. Any ideas would help. Thanks. Mark M -- -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "G-Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to g3-5-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
