I wonder if the Apple store might help ? Sent from my iPhone
> On Mar 25, 2018, at 7:34 PM, Deiniol ap Deiniol > <[email protected]> wrote: > > No Jack, she said she has a G4 iMac; that's the one with the guts in a > hemisphere and the integral monitor on a stalk! Also known as the flat panel > iMac (or the Anglepoise!) > > I do have two of these, (which still work) but unfortunately I do not know > why she has been unable to upgrade it to 10.4 11. Possibly a firmware issue, > although MacTracker does not list a firmware update. > Patricia do you have the original 10.4 install disc? Doing a clean install > from this disc may work? Possibly a PRAM reset (using 4 fingers press down > alt, command, p and r keys together before the 'BONG" sound when booting may > help. > I'm sure someone on this list may have more knowledge of this machine's > foibles. > > Dan, (sent from my MacPro 3.1! >> On Saturday, March 24, 2018 at 8:30:29 PM UTC, Patricia Lynch wrote: >> I know this computer is very old (snowball), but I just need one for my >> autistic grandson to use in his room. I just wanted to get him on-line and >> off my computer watching Barney. So, I started installing updates to get to >> Mac OS X 10.4.11 and use TenForFox, or at least try to get him on Youtube. >> Everything went well until the 10.4.3 update, then black screen and cursor >> only after start-up. I had previously used the 10.4.2 combo update. Tried to >> start in "safe mode" but things got worse. Now it won't complete the boot >> and just shuts down. Is there anything I can do to fix this? I feel like I >> really got close and I just don't want to give up just yet. Any ideas? > > -- > You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group > for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette > guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To leave this group, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "iMac Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iMac Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
