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OWC 1 TB SATA External HDD Mac OS X Tiger Power Mac G4 FireWire USB eS - $130 (Butternut)
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OWC 1 TB SATA External HDD Mac OS X Tiger Power Mac G4 FireWire USB eSATA TESTED .
Up for grabs is another unique working vintage item from Creation Machines .
This external drive is intended to work with Power Mac G4 computers .
This item is an external drive chassis with a brand new 1 TB SATA HDD drive with a copy of Mac OS X 10.4.11 Tiger .
It is bootable with all Power Mac G4 computers . It can be used as a data drive with more recent Macs .
Some earlier Power Mac G4s require the latest system firmware upgrade.
Even if you do not intend to use it as a boot drive , it's a nice drive to transfer files between a wide range of Mac computers .
This drive can transfer files between vintage and modern Macs because it has an Apple Partition Map and HFS+ format .
Recommended interface for connecting to Power Mac G4 computers ( for both booting and file transfers ) is Fire Wire 400 .
This chassis has the following interface ports : USB 2.0 , FireWire 400 , FireWire 800 , eSATA .
Only FireWire 400 has been tested with Power Mac G4s for booting and file transfers .
Firewire 400 has been tested to work with both a Power Mac G4 Digital Audio and a MDD Mirror Drive Door ( FW400 ) .
FireWire 400 , 800 and USB 2.0 have been tested to work with an upgraded Mac Pro 7,1 ( 2019 ) to transfer files .
eSATA has not been tested since I currently do not have a Mac available with that interface . It should work , though .
OS install includes the Menu Meters Utility and two different PPC CPU versions of TenFourFox for some basic web browsing .
Please keep in mind there are no antivirus programs available for Mac OS X Tiger anymore , so none are included .
This item has not been tested to boot Tiger with Power Mac G3s or G5s .
And it will not boot Tiger with the more modern Macs ( Intel and Apple Silicon ) .
Item specifics :
Chassis brand : OWC Hot Buttered External SATA HDD , Mercury Elite Pro .
Chassis condition : used , with some scuff marks and scratches .
Chassis ports : USB 2.0 , FW400 , FW800 , eSATA .
Chassis has a working blue LED activity light .
Drive Mechanism : 3.5" WD Black 1 TB SATA HDD , New Old Stock .
Drive Installed OS : Mac OS X 10.4.11 Tiger , fresh and full install with all packages and developer tools .
Drive Format Info : Apple Partition Map and HFS+ ( Mac OS Extended Journaled ) .
Bundled items : OWC sold AC DC power supply adapter and one shielded Fire Wire 400 cable .
System Requirements for running Mac OS X Tiger are :
Macintosh computer with a PowerPC G3, G4 or G5 processor .
Built-in FireWire .
DVD drive for installation .
256MB of RAM .
3GB of available hard disk space (4GB if the user install the developer tools) .
All pictures actual .
Serial numbers recorded .