Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger DVD (PPC)

Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger Install DVD (PPC).

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klubbsoda (2008-01-04)

Is this the original install DVD, or a Beta? (I take it it's not the repair-DVD either right? :)
If it's the origiginal (working) install DVD, thanks ^^

Jon55 (2008-01-07)

It worked fine for me and no it's not the beta.
It's the regular install DVD.

milo500 (2008-01-09)

Did not work. I burn with toast and the DVD don't boot. ( on PPC G4 500 mhz)
Is it the Retail DVD.
Thank.

chinchillan (2008-01-14)

many thanxs
n00b question : can i install directly from hd ? an if not is there any special way the dvd must be burnt ? never touched a mac before :S ..

MacMikeProudhon (2008-01-14)

No joy on a G4 eMac. Following methods tried:
Target Firewire (both ways)
Mounted onto a Firewire Drive (using Restore in Disk Utility)
Booting from DVD (CMD+Option+Shift+Del and holding down C on start, as well as Option, will not show up)
Booting from external DVD (CMD+Option+Shift+Del and holding down C on start, as well as Option, will not show up)
My only guess is that this is not compatible with the G4 eMacs. Or my RAM is broken.

danibo (2008-01-16)

Works flawlessly on my eMac 1.25Ghz G4.
Installed in less than 30 minutes.
1. Burn using Toast (it's a toast image)
2. Insert DVD in mac due to upgrade
3. Either click "install" on the DVD, or press and hold C during startup. (First option works best most of the time)

danibo (2008-01-16)

Ps. It's the retail DVD, full version.

askaristudio (2008-01-19)

Download worked fine. Mounting using Toast worked fine. BUT, no disk is appearing on my desktop after burning is complete. When i restart holding C the install still does nothing. I have OS X10.2 on a 1.25 GHz PPC G4. I'm using Toast 6. Burning using a DVD+R.
I'm going to throw my computer out the window now.

JasRobs (2008-01-27)

burn using toast as: mac only, dvd rom? theres a few more options. should i pick one particular?

SmegmaTent (2008-02-01)

Works a treat.
Burn in Toast as Image file.

davbw (2008-02-03)

hello, very new to this torrent stuff, in fact
only 2 days.
but I needed a copy of Tiger 10.4.6
since I did not get one, when I bought my
used laptop. I downloaded this torrent
Mac_OS_X_10.4_Tiger_DVD_(PPC)
I followed the instruction, for
disk unitlity, mounted the file, burned the
file. there seems to be nothing on the DVD RW
I shut down the puter, started it with the
dvd in, held the controa and c keys
but still booted to the desktop...
I needd and install dvd to migrate to a
larger 2.5" HD..80.gig...
any help
thanks
PS. toast 8 does not see the dvd

SmegmaTent (2008-02-03)

Once it has downloaded, mount the file in toast to make sure everything is ok.
then burn it in toast as an image file.
I didn't bother restarting my Mac, i just clicked on the install icon from the burnt disc.
My Mac was 10.3.9. G5, maybe thats why it worked.
I didn't use disc utitlity at all for this.

davbw (2008-02-03)

thanks smegmatent.
I think I found the problem. I have done
what you outlined..but the dvd is being
reconized as a audio dvd.
My problem, being new to this
is that I only mounted the toast file
and not the txt file with it. when I looked
at the txt file, I could read nothing, so
I think that is the leadin...
well I'll give it another try.
thanks again

SmegmaTent (2008-02-03)

text file?

xcolester5x (2008-02-26)

Would this work for Hackintosh, becuase im thinking of doing hackintosh but i've tryed it with Leppord in the past and i had no luck

philznow (2008-03-02)

cant get to work tryed to mount it said its a audio cd

philznow (2008-03-02)

says no mountable file system

kaktus3333 (2008-03-07)

wich version is this? I mean is it 10.4.0 or 10.4.6 or what?

billgabo (2008-03-20)

working....:) in a ibook g4
tnx!

gtgoku (2008-03-30)

i will be sure to seed this! worked wonders for me... install it on a G5 1.5G with 512 SDRAM in about 35 mins

avinashb79 (2008-04-01)

I burned this on Toast as "Mac only", but on clicking on the install and then on restart with holding down the C key - the system is not starting from the DVD.
I noted this- before burning in toast I got a message "Cannot write following files - master.psswrd, check_afp, "
Also, I tried to mount the disk image normally and tried to install Mac OS X on my external firewire hard drive, but it looks like the restart option is not working properly.
I need a bootable Mac OS X DVD to install on the Imac G5 ppc 2.1 ghz.
Any help, much appreciated.

chromatid (2008-04-02)

Burning this DVD image with 'growisofs' under Linux works fine, fwiw -- the resulting disc is bootable with no trouble at all, no need for format conversion, which was *not* the case with a another torrent packaged as "dmg" files.
Burning it from Windows probably works as well -- just rename the ".toast" file to ".iso" first.

JamesDownWell (2008-04-16)

hey chromatid, any instructions on how to do this, commands etc? Still fairly new to Linux.
Thanks

beechnut82 (2008-04-20)

Hey, I have been using pc for years, the last non microsoft I had was commadore 64, and the last apple or mac I ran was I think a IIc 1988-1993 in grade school, i then moved to a district that used ibm on a server and windows 3.1, I have been a microsoft expert sivce, I am currently loading windows neptune, a build that microsoft never realsed. anyway is there a way to trick a pc into taking mac os, i am finished with microsoft, they never sent the cd when i legaly downloaded office 2007, and vista is the last straw, now all i do is pirate microsoft. so is there a way to trick pc into taking mac os

webob (2008-04-22)

I can't get his to work!
i have an ibook g4 with 300mb RAM, 800MHZ processor & 40gb HD and it keeps stopping at 63% of "installing essentials"

kingsofa (2008-04-28)

so after fucking around with many other torrents this one in particular has been my savior. I could not burn this on my mac b/c it does not have a DVD burner but after searching for a few seconds i found out that toast files can be burnt on windows without a problem. So i just downloaded nero, burnt it on a dvd using the image burning function and booted it right up from my mac, took about 45min from start to finish. TY very much everyone!

dommidigital (2008-05-07)

Wanted to tell you guys I burnt it using Nero 8 on a PC. It worked.
1. Download the toast file.
2. Open nero, goto recorder, choose burn Image
3. *Select all files, then select your .toast image
4. A window will pop up, select HFS, this is the only setting you should change.
5. Burn it and stick it in your Mac, it'll boot it up flawlessly.
Took forever for me to figure this out cuz im a dummy! Hope it helps!

xpsycho-toasterx (2008-05-19)

maybe im just stupid but how do i write an image file in nero 8? i tried doin this as a data disk and it wouldnt work......pleeease help me

RobTheClown (2008-05-20)

Okay, just as a confirmation, will I be able to do updates with this? Please reply soon, and thanks for the upload.

nitrous9200 (2008-05-22)

Toaster, you need to burn an IMAGE, not a data disc.

needmasosxapps (2008-05-23)

which tiger version is this? I need it for PearPC, need the version #

chuggamugga (2008-06-02)

So anyone know if you can do updates with this?

Ricky099 (2008-06-25)

yeah can anyone confirm if you can update this....(in the process of updating my self)

Ricky099 (2008-06-25)

I have sucsesfully update how ever it took me 2 tries i had to reformat 2 times i noticed that the trick is not to have ANYTHING plugged into your computer except the keyboard mouse and networkcable (screen if u have one). Also make sure you install the mac osx update on its own download and install it on its own.
Thats what worked for me.

deniedtm (2008-07-01)

hey guys...
i have a powerbook g4
but my superdrive broke
so im using an external memorex DVD drive
thru USB.
I burnt this using toast 6 platinum by going to copy, then selecting the .toast file and burning it as an image. If I pop in the DVD, then click it normally, the restart option just gets the laptop to boot without updating the OS, then the hold down C trick doesnt work, and then selecting it as the startup disk only gives me that "dun" sound, the one where its telling you it wont work. =/
anyone have any tips? i need to update so i can actually use my iphone!

newmomma (2008-07-03)

Works great, thanks. Used disk utility to restore to ipod mini (firewire external) and booted up by holding down option and choosing the mini as my boot disk. Easy.

xcrimsonprophecyx (2008-07-04)

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xcrimsonprophecyx (2008-07-04)

Oops sorry. I was wondering if anyone has any idea if power iso will work to convert and burn the dmg file? Cause all I hear is talk of nero and I haven't found a decent copy of that yet. And if I burn just the iso image file of the single dmg file straight to a cd will it boot right up?

itsnex (2008-07-23)

I'll be seeding for about 10 hours today... so it will be seeding while i sleep... i'll be uploading between 200KB/s to 600KB/s.
So, Download fast while you can :)

dponinski (2008-07-27)

please seed, for the love of god

AlienWeasel (2008-08-03)

seed please =]
thank you!

AlienWeasel (2008-08-03)

Download finished!
Thanx for seeding!
I'm using windows and the only thing I did to burn the .toast image was renaming it to .iso
Just in case someone needs to know ;)

xcoreychaoticx (2008-08-05)

PLEASE SEED! IM GOIN TO RUN MAC ON MY PC!

xcoreychaoticx (2008-08-05)

0.2 down nothin up..
cmon you greedy assholes!

arranmc182 (2008-08-10)

if you would like to burn this file in windows change it to a .ISO and burn in nero all should work fine

arranmc182 (2008-08-11)

if any wants a demo of Nero 8 go to

bertffm (2008-08-20)

This file sucks !! I tried every trick I know. Didn't get it installed on a Mac G5 OS 10.3.9. Burned 10 DVD in every thinkable way. Don't works. If you don't know how to manage this file - don't d/l it !!!

te_tama (2008-09-23)

hey awesome app. had fun trying to disc this through nero and the likes and found by accident that the recent imgburn on pc can burn a bootable image for the mac. hope this helps others. Later

somenutter (2008-09-24)

Seed you tight bastards

dcast (2008-10-16)

Great torrent, changed .toast to .iso, burned with K3B on Linux and installed on my PowerMac G3 Blue and White, all updates worked, updated to 10.4.11 and installed updated software. Thanks!

justsome1 (2008-10-21)

just got a eMac 700 with 256MB RAM and 60GB HDD and OS X 10.2 from a friend.
this unit was never updated at ALL. still 10.2 with iTunes 3!!!!
hope this works. downloading at the office and will have it burnt with Nero tomorrow. *fingers crossed*

arber1985 (2008-10-24)

I HAVE LEOPARD OS X 10.5 AND I WANT TO INSTALL TIGER OS X 10.4 I DOWNLOAD THIS TORRENT BUT I CAN`T BOOT FRO DVD.I HAVE HD EXTERNAL I DO WITH IT BUT IT DOESN`T KNOW MY COMMAN I`V TRY THIS:Option-Command-Shift-Delete and i hold C to boot from dvd/cd.i`v try Option key.but it doesn`t rekognize it.CAN YOU HELP ME PLZ.RESPECT FOR YOU BROTHER

kanabob (2008-10-25)

Téléchargement ok
Montage avec toast pour vérification
Gravure sur dvd
Démarrage sur imac DV 400 juste pour tester l'iso gravée c'est tout bon ça boote ...
Problème, au redémarrage mon mac est bloqué il ne démarre plus ...
Donc faut faire la maj du soft interne des imac DV pour OSX 10.4 même si vous l'installez pas tout de suite car ça corrompt la machine au reboot ...
Je vais chercher une solution sur google ...
En tout cas l'iso est fonctionnelle donc à vos téléchargements & partagez !!!

jennybun (2008-11-02)

Hey guys would someone plz seed ,thanks in advance.

jennybun (2008-11-03)

plzzzzzzzzzzzzzz guys seed seed help a sister out

jennybun (2008-11-04)

Thank you very much for this dl. for any who had any problems try using magic iso wooked sweet for me .

Darkspy946 (2008-11-06)

it says 1year and 25 weeks till it completes

mehdihs (2008-11-06)

Well people You have to understand one thing. If you already have an earlier version of the OS installed this will work, but if you are trying to boot off the CD, it will not. Apple's bios has a feature programmed in it that recognises when a CD is an original CD or a burned disc. Therefore, you can only boot from an original retail disc, with the "C" key on startup or the "option" on startup. I worked at apple care so I know for sure.

Darkspy946 (2008-11-06)

I agree with mehdihs Macintosh's bios has a feature programmed in it that recognises when a CD is an original CD or a burned disc.

ronrico123 (2008-11-09)

this is for arber1985, you can not down grade Leopard to tiger or anything else. one's you have the high's upgrade there is that's it.....So sorry you can not down grade.

belzbu (2008-11-14)

works perfectly in every mac I have... emac 1.25, imac intel 2.4, macbook intel 2.2, powerbook g4 1.0.
thanks

maxval54 (2008-11-20)

Really??
Can i install this on my intel macbook pro?

northshore11373 (2008-11-21)

I have an iBook G4 512 MB. I have 10.3 and its a pain I can't install a lot of stuff because of it. I thought of installing 10.4. What do I need to do to install this file to my mac? I am downloading the file using a PC and will burn it on this PC.
- Do I need to change the file name?
- Will this File fit in just one DVD disk?
- Do I just install it as is like the usual OS X softwares?
Please help.
Email: [email protected]
Appreciate your help!

rezinflux (2008-11-23)

Downloaded and Burned the DVD with PC running Windows Vista. Burned the image file with Nero 8. In Nero just go to "Recorder" --> "Burn Image" -->from the file types drop down menu just select "All Files (*.*)" and go to the folder you saved your download in. When the "Foreign Image Settings" window pops up, the only change I had to make was to select HFS from the Type of Image drop down menu and it was ready to burn. I just used a regular DVD+R and I was able to boot from DVD without any issues. Either using the "Startup Disk" utility from withing OS X 10.3 or by holding the "Option" button during startup. I will post one more time to report how the install went and what version this is exactly. BTW I did not change the .toast file extension to .iso , it was not necessary.

jimkerrie (2008-12-02)

Where did all the seeders go? Could some people seed this again, thanks in advance:)

jimkerrie (2008-12-03)

Download works flawlessly! Thank you to everyone! Downloaded using my intel macbook, burned to DVD-R using Toast 8. Select "copy", "image file", drag the "Mac OS X Install DVD.toast" file into the Toast window, click mount image, click "record disc" and selected 1x speed. The result is a fully bootable OS X Tiger 10.4 install disc in about 33 minutes. The install is capable of updating to 10.4.11 using Apple's built-in Software Upgrade and if you have an OS X Leopard 10.5 drop-in upgrade disc it will seamlessly upgrade your new 10.4 Tiger install to 10.5 Leopard which in turn can be updated to the current 10.5.5!! Hope the step by step is able to help someone, enjoy.

jimkerrie (2008-12-03)

Remember this will only boot and install on PowerPC Macs!

Catastr0phe (2008-12-22)

Hey guys, will this work on a iBook G3? Thanx!

funsize81 (2008-12-24)

Can someone please seed? Thanks so much in advance!

funsize81 (2008-12-24)

Can someone please seed? Pretty please with a cherry on top?

unuser (2009-01-03)

Would someone please upload (or point me to the torrent if it's already ul'd) Tiger 10.4.6 (or higher) retail disc? Earlier (than 10.4.6) will only boot on a PPC. As of 10.4.6, Tiger install disc will boot on Intel Macs.
Re. mehdihs' statement that Macs can tell difference between original disc and copy: BS. I have 2 discs (10.5) in my hand here that I boot regularly. Burned on a Mac :-)
Happy 2009!

bensharp (2009-01-06)

Thanks so much, Jimkerrie! Followed your instructions to a "T" and it's working fine. Upgrading my 1.6 G5 to 10.4 as we type!

dujelly (2009-01-07)

works great on eMac 1gh, thanks

britishcolumbia (2009-01-12)

Thanks!

cowbutler (2009-01-18)

Perfect, THANK YOU Jon55, I needed very badly!

Yazoo87 (2009-01-24)

as the 4 CD version floating around here on TPB sucked ass (not bootable.. no matter what i tried, wasted days on trying got get a bootable cd and wasted lots of CD-Rs...) i finally DLed and tried this one..
copied the .toast image to my mac (Powermac G4 400MHz Gigabit Ethernet, OS X 10.3.9) with a USB stick and burned it with roxio toast 7 at 4x speed (with a LG GSA-4167B DVD burner .. if any1 cares).
success :D
installing it right now.. :)
thanks soooo much :)
will keep seeding this one =)
and i deleted that f*ckin CD version.
crap that doesn't work isn't worth seeding :P

_Liquidus_ (2009-01-28)

So I used Toast to burn the file and when I put in the disc it shows up the way a real retail disc would show up. My problem is after I launch the installer and the iMac restarts the screen goes gray, a blue folder with a question mark shows up, and it ejects the disc.
Seems like there is a file missing. I'm trying this on my iMac 700Mhz, 512 Ram, 40GB HDD.
Fuck it, I'm installing Leopard on it as we speak.

Yazoo87 (2009-02-02)

@ liquidus: you need to burn the image at the slowest speed possible. anything higher than 4x most likely won't work...
also.. you have to burn the image directly..
_not_ mounting it in any way or something and then copying it..

flatbeater (2009-02-03)

I'd like to try it on my old iMac G3 400Mhz slot dvd running OS X 10.3.9.
would it upgrade until 10.4.11?
can somebody seed for me please?
Thank U.

flatbeater (2009-02-03)

someone is seedind but very slow.....
How long does this use to last?
my mac tells me "one day", but tell me it's gonna be faster please....

flatbeater (2009-02-03)

no one seeds.....
:-(
I just manage 46MB of 2,6GB.......
plzzzzzzzzzz

jonhand (2009-02-04)

HELP PLEASE
I followed these steps, but cannot install Tiger:
1. Successfully downloaded the torrent to my desktop. (Mac OS X Install DVD.toast)
2. I burned the file to a blank DVD
3. Clicked "Install Mac OS X"
(Here, I was prompted to restart my computer to begin installation process)
4. Restarted computer, and nothing happened.
5. I restarted again, this time holding "C" Again, nothing happened.
I'm using an iMac G5 PPC running on Mac OS X 10.3.9. What am I doing wrong? Please help. Thank you!

flatbeater (2009-02-04)

did you burn it at the lowest speed (1x speed)'

flatbeater (2009-02-04)

I'm trying to download with acquisition, and there is no seeds.....please, please, please.
I've just downloaded 46MB, I need more seed juice....
Is there any good soul in there????

jonhand (2009-02-04)

Yea, I burned at 1x. What's this "Toast" I keep reading about?

flatbeater (2009-02-04)

a CD burner.
look for "toast titanium" in google.
How did you download the torrent?

jonhand (2009-02-04)

I downloaded using Transmission 0.6.1
Do I need to use Toast to burn the DVD?

flatbeater (2009-02-04)

I did'nt manage to download the archive completely, but it is progressing with VUSE better than with Acquisition. So I did'nt try to burn it yet.
But regarding to what I read, the archive is made to be burned by toast.
Correct me if I'm wrong, please good souls...

Yazoo87 (2009-02-05)

"Toast" is a CD/DVD burning program like Nero or WinOnCD on windows.
Both (Toast and WinOnCD) are from Roxio, so you can almost say "Toast is WinOnCD for Macs" :D
just search for "Toast Titanium" here on TPB...
the image is a special .toast image.
made by a Toast version on a Mac.
i burned this image with Toast 7 Titanium on OS X 10.3.9
you have to burn it on the SLOWEST SPEED POSSIBLE!
i burned it at 8x Speed first. Disk was readable from within OSX 10.3.9, but not bootable..
then i burned it with the slowest speed my DVD Burner / Toast gave me as an option: 4x
took ages to burn, but the disk was finally bootable :)
so if you guys have problems: burn it with Roxio Toast 7/8/9 Titanium on a Mac
Toast 7 is (AFAIK) the last version that works unter OS X 10.3.9..
at least Toast 8 didn't even start.. so i assume its for Tiger (10.4) only..

jonhand (2009-02-05)

STILL NOT WORKING
I downloaded Toast.
Burned the .toast file onto a DVD. (using the slowest speed available, which was 2x)
Restarted my computer with the DVD in, holding down the "c" key. (Also tried opening and installing while DVD was in the drive, but I was prompted to RESTART again)
After this failed, I opened the .toast file and burned the "Mac OS X Tiger Installation CD" folder onto a DVD using Toast (speed 2x)
The exact same thing happened.
What am I doing wrong?!?!
P.S. I noticed I was asked if I wanted to "Mount" or "Eject" the DVD - I chose "Eject" both times. Should I mount first?

madmike8 (2009-02-06)

i am not familiar with the mac systms i have vissta i am trying to find tiger 10.4 for macs for my buddys macs he cant download himself is there a way were i can down load it on my computer and set it upto boot on his and load and install with out having to go throw alot of bullshit please any body out help me

exeon_Zechs (2009-02-21)

Are you just burning the .toast to Disk, as in, when you open the disk you see the .toast file and nothing else?

j1nZ (2009-03-16)

I Have tested on Powerbook G5
-FAQ on Windows-
Download the file rename .toast to .iso
Burn it with nero & write speed minimum. I Bunred the DVD in 8x speed.
Restart your book press (ALT)
Alt Button:
Boot Screen:
Put your dvd in your dvd-cd-rom klick refresh (boot screen left icon)
& then klick on the new button (cd boot)
it works 100% its PPC (PowerPC)

biseca (2009-03-22)

I followed rezinflux's instructions, although he never came back to say how the install went. What about speed? Roxio 8 didn't give me any other choice than 4, and now the install freezes before I get to the license agreement. I bought my graphite iMac new in 2000, and I was trying to go from 10.3.9 to Tiger.

biseca (2009-03-22)

OK I see now that I need 256MB of RAM and I only have 128. Guess the install would have worked otherwise. :(

WajLD (2009-03-22)

Someone know if you can boot it trough USB on an iBook G3? don't have a dvd and the cd versions doesn't boot... pls help

HUNTERWRZ (2009-03-28)

I had the 4 CD version too. And I think some files are corrupt...
ISOBUSTER said this:
00328530 ,
00328292 ,
00328344 ,
00328532 ,
00328104 ,
00205568 ,
...Essentials.pkg sounds important^^

HUNTERWRZ (2009-03-28)

Does someone know if this works with PearPC?

zgherlos (2009-05-01)

Hail Jon55 --incredible guy !!!!!!!! IT WORKS ON MY POWERBOOK G4 (the old one ) ..The secrets are to rename the image to .iso format then but with nero at 4 x speed WORKS LIKE A CHARM .I downloaded 12 cd/dvd images from tba and none worked but this is GOLD i tell you GOLD ..It works perfectly .Thanks again , God bless you.

zgherlos (2009-05-01)

sorry for my getto language but i wrote the message in a hurry :)

seed4jesus (2009-05-21)

Burned image to a DVD-R using toast titanuim 10. Is installing on my ibook g3 and working fine.

ronaldo7memo1 (2009-06-13)

Just download works fine but i updated to 10.4.11 using software update but programs like itunes and software update stopped working and whenever i try to install something the installation wont start any advice?

 lFoxHound (2009-06-18)

(PPC) = PeraPc. A Mac emulator fo pc. Only intell and AMD.
PearPc can boot other os's also.

 lFoxHound (2009-06-19)

Oooo or do you mean PowerPc G4? it's a big difference and you should tell us before downloading.

Taz4202 (2009-06-21)

Is anyone seeding? Please?

Taz4202 (2009-06-21)

Anyone seeing please? Thanks so much!

Taz4202 (2009-06-21)

How do I know if this is seeding? Please help.

Taz4202 (2009-06-22)

Why, when I go to "mount" the disc image after dragging the "Mac OS X Install DVD.toast" file (to burn it using Toast), do I get a CD-ROM XA file, which is audio and Toast keeps telling me "CD-ROM XA or Audio tracks cannot be written to DVD?" When I try to "mount" the image, it keeps going to I-Tunes and launching some stupid song! Help?!

Taz4202 (2009-06-22)

Is anyone there? Why does Toast read this as a CD-ROM XA audio file?

driver76 (2009-06-27)

QUOTE jennybun at 2008-11-02 20:35 CET:
plzzzzzzzzzzzzzz guys seed seed help a sister out
I so despise seeing messages with the long please ignorant dumbed down fuckers. Get a brain you thick fuck.

pblocked (2009-07-11)

Worked on first try with my 12" powerbook g4 1.5! Followed these instructions that were in these comments:
1) Downloaded using my intel macbook
2) Burned to DVD-R using Toast 10.
3) Select "copy", "image file", drag the "Mac OS X Install DVD.toast" file into the Toast window
4) Click "mount image", click "record disc" and selected 2x speed.
5) The result is a fully bootable OS X Tiger 10.4 install disc in about 20 minutes.
6) The install is capable of updating to 10.4.11 using Apple's built-in Software
Good luck!

aatxe (2009-07-12)

it worked on my ibook g4 (ppc)
- change the *.toast to *.iso
- burn it using disk utility (slowest speed possible)
- restart the mac
- hold "c"
- yay!

Taz4202 (2009-07-14)

I need someone to seed, please. Thank you very much!

Taz4202 (2009-07-14)

How do we get seeding going besides these pathetic pleadings in the comments? Seems there should be a better way!

jondavis44 (2009-07-14)

This actually works on a G3 Ibook Dual usb. The file is toast just rename it to .iso and burn using a +r dvd and this will boot and install.

Taz4202 (2009-07-27)

Why does Toast 6 read this file as a music CD (XA)? And why when I burn it on Disk Utility it does not work? I've burned through almost 20 discs.

MCP_ (2009-08-07)

This worked perfect on my 17" 1.5GHz PowerPC G4
- change the *.toast to *.iso
- burn it using disk utility(slowest speed possible)
- restart the mac
- hold "c"
Respect to aatxe for the advice and many thanks to Jon55

MadameMim (2009-08-21)

Works like a charm! Thanks.

nour (2009-08-26)

Windows Vista And PowerIso users:
1: Download torrent and rename to .iso
2: Open PowerIso, press burn, choose the .iso file, and select low speed (4x).
3: press burn, and wait till finishing.
4: DONE - Ready for use
Hope it was for any help.
Salam, peace from denmark :)

Jon55 (2009-09-02)

@lFoxHound
PPC = PowerPC. Meaning this is for PPC processors, and not for Intel processors.

terryjw (2009-09-21)

Some of you people are fucking crazy, you make everything sound soooooo fucking complicated. For the IDIOTS all you have to do is burn this shit to disc with Disc Utility on a mac and it will work fine. Why don't all of you geeks get a life and stop making everything soooooooo complicated. And what the fuck has Nero got to do with it? This is Apple, use Disc Utility - thats what it's for cunts!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

xcuneytx (2009-10-03)

thank you Jon55 I hope I have this downloaded within 2andhalf hours.

reddutch (2009-10-18)

thanx guys for seeding... download was fast & burning a bootable DVD in Toast 10 Titanium worked smoothly as well :-)

ewiz07 (2009-10-19)

IT WORKS!
I DOWNLOADED ON MY PC(WINDOWS XP), THEN I BURNED IT USING MAGIC ISO AND UPGRADED MY POWER MAC G4
CHANGE THE THE FILE EXTENSION FROM ".toast" TO ".img". AFTER YOU CHANGE IT, DOWNLOAD "Magic Iso"(ITS FREE). BURN IT, PUT INSIDE MAC COMPUTER AND IT SHOULD RUN

MrNubieMac (2009-11-12)

Hi
I have inherited a quicksilver G4, but it doesn't have a dvd rom, is it possible to use a USB thumb-drive to install the Mac OS? My HDD died and I need to re-install OS to a new HDD. Please help.
Thank you all.

szali007 (2009-11-23)

Hy!
It worksl! Gooood!
My mac is:
ppc G5, dual 2Ghz, 1,5 gb ram.
Many Thanks!

vengefulsim (2009-12-18)

this works downloaded burnt with infrarecorder didn't have to change anything but the speed to 4x speed thank u pirate bay and who ever posted this...
FUCK COPY RIGHT!!!!!!!!!

kivi22i (2009-12-28)

wtf???why torrent say it has 1000 leechers

Pyatin (2009-12-30)

Well, I decided to test it out. It works. I used Toast Titanium 8 on a Mac with a DVDRW. You must select Copy>Image File and then choose the OSX file. Click on 'Recorder', click on the 'Advanced' tab and uncheck 'Verify Data'. It just finishes the disc faster. Verify is just an extraneous task. Now click 'Record' and you're good to go.
Now the drive on the MacG4 I used the disc on originally had a DVD-RAM drive. It is a very temperamental drive. I swapped it out for a regular DVD±RW, and it read the disc fine and installed without a hitch. I burned both DVD+R and DVD-R discs, and they both work great. If you have a DVD-RAM drive, and it won't read the disc...swap the drive. The DVD-RAM reads factory pressed DVDs fine. maybe a firmware update is in order.

YenoIwesa (2010-01-06)

I'm having an issue with this torrent, when burned and mounted, the bootable DVD (+RW) works fine at first, but then the initial disk check fails. If I ignore this step, the installation crashes. I tried to burn it twice on the same support, I will try with another DVD, but maybe it's just the download. So, is it possible to get a MD5 Checksum of a valid download for this .toast file please ?

YenoIwesa (2010-01-07)

Nevermind, that was a faulty DVD. It worked fine with an new DVD+RW. Thanks !

londoner2010 (2010-01-07)

i am unable to download this...i hit 'download this torrent' & it just downloads an empty icon - the useless outdated version of safari i am stuck with till i can upgrade to tiger won't access magnet...any ideas ?

bearhntr28 (2010-01-07)

I am so glad that so many people have gotten this image to install. I have made 4 coasters. I bought DVD -R blanks (high quality ones), and using the burner in my QUICKSILVER that I got off eBAY with Tiger already installed (missing a lot of stuff), I want to reload it.
I have TOAST TITANIUM 9 (latest version), and MOUNTING the image - then burning at 1x, 2x or 4x has yielded me coasters. I even tried mouting the image and then making a new image - no success.
I have also tried the renaming to .ISO and burning on my PC - the DISC is readable on the PC (in fact all of them are) using TrasMAC - but the MAC refuses to read any of them.
Any assistance?

davydoo (2010-01-15)

Hi guys. Thanks for this torrent, but I'm having trouble installing it. I've downloaded it on a PC with Windows XP and followed all the instructions about changing the extension and burning it with Nero. However, when I try to install it on my Quicksilver G4, it comes up and says that I need to restart the computer to start the installation. When I restart it, it just comes back up and when I try to install it says I need to restart it to install it. I've tried holding the "c" key but it does the same thing. Any ideas or suggestions? I've also tried several of the other torrent and when I try to install them it does the same thing. Am I dong something wrong with the computer? I'm new to Mac.

killshay (2010-01-17)

Downloaded, burned, and installed on an old G4 powerpc i found. Running on ~440mb of ram. Now to find out how macs work...

verbatim13 (2010-01-29)

i stupidly installed windows xp ultimate i downloaded off here onto my macbook and now the dvd player does not work on it so now im downloading this to put back on my mac, if i burn it on my other laptop will i be able to put it on my mac book with a external dvd burner?

verbatim13 (2010-01-30)

ok so i deleted evrythign off of my macbook, like nothign wen u turn it on it had a folder with a question mark in it, and i put the dvd i burnt , i burnt it in imgburn and it just keeps ejecting the disk, how do i get it to work?

Vinnie417 (2010-02-09)

Props & Thank You! I installed this, Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger earlier today on my iMac G3 500mhz DVD Special Edition (White). It installed w/o any problems what so ever. So, Yes! This does work. Again, Thank You!!!

kiwipeso (2010-02-13)

verbatim, if it is an intel macbook, then get the intel version of mac os x. Try get snow leopard.
Otherwise, if it is a PPC macbook, you need to change the .toast extension to .img and burn it with Magic ISO.
Then put in your new disc and start up the macbook, while holding down the c key.

wickitt (2010-02-14)

amazing dl speed. lets home this works to fix my busted os on my emac

jesusismyairbag (2010-02-16)

AMD Support? or just Intel?

R.I.P.(SWE) (2010-02-26)

I have a computer whit windows 7 and my question is can I change it to Mac OS X??

cool2090 (2010-02-27)

@MrNubieMac you need to download the mac os x 10.4 tiger 4 cd version torrent and burn them one by one with a cd-rw it work for me with my orginal ibook and powermac g4

Jon55 (2010-04-06)

@jesusismyairbag
PPC = PowerPC. As in the opposite of Intel/AMD

NhawT (2010-05-08)

hello, how to burn this as .img file?
and it will work for pc? (currently using xp)

jorel314 (2010-05-13)

Thank you! Works fantastically..

himys (2010-06-27)

Yeah Its work thank you jon55 but its very slowww
I am using inter core duo, WMware 7.0

tking0036 (2010-07-10)

Sorry this wont work for you, himys, this is only for a powerpc mac, you can run in pearpc but at much slower speed. you need an intel disc, preferably 10.4.6 jas

unckybob2 (2010-07-25)

There's some difficulty doing a fresh install from this DVD. Here's a quote from another comment:
Well people You have to understand one thing. If you already have an earlier version of the OS installed this will work, but if you are trying to boot off the CD, it will not. Apple's bios has a feature programmed in it that recognises when a CD is an original CD or a burned disc. Therefore, you can only boot from an original retail disc, with the "C" key on startup or the "option" on startup. I worked at apple care so I know for sure.
End quote.
Currently the price for a factory disk is around $100. However, you can get a factory disk for 9.1 for around $10. My question:
Is it possible to install 10.4 directly from 9.1? Please answer and save me a lot of frustration.

unckybob2 (2010-07-25)

Answering to my post above.
I found out you can install 10.4 from OS8 and OS9.

slix19 (2010-08-05)

Some advice, *please* read it:
1. This is ONLY for the older PPC Macs - G4 and G5 CPUs, NOT Intel.
2. It WILL NOT work to turn a PC into a Mac, these need Intel discs. And if you don't already know this don't fuckin do it! You clearly aren't bright/knowledgeable enough - so WHEN you try and fail, you deserve to fuck up your PC.
3. Burn with Toast as an Image File, not a Data Disc.
4. Burn on a DVD-R, NOT DVD+R or DVD+/-RW.
5. Do NOT mount it first before burning.
6. Use in a Mac WITH a DVD reader. Older PPC Macs sometimes have just CD readers.
7. PPC Macs WILL NOT boot from USB - only internal HDD, CD or DVD, or Firewire connected HDD or DVD.
8. It WILL boot like a retail disc if the Mac can read DVDs, the disc is burned properly and you press the correct key (hold ALT/Option during the chime until you get a choice of the DVD or hard drive.
Anyone who says the Mac can detect a real or burned disc clearly knows fuck all: if it has a crap/old DVD reader though it won't read badly burned discs or none DVD-Rs. (IF this person really worked for AppleCare they were clearly sacked for knowing nothing...)
Finally: READ THE DAMN COMMENTS. The above has been stated often on this torrent page. Again, if you don't know how to even use a computer, torrent or webpage, DON'T - or at least actually try to learn like we all did. If you want us to do it all for you, PAY US.

ileechbitch (2010-08-08)

I personally am trying to install this on my ibook g4.
First, i am going to try to mount the iso. If that doesnt work, im gonna try and burn it to a dvd with infra, img burn, or something else. If that doesnt work... Ill be back haah. People let me know if you got this working 100%.... also, anyone else trying to run this on an ibook g4?

ileechbitch (2010-08-09)

READ THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I sucessfully got this running on my ibook g4. now my ibook runs like new.. Turn burn this file to dvd on my pc, i had to change the extension to "iso" but renaming the file to ".iso".. that was the easy part. then i used imgburn, and burned it at a speed of 3x. overall, this is a GREAT torrent. HIGHLY recommened
props to uploader and thanks for the seeds

dlarrym (2010-09-02)

@unckybob2: YOUR text from the comment that is telling you that the MAC has some special way to know if it is a retail disc or a copy is totally full of shit. I have a copy and when I hold the C key, it boots from it just fine... PLEASE quit saying things of which you know NOTHING about. Just to get the story straight. If I had the means to upload a real time video of me and a close up of my obviously copied tiger install disc, IT is a red CD-R made by HP, so if anyone saw it it is obvious that is is NOT the retail install disc. And there is more then 1 disc with OS 10.4, there are 4 CD's in all. I didn't get them from this uploader, BUT I SWEAR on my LIFE, you can use a copied INSTALL disK (if you know how to burn a copy of a CD) Only a retarded monkey couldn't, SO STOP the LIES. I have ZERO to gain by trying to deceive anyone so PLEASE do not listen to this idiot. sincerely, an APPLE consultant since 1982!!! Mother Fuc#er!!!!!!

dlarrym (2010-09-02)

@beechnut82: sorry man, the Physical Architecture is so radically different on the motherboard, that it is impossible to make a PC "think its a mac" or to allow a PC to run a MAC OS. I know there is software to go the otherway, make a mac run windows, all the way up to VISTA and beyond, but I have not heard of any emulation software to allow a PC to run any mac OS.

pirate013 (2010-09-13)

I DLd this - coverted the .toast file to a hex dump and transfert the data to my Atari 800 cassette deck. But when I use the LOAD command the tape tries to rewind and can't so it snaps the tape. I need serious help.

The-Anti-Leech (2010-09-17)

@Diarrym
Dude that statement is soooo far from the truth its not even funny. First of all I am currently running Snow Leopard 10.6.4 on "PC" hardware using the Chameleon boot loader. It updates, sleeps, restarts, shuts down just like a "real" mac and all functions of the OS work the same as well. Do some research before you post comments like that... That is all.

thel6987 (2010-10-14)

for some reason I don't understand although I can see the burned dvd has osx 10.4 on it when I set it to start from the dvd in 'startup disk' it refused to boot into it. It won't boot with the C key down. It keeps getting the open firmware screen. I have tried resetting the pram and nvram to no avail. I'm trying to install onto a 15" flat panel imac with 512mb of ram.
I checked it on my g5 imac to see if I could install it onto that just to see if it was working and I had the same problem. It tried to boot then instead of completing the boot the screen showed a circle with a line through it.
The ISO file was burned with disk utility. I notice that it says not to open the image before burning, can this have caused the problem if so can it be fixed?. btw I have 10.2.8 on the flat panel imac.
Any clues here would be appreciated.

Laliet (2010-10-18)

any one plz help me to install this os i'm new for mac . im using the window 7 and i wanna install mac on my computer so plz tell detail precedure

EzyRider (2010-10-26)

Downloaded, burnt to DVD, installed on my old iMac G3, and it's now a brand new machine. Fantastic U/L, worked like a charm :)

FreeSoftwareManic (2010-10-29)

Thank you so much

utgrad2002 (2010-11-02)

can someone seed - thanks!

utgrad2002 (2010-11-02)

can someone seed - thanks.

cglas23 (2010-11-02)

Ok anyone who can help kicks butt. So a friend gave me this eMac and I'm thinking its going to be an old busted machine, come to find out its better than the older model PC I'm using, go figure! So I download and do a fresh install of Panther 10.3 and it doesn't have the right display driver so even though the install went smooth and the eMac is running great, it has a small, tiny display in the middle of the screen. So now I want to download and try Tiger since that's most likely the OS that originally came on the eMac. That being said, I'm using a PC to download/install this. To do Panther, I used Transmac to burn the dmg files onto DVD for installation. My question is ... how am I going to burn a .toast file so that it is bootable by Mac? Any info would be greatly appreciate on this or if anyone even might know how to just fix the display problem, which is primarily why I'm upgrading. Thanks, in advance, to which ever kick ass person answers this!

FreeSoftwareManic (2010-12-07)

@cglas23
use nero or imgburn and install it worked for me :)

hamishz (2010-12-24)

this worked first time on PowerBook G4 1.33GHz 12" Aluminium. downloaded on a W7 laptop, burned to DVD with ArcSoft Media (had to change to ISO extension). Put in the PowerBook DVD drive and booted up first time. Perfect - saved my life (or at least, made it a lot easier!)

Zephaniah (2011-01-07)

I installed this on an iBook G4 laptop and it needed me to plug in a mouse to install. The trackpad didn't work upon booting up, but after installing the 10.4.11 combo update and unplugging the mouse before a reboot, the trackpad works fine.

Zephaniah (2011-01-07)

Oops 10.4.11 Combo Update PPC:

Rynier (2011-01-14)

Hey guys, Installation went perfectly and smooth. I changed the file into a .ISO file instead of an .toast file because imgburner wouldn't read the .toast file. Its easy to do, just type .iso instead of .toast at the end of the name. Then i burned it with ImgBurn on a DVD+R disc. Did the disk in my old PPC Mini Mac. Then i start up the setup and he asked if i wanted to restart my Mac, i accepted ofcourse. The installation went fine and know it works like a train again. Thanks Jon55 !!

rackum (2011-01-23)

Hello, can someone seed please. Thanx

adamscr (2011-01-26)

Anyone who says this doesn't work is doing something wrong. This is how to do it.
Download torrent. Once downloaded, click on file to change name. Add .nhf after toast. Go to nero and download free trial version of nero 10. Go to recorder in nero and click on image burn. Insert dvd, find torrent and burn on slowest speed. Thats all you need to do. Worked for me.

RichyCRO (2011-01-27)

omg. i fail 3 times
im doing something wrong or what?
download, changed to .iso, burned at slow speed, and my mac wont boot ?! i push c while restarting and 'nothin , alt(option key) and 'nothin
-.-' hate mac!
pls answer !!!
boot is my problem

RichyCRO (2011-01-27)

ok! now i have burn it.. ahha -.-'
again, same!
i put the disc in my pc and 'nothin happend
but i write files to the disc, and i see it on my dvd disc
why God dont likes meee?! :'(

Rcst11686 (2011-02-02)

ok the 1st time I tried burning this with alcohol 120% on Win 7, renamed the file to ISO . burned. worked but failed during install..
2nd try and this time it worked!
NOTE: You must use NERO (i used nero 10) to burn this image. Lowest possible speed (2x). Tried again on my Ibook G4 and viola. No failures just 100% worked!
Hope this helps out others not waste dvd's!

Putrid186 (2011-02-04)

Quick tut for those running windows on how to burn and run successfully.
Download torrent here. file downloaded is "Mac OS X Install DVD.torrent" Rename this to "Mac OS X Install DVD.iso" There is no need to use a converter program.
I used ImgBurn (http://www.imgburn.com) It's free and powerful.
Place a blank DVD+R or DVD-R into your drive ( I have not tested DVD-R but others here say it has worked). Open ImgBurn, choose "Write image file to disc."
Next to "Please select a file..." Click the small folder icon and browse to the "Mac OS X Install DVD.iso" you just downloaded, highlight and select "Open."
This step may not be necessary but to be safe I'd follow it: The bottom left area of this screen has another small icon with a book. Hovering over it gives you the tooltip "Change book type..." Click on this. Click the tab of the manufacturer of your drive. For "Change For:" Change to "Next Write." For "New Setting:" Change to "DVD-ROM." DONT PRESS OK YET. Press "Change." You'll get a message saying the change was successful. Now press OK. Again, you should be able to skip this step, but if you're doing something stupid like using a DVD-RW and you don't realize it, this will correct your ass.
CHANGE THE SPEED to 1x. Do it. The program will automatically adjust to the lowest possible speed but this is the safest. The installer does a CRC check to make sure everything is PERFECT so your burn has to be PERFECT.
Burn!
Simply place the disc into the mac and reboot. This should boot from disc automatically whether you have an OS installed or not, so do not hold down C or Option or any other keys while booting.

Putrid186 (2011-02-04)

Correcting a typo from above post:
"This step may not be necessary but to be safe I'd follow it: The bottom left area of this screen..."
Should be "The bottom **RIGHT** area of this screen..."

patddfan (2011-02-09)

how do you make a boot disk for mac?

Nohg (2011-02-13)

Macs don't have boot disks.

slitcher (2011-02-21)

IT WORKS !!! Thanks a lot !!! Since most people seem to have difficulties with the torrent here is a quick how to
Installed on a 2005 ibook G4, 1,33Ghz, 512mb ram
Procedure (using Macbook Pro 2010):
- Rename the file to change extension from .toast to .iso
- Using disk utilities, Burn the image to a DVD-R
- Insert the DVD in the iBook
- Click the Mac OS X installation icon
I chose to format the HD prior to installing OS X
- When the installation box opens, click on utilities on the top bar and then disk utility
- Select the Macintosh HD and format the drive
- Follow the installation process
- Enjoy your freshly installed OS X

linkinpark187 (2011-02-24)

You don't need to rename the file. Download and install ImageBurn, that will burn the *.toast file without a problem.

blackwebhost (2011-02-27)

This may have been asked but anyway here goes.
I have a HP Compaq DC7100 CMT running Windows 7 Ultimate 32bit with 1GB Ram, 250GB 7,200RPM HD and a Intel (something or other) intergrated card. I am wanting to run this on PearPC. What is the exact version number.. i know its 10.4 but 10.4.what? Also can I boot this DVD if i follow the instructions (nero 10) on my pc...

blackwebhost (2011-02-27)

P.S. CPU is Pentium 4 HT 2.8GHz.
If i boot this from DVD it will be on a 40GB 7,200RPM HD (not messing up my 250GB until I know it works)

tino730 (2011-03-04)

Um you guys IM NOT SURE IF YOU CAN READ BUT ITS FOR PEAR PC IF YOU READ THE TITLE IT WILL SAY PPC WHICH IS SHORT FOR PEAR PC.

tino730 (2011-03-04)

Ubuntu 10.10 looks alot like mac with a dock it's so strange it's like Apple made Ubuntu.

tysiin (2011-03-05)

actually ppc stands for power pc

Jon55 (2011-03-05)

No, it's not. This is for Power PC.

Jon55 (2011-03-05)

That last comment was directed towards tino730.
Again, THIS IS NOT FOR PEAR PC. THIS IS FOR POWER PC (PPC). I've never even heard of PearPC.

captainhadd0ck (2011-03-07)

nice. works perfectly.

bobconk425 (2011-04-14)

download to my macbook pro, burned image to dvd, installed onto a ibook g4... everything seems to be working except trackpad (doesnt even see it) anybody else have this problem?

bobconk425 (2011-04-14)

Yeah never mind my update from apple took care of my trackpad issue..thanx 4 the app

thebg21 (2011-04-20)

@RichyCRO i got the same problem dude! I have old ibook like from 03' 04' and i tried to run this because its stuck on 'waiting for printing services'!

Drezga (2011-06-10)

I have problem. I've burned iso to dvd, and i insert it in my IMAC g5 PPC, and autoplay came in. I press Install mac os x, then restart, and when Imac restarts, it ejected my dvd, and it was purple screen and on the middle, some folder icon with Question mark inside. Does anybody have solution?

NoobSalad (2011-06-13)

Umm THIS SHIT WONT WORK!!! I have know idea how to burn an iso. I dont know what kind cpu i have and I have ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA what I am doing... ITS ALL YOUR FAULT !!!! HELP ME!!! WAAAA!!!!!

codeviper (2011-07-12)

Would be nice if I could download

bignoodleboi (2011-08-11)

darn for some reason it doesn't work it says " The application " Install Mac OS X " cannot be used from this disk. " To install Mac OS X, please use the application provided on the Mac OS X installation disk.
any help?

turoks (2011-10-10)

Thanks a lot for the comments here on how to write the image file, also thanks to the uploader, I finally got my PowerMac G4 running again. Thanks again people.

vivatpb5776 (2011-10-18)

Worked flawlessly. I am a first time Mac user so I was under the misconception that the DVD had to be bootable when burned. That is not correct. Once the DVD is installed in a computer that supports the OS version, the installation process began.
I am running updates like a champ. This is going to be interesting. Thank you uploader.

vivatpb5776 (2011-10-18)

FYI: I used Magic ISO to burn the DVD and I burned at the lowest speed possible (31x). At first, the process would not start and the computer shut itself off. However, upon restart, everything started as normal.

macmaniac2010 (2011-11-10)

Worked great!! It is Installing now!!!
This is what i did.. botched one DVD before getting this one right:
After Downloading the file i renamed it using the same name but with extension .iso instead of .toast
(This is easily done by clicking on on the file, then, not too quickly, clicking the name and it should let you edit it. Don't delete all of the name and retype, thats just a waste of time, instead go to the end and delete toast and type in iso. Hit Enter, and click "Use .iso")
Next, go to applications and utilities and run "Disk Utility". Insert your blank DVD and click Burn at the top. Select your file that now has the .iso extension. Mine ended up being name "Mac OS X Install DVD.iso" burn it to your DVD.
Next, insert the DVD into the computer you want to upgrade and let it run the installer.
Finally, enjoy your computer that now has a working copy of Mac OS X 10.4. At no cost to you other than a little time and a few bucks for some DVDs.

tklesse (2011-12-16)

SEED PLEASE

kal7 (2012-01-17)

Okay, well i see a lot of you didn't get this working. thats okay. neither did i. however if you go to this torrent right here:
you find all the versions of Mac OS X from 9.2 to 10.7. IF, you just need 10.4, like this torrent then its simple. download the torrent file, open it with your torrent client. then usually a window pops up with the download directory at the top, and the files in the torrent in the box at the bottom. just deselect all the checkboxes for the versions of OS X you dont need (for example 10.7, 10.6, etc) and hit ok or download or whatever. if the window doesn't pop up, then there should be some way to view the files in a torrent. google it if you dont know. Okay, so it takes a while to download, so i would advise you to do it at night before you go to bed & just leave your computer on. mine finished in a couple hours. okay, so now in the Mac OS folder, there should be a folder called "MacOS X 10.4.0 (Tiger)-Spanned." Open it, and you have your 4 ISO files ready to burn to CD. burn all 4 cd's & label them. put the 1st cd i(disk1) in the mac you're trying to install to, and press the "ALT" key on a mac keyboard while booting up. after a while, you'll get a blue screen, just select the one with the picture as a CD. the name of the cd should be whatever you set it to. make sure it's selected, click the arrow, and you're done. currently installing tiger on a 10.3.9 700MHz iMac PowerPC G4. that torrent i linked to above is useful, you can upgrade G4's/G5's up to leopard as far as i know. you can use the leopard dvd iso included to try and jump to 10.5 if you want. but anyway, this is my solution.

Mr.Buddha (2012-04-16)

Can I use this with a flash drive?

worldend3 (2012-06-20)

work perfect on my Mac Pro 2.5 GHZ I used Power Iso just
1- open power iso then click burn on top
2- search for location of the toast file, make sure you select all files scroll down to all files as supported file for the toast to appear
3- select the toast file then click burn to empty DVD.
NO NEED TO HAVE THE CRACKED VERSION CLICK THE LINK BELOW TO DOWNLOAD POWER ISO VERSION 5.2
http://www.poweriso.com/download.htm

phoboskitty (2012-08-04)

ok so i am using a windows 7 computer to download this, i did change the .toast to .iso, the mac i am trying to upgrade is a PPC G4 ( the cool pedestal ones ) its currently running 10.3 so i was reading that you can not do a direct upgrade install from 10.3 it tells me to reboot and it will install but it dose nothing... the computer reads it fine, i was wondering if i have to do it as a clean install, 10.3 will not let me wipe the drive, now it has since occurred to me that i need to be logged in as a root user to do this ( could this be my problem) the drive utility just will not let me wipe the drive in the admin account i created for this computer. so i am not a super mac user but somewhat familiar with them so i am wondering if the MAC will automatically boot the .iso image when i have wiped the OS off the computer? or should i burn the disc with .toast or .dmg ? to accomplish this? thanks ahead of time for anyone trying to help me out :)

phoboskitty (2012-08-11)

i know its been awhile lets just hope someone is paying attention to this thread, using power ISO on a Win 7 machine, did the change to .iso thing but i am using a Pedestal G4 iMac which has 10.2.8 on it now, the automatic upgrade will not work from this OS version, restarting and holding down C will do nothing restart with Option key only shows my local drive to boot from no DVD ( I can not burn the .iso image with the Mac as it dose not have the DVD burner. can you even boot from a DVD with these iMacs? this has been a tough one to figure out some help would be nice thank you...

bootpoop (2012-08-21)

i just followed the instructions about changing the file to .iso and using disk utility.
the first time it didn't work. the disk couldn't verify and didn't work.
the second time i changed the burn speed (like so many actually said you need to do but i chose to ignore!) to the lowest and it worked.
installing now on a lovely green G3 imac!
thanks!

phoboskitty (2012-08-24)

this disc is not intended to be installed on an iMac ( G4 pedestal)it is not a universal installer disc, i did alter the OSTInstall file to remove iMac from the list of banned computers, it is now installing but but there seems to be some problem now, it starts its install and then fails right at the end with an error message i have tried every install method it say my disc might be dirty it has problems reading the disc but now i can not seem to figure out how to eject the disc now, eject button on key board is no longer working i think because the previous install is no longer present? or its archived... it says there is still something on the disc but i can not start up with the old version now to open the disc drawer, is there any tricks to getting the dvd drive to open? like in single user mode or something? i have spent alot of time for on this for my GF ( I fucking hate Macs they are bullshit ) or can anyone point me in the direction of a 10.4 disc that is a universal installer disc and not machine specific?

nightrobin (2012-11-01)

Is this updatable? For example if I download and install the combo update from apple website, Will it become detected as pirated copy and will not run anymore?

elvin1992 (2012-11-07)

i did my with usb stick all i did i download vmware workstation create virtial machine pick when the mac os x iso was and then i did more stuff to put it in usb go on youtube and find out the rest

Macn00b (2012-12-04)

hello im new to mac and i got a powerbook g4 made in 2002 and im trying to get a os on it i want leopard but atm i just want something to i can make a usb install disk from the mac once i can get it working, im runing on windows and can burn dvds and got a 16 gig usb stick i dont know how to boot from usb on the mac only one usb drive works on the mac so i got a hub but i cant get it to boot to install the os off it can someone help thanks if anyone can

karolis30 (2013-01-17)

It's easy to install without a CD/DVD drive:
1. Make second partition on your hard drive (4.7 size) with Disk Utility, just be sure you have 10+GB of free space. You will NOT lose any data.
2. Rename .toast to .iso
3. Mount .iso by double clicking
4. Open Disk Utility go to Restore, then drag the MAC OS X to 'destination' and your second partition to the 'Source'. enter passw
5. Restart and hold alt (option) button
you can do the same with the another mac by connecting the destination mac in the 'target disk mode'

span1922 (2013-03-28)

Thanks this worked for me fine I burned it witth image burn on windows and my ibook g3 instaelled it.

munnibhaiuk (2013-04-26)

OK, i downloaded this and installed, working perfect. details are as follows
PowerMac G4 Mirror Doors
1.2ghz Processor
1GB RAM
80GB HDD
Shipped ATI AGP Graphics
I can confirm that the DVDis fully bootable burnt using PowerISO dvd maker by renaming .toast to .iso.
I just had to press C to boot from CD and it did fine...
This is a multi lingual ISO

yassi22 (2013-09-15)

How do I download it?

jsheradin (2013-09-29)

This is a confirmed working installer! I renamed it from a .toast to a .iso and burned it to a 4.7gb dvd. Popped it in my old iBook G4 (ppc7450) with 1gb of RAM and a 1.33gHz processor. Booted holding Option and selected the disc, booted into the installer, formatted the drive via Disc Utility, installed the OS and it booted just fine! Only problem was that the trackpad didn't work, I ran the software update utility and let it do it's thing. Once updated to Tiger 10.4.11 everything worked perfectly!

ArchieP (2013-10-22)

Hi! Mega-noob here! Don't get how to convert the downloaded torrent from .exe to Mac readable?

whbez (2013-10-31)

Worked absolutely perfect! I got Powerbook G4 12",
1.5ghz, 1.25GB ram.
I downloaded on PC with windows XP, renamed the file from.toast to .iso, burned the image to DVD disc with Nero. Put it in Mac and followed on screen instructions. Then downloaded combe update from Apple site to upgrade to OSX 10.4.11.
Machine is running like new :)
Thanks Jon55, great work!!

kimboslice90 (2014-07-14)

installing now on a quicksilver dual core 1 ghz with 1.5gb ram, seeding

jegler (2015-07-17)

boo. I tried every suggestion in the comments and none worked. Burn from toast, .iso .dmg If I tried to boot to it on my PPC G5 quad, I got kernel panics and crash.