The Impossible Cat - How to install the OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard PowerPC Beta on G4 Macs
951In the waning days of the PowerPC to Intel transition, Apple was still developing OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard. In this video, we'll walk through how to install the never-released OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard for PowerPC beta on your Mac G4 or G5.
NOTE: This is unreleased beta software. If you install this, you do it at your own risk.
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- Download the bootabe DMG file: https://www.macintoshrepository.org/30022--beta-10a190-mac-os-10-6-snow-leopard-powerpc (select PPC_SL_10A190.dmg)
- Also available on Macintosh Garden: http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/mac-os-106-snow-leopard-powerpc-beta-10a190
- You can also download the DMG from the MacRumors thread with a free Mega link in the post: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/snow-leopard-on-unsupported-ppc-machines.2232031/page-8?post=28428563#post-28428563
Originally, Snow Leopard supported PowerPC and Intel, as Leopard had done previously. Apple dropped support in the final release, but a beta version with PowerPC support was found. Using some kext files from Leopard, it's possible to install "The Impossible Cat" on your G4 or G5 machine!
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