Tiger install on 2011 imac?

[Katgunnderson]

Hi I have a query I'm hoping a mac expert can answer. I have a 2011 imac with Yosemite. However I have some old software I would like to use and wanted to partition the imac and add Tiger on the other partition. I have the Tiger install disks from my old G5, I partitioned the imac but it would not recognise the install disk for Tiger. I think this happened as Tiger is PowerPC and the imac is Intel. My question is, has anyone sucessfully installed Tiger on the imac and if so how? Many thanks in advance.

 

[honestone]

Are you sure there is not an update to the software? This site can help with that:

https://roaringapps.com/apps

 

[Katgunnderson]

Are you sure there is not an update to the software? This site can help with that:

https://roaringapps.com/apps

Hi, thanks for link but the easiest way would be for me to install Tiger. Is this possible?

 

[Cory Cooper]

Hello and welcome.

Unfortunately, the 2011 iMacs will run a minimum of Mac OS X 10.6.6 Snow Leopard. You cannot install Mac OS X 10.4.x Tiger on them, due to that version of OS X preceding the hardware in your iMac.

Sorry,

C

 

[honestone]

According to this:

https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-2541

you would need at least V10.4.4 of Tiger to be able to install it on an Intel-based Mac. However, note that it says "10.4.4 is the beginning for some Intel Macs". Note the "some".

Then there is this:

https://everymac.com/systems/apple/.../imac-intel-aluminum-macos-windows-linux.html

 

[honestone]

Hello and welcome.

Unfortunately, the 2011 iMacs will run a minimum of Mac OS X 10.6.6 Snow Leopard. You cannot install Mac OS X 10.4.x Tiger on them, due to that version of OS X preceding the hardware in your iMac.

Sorry,

C

Oops! I guess Cory you were entering your post while I made mine!

 

[Katgunnderson]

Oops! I guess Cory you were entering your post while I made mine!

Thank you and Cory for your useful info. It seems I need to get Snow Leopard instead of Tiger. That way this should install on the imac plus my software should hopefully work too. Thanks again.

 

[honestone]

You're welcome. Are you certain there is not an upgrade for the software you want to run? As it is, you'll need to insure that it is compatible with Snow Leopard.

 

[Allen Davis]

You're welcome. Are you certain there is not an upgrade for the software you want to run? As it is, you'll need to insure that it is compatible with Snow Leopard.

If he's hoping to run PPC versions of anything made by those overly stimulated practitioners of pagan hedonism at Adobe, he'll have to go down that tortuous road I had to travel in purchasing Intel versions on eBay, then go through the nightmare of getting them activated since the original serial numbers will probably not work.

My last pre-Intel Mac OS was 10.4.11. I never tried 10.5.x because everyone I knew said it was a turd, but it was supposed to run older software like Tiger. I ran all my Adobe <hocker*spit*wipe mouth> software under Classic, and luckily for me, I never had any stability problems. In fact, Classic was seemingly more stable than booting into OS 9, at least for my machines.

To the best of my knowledge, you would never be able to install or run even those old Mac OSs with a 2011 Mac anything because of the Intel hardware.

If he wants to run his old software under OS 9 emulation, he can download SheepShaver as long as he doesn't venture any further than Yosemite. After that, SheepShaver won't work. And since SS is no longer being developed or supported, he'll have to settle for that.

 

[honestone]

That's good to know.