A few years ago I bought an old Mac, PowerPC I think, but it doesn’t work properly. If I boot normally only one of the two CPU cores works, but both work in safe mode.

I imagine that there are ways to repair it, but as it’s second hand, I would probably be better off with a clean installation. I’ve never owned a Mac before, so although it’s outdated, I’d rather get it back to a default state than install Linux, and it also means that once I’ve finished with it I can pass it on to someone else who would appreciate it.

Is there a way to get the installation media? From what I remember from the last time I tried to get it running, it can use either Snow Leopard or Mountain Lion (10. something?)

Thanks in advance :)

  • @spiffy_spaceman
    3•1 year ago

    If you do find a disc image, to burn it, you will need to make sure your burning software has an option that makes the disc bootable. Toast used to do this, not sure what exists out there these days.

    • TipponOPEnglish
      1•1 year ago

      Thanks for the reminder :)

      I’ve got Windows and Linux running on my other computers, so I should have something, but checking that they can make a Mac boot disc is a good idea :)