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 I’ve never owned a Mac before, so although it’s outdated, I’d rather get it back to a default state than install Linux, and it also means that once I’ve finished with it I can pass it on to someone else who would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 :)

  • Alien_Mortice@lemmy.world
    3·
    1 year ago

    By the way, I think Mac OS Leopard is the most up to date OS that’ll install and run on the old Power PC Macs.

    • Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Thank you :)

      I may have been remembering Mountain Lion because it was the first that didn’t work then. I’ve got limited space to set it up, so I’m trying to get everything ready beforehand, and my memory isn’t great :)