Shimms Posted October 3, 2006 Share Posted October 3, 2006 By default the disks that ship with your new Mac are restricted to only install on the specific model they shipped with. Is there any way to overcome this? I've got a mac mini, whos original disks are somewhat damaged - to the extent they do not boot. I also have a G5 iMac which has the original install disk which are not damaged at all. Can I make the disks work for the Mac Mini? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/29255-restoring-mac-mini-from-imac-install-disk/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bartboy919 Posted October 3, 2006 Share Posted October 3, 2006 Mac mini intel or Power PC? if intel no if Power PC it shuld work. If it is intel got to demonid or somewhere and find an intel OS X Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/29255-restoring-mac-mini-from-imac-install-disk/#findComment-201253 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shimms Posted October 4, 2006 Author Share Posted October 4, 2006 Its PowerPC. When it boots up the installer I get a message "This software can not be installed on this computer". Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/29255-restoring-mac-mini-from-imac-install-disk/#findComment-201758 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bartboy919 Posted October 4, 2006 Share Posted October 4, 2006 just go hunting the web for OS X Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/29255-restoring-mac-mini-from-imac-install-disk/#findComment-201957 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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