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Brilliant little tool ! - Version: 2.3.2, 12/15/2008 07:33AM PST
tyronstorm
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- Brilliant little tool !
To point out the obvious - Version: 2.3.2, 11/26/2008 02:15PM PST
Gennx30
you should state this is for PPC macs. I was overjoyed when I first found out
not seeing this stated anywhere, unless im blind,I tried it on a free partition.didnt work
I bought a Leopard1 0.5 disc for my iMac thinking I was getting a deal
But when it came to installing, I was stopped dead at the 'proceed in this language' screen
Well, my iMac can accept a retail Leopard but not the machine specific iMac installer (grey disc)
Mine is 667 mhz-the discs minimum is 767.
Well after tons of dead ends and fooling around, I finally was able to make a boot disc that ignored
BOTH the 767 requirement, and the <imac5,1/3/4/5> series #, so the machine didnt care.
Mine is model iMac5,1, it all installed fine including the iLife '08
It worked fine
But when a chance to buy a retail 10.5.4 disc came at a good price, I jumped: I figured many of the early bugs must have been worked out to integrate it all into this seemless install, that even a combo update cant address.
Dont suppose youll ever make one for just this sort of thing for Intel
not seeing this stated anywhere, unless im blind,I tried it on a free partition.didnt work
I bought a Leopard1 0.5 disc for my iMac thinking I was getting a deal
But when it came to installing, I was stopped dead at the 'proceed in this language' screen
Well, my iMac can accept a retail Leopard but not the machine specific iMac installer (grey disc)
Mine is 667 mhz-the discs minimum is 767.
Well after tons of dead ends and fooling around, I finally was able to make a boot disc that ignored
BOTH the 767 requirement, and the <imac5,1/3/4/5> series #, so the machine didnt care.
Mine is model iMac5,1, it all installed fine including the iLife '08
It worked fine
But when a chance to buy a retail 10.5.4 disc came at a good price, I jumped: I figured many of the early bugs must have been worked out to integrate it all into this seemless install, that even a combo update cant address.
Dont suppose youll ever make one for just this sort of thing for Intel
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won't run if dvd is in macbook/pro in fwtdm 
- Version: 2.3.1, 10/6/2008 10:03AM PST
Bobby June
chose all four 'where is the dvd" settings. dont have any other way.
nice app, tho....
nice app, tho....
Tried it on several macs - Version: 1.2, 7/5/2008 10:01PM PST
working angel
I have several macs that I have tried it on, the only one that will not accept it is my 800MHz 17" imac. I even tried to do the open firmware to no avail. I hope someone finds a way of doing it. I maxed-out my RAM on all machines first, so that took some time. The lowest is a 533MHz. I do suggest having a little more than half of your hard drive available before trying it. I learned the hard way on the 533MHz. I had a 40Gb then went to an 80GB.
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- Tried it on several macs (1 replies)
Works great on my 533 Digital Audio - Version: 1.2, 3/26/2008 02:57AM PST
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corepromos
I guess mileage will vary, but this product helped me install 10.5 on my trusty 533MHZ Digital Audio Mac, no hiccups at all. Leopard runs decently, no slower than 10.4 anyways...
Wannabeware... - Version: 1.1, 3/23/2008 02:07PM PST
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VBVB
After going through that whole rigmarole to 'fool the pre 867Mhz cpu into thinking it is post 867Mhz' my 800Mhz G4 iMac (the 'Lamp') turned out decidedly unimpressed: it still keeps rejecting regular Leopard installer disks yet plays any other disk happily.
Another time waster I'm afraid.
Another time waster I'm afraid.
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It does what it says on the tin - Version: 1.0, 12/22/2007 04:00AM PST
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rp_dotmac
This app does exactly what it promises: it fools the Leopard DVD into installing onto a sub-867MHz Mac and does it easily and smoothly. In my case it installed onto a dual 500MHz Gigabit Ethernet G4 with no trouble or difficulty during or after installation. Running Leopard on a below-spec Mac may or may not be wise, but that is a separate (and arguably irrelevant) issue when reviewing whether or not this app successfully does what it claims -- which it certainly does. I therefore have no hesitation in giving it 5 stars.
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- It does what it says on the tin (1 replies)
Possibily useful for some folk - no real Leopard interest here - Version: 1.0, 12/22/2007 01:33AM PST
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ol_pip
drtimothyjames I agree totally. I've seen it happen before. Cpu models released during a certain time frame only have a limited amount of use before they are outdated due to advancements in processing speeds and because of that time in it's self has laid to rest many a beloved PowerPC all over the globe. I've got a clean and quite operative SE/30 sitting in the closet that is for sale. Museum piece in some sense and inquiries are welcome. There is a 9600 Tower hollowed out and used as a flower planter in the backyard. There are web sites out there to assist in constructing working guppy tanks out of the original Macs. My current running Mac is a 733 so I'm right on the edge of thinking of installing a OS that already has problems so I've been reading? Jumping? Did that on my last Mac and yes, it did run faster afterwards but also in the long run wore the computer down quicker. Upgrading to 10.4.11 from 10 caused Safari to not read bookmarks so I turfed that processor hungry app and now gone back to something I remember from a while back - Netscape Navigator (for OS X?!) Nah. Let's see 10.5.4 before it is maybe stable enough to buy in on another slightly better Mac and use the next level. This patch attempt is honorable trying to milk the last usefulness from yet another passing technology we all are sitting in front of at this moment. In a case like this I'm sticking with 10.4 until it becomes a not too long ago dinosaur like OS 4.1, 5.3, 6.4, 7.5... For the people who want to attempt the leap into Leo on pre-867s: do want you think is best and thanks for offering LeopardAssist 0.9 as a option. Won't get anythink like this from Apple. And if this does work - then all is well.
Just what I was waiting for......and I am still wating! 
- Version: 1.0, 12/21/2007 06:25PM PST
rspress2005_dotmac
I was hoping for a program like this to come out as I did not want to edit and reburn the Leopard DVD, reformat and use Target Disk Mode or Overclock my Mac.
As promising as it sounded it just did not work. I followed the directions and it still reported my Mac as 800mhz and Leopard knew it. I even tried a few things that I thought might help. Nada, Leopard knew the correct speed everytime.
I just I can wait to see if the next upgrade works or just bite the bullet and whip out the MacBook Core Duo and put the old Mac in target disk mode. Either that or whip out the canned air and soldering gun and have a go at those jumpers.
As promising as it sounded it just did not work. I followed the directions and it still reported my Mac as 800mhz and Leopard knew it. I even tried a few things that I thought might help. Nada, Leopard knew the correct speed everytime.
I just I can wait to see if the next upgrade works or just bite the bullet and whip out the MacBook Core Duo and put the old Mac in target disk mode. Either that or whip out the canned air and soldering gun and have a go at those jumpers.
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Had an old G4 power mac sat gathering dust in the office, found a leopard install disc knocking around, ran this doozy and bingo ! The 2002 G4 now runs leopard 10.5.5 with no fuss, updated the RAM to 1.5 GB just to make things slicker, the machine now has quicklook, stacks and all the other handy bits and bobs on a (what we thought) was an obsolete Mac, thanks to this software, its been resurrected into a fully fledged OSX 10.5 bad boy !
I fully recommend this to any G4 and older G5 users !