Sorbet Leopard on PowerBook G4 - Custom OS Install / Is it faster?

[@green122s]

I had forgotten about the target mode with a firewire cable. Thanks for bringing it back!

[@QuinsTechCorner]

It’s very handy!! :) Thanks for watching!

[@mattalki]

My wife has one of these, though it's the 867mhz version. She bought it when they were very first released at a cost of $2200 USD. We still have it, though it's sitting in its original box. It's still running Tiger, as I didn't want to saddle it with Leopard at the time. It might be interesting to see how well it works with Sorbet Leopard as an experiment. It's really too bad these machines are so slow, as I really enjoyed them back in the day.

[@QuinsTechCorner]

That’s a fantastic history, nice one! Glad to hear you’ve kept it. Seriously, give sorbet a go, it’ll work a treat. :-)

[@QuinsTechCorner]

Also, maybe you’d like to join our discord server? You’d fit right in. :) discord.gg/6YzQnttZdW

[@dmug]

I remember how cool those edge to edge keyboard were back in the day.

[@QuinsTechCorner]

Haha yeah they’re pretty great to type on too, really good amount of key travel! Thanks for watching! :)

[@QuinsTechCorner]

yeah definitely! I just like to fiddle haha, old games too :) Yes I have, it’s so cool!

[@transitengineer]

Thank you, for sharing adding Sorbet Leopard the unofficial OS X 10.5.9 operating system, to another computer model in my collection a 12-inch G4 PowerBook. Just love the small form factor of these 12-inch laptops and prior to COVID-19, would daily take mine with me each day to the office. These were sold right during what, I like to call the "Golden Age" of Mac computers between the year's 2000 through 2010. Please, put Sorbet Leopard on an install DVD, a set of CD-ROM's, or a USB boot drive for old Power PC systems and then sell a few copies on Ebay. Because, I would be your first buyer at any reasonable cost (even with the required overseas import taxes and shipping delays) ...smile.

[@QuinsTechCorner]

Hi again! Thanks so much for watching, I'm glad you are enjoying these videos. :-) I can see how taking the 12" PowerBook to the office would be a treat! Unfortunately sorbet leopard doesn't come with an installation environment - to install, you restore the .dmg image onto the target hard disk (or partition), so every "install" is different. I'm sure there will be a way for you to get sorbet onto your system though! Perhaps if you restore the .dmg onto a USB, and then boot your target system with a DVD so you can get into disk utility and restore from the USB? Cheers.

[@lepidotos]

@@QuinsTechCorner I just boot off the USB directly, have done it that way on my DLSD, my iBook G4 1.42, and my Power Mac G4 450. The install media is a bootable live environment already.

[@TheOriginalCollectorA1303]

I’ve been thinking about installing Sorbet Leopard on my PowerBook G4 but ideally I’d like to get more storage first for my PowerPC systems. Plus it’ll be fun to try it out on a G4 or G5 desktop machine.

[@QuinsTechCorner]

Good idea!! I have a 32gb mSATA drive on the powerbook and it works well :) I also installed on the iMac G5 which has been nice!

[@TheOriginalCollectorA1303]

SSDs would be nice, I also wouldn’t mind an older hard drive as long as it works well and has a decent amount of storage. It would also be fun to set up a small server to hold software and games for these systems!

[@QuinsTechCorner]

@@TheOriginalCollectorA1303 Yeah SSDs are awesome, but I also reckon a good hard drive is fine, you're right. :)

[@feafox1645]

Did the same on mine and I had really a good time with the new Mac os theme and tenfivetube

[@QuinsTechCorner]

That’s awesome! I will have to try out tenfivetube :) Thanks for watching :)

[@sdbelfort]

Nice video Quin!

[@QuinsTechCorner]

Thanks kindly, glad you liked it!

[@commanderkeen7448]

Thanks for putting up these videos. There aren't too many videos on Sorbet Leopard. I just want to ask if you ran the tune up script? It is in Applications -> Utility Scripts -> Maintenance -> Run System Tuneup . It does some optimization and warms up the graphics card driver (not sure what that means). There are some other scripts in there to toggle on/off OS features to improve performance or add functionality. I think most are enabled by default. Also on another note I just got a PowerBook G4 DLSD 17" . I ordered the 2GB of RAM but I'm torn about the SSD. Do you think the SSD improvement is worth it?

[@QuinsTechCorner]

Hi! Thanks for watching, really glad you enjoyed the video. No, I didn’t actually!! I will have to do that today! Congrats on the new powerbook, but yes, the SSD does definitely make a difference. Not as much as it would make with a faster drive interface, but a difference nonetheless!

[@commanderkeen7448]

There is a good readme about sorbet leopard that gets created on the desktop. I normally don’t read those but I did this time around. The hardening guide was interesting as well, but I won’t be using this PowerBook to do anything with sensitive information. PS , I ordered the SSD for the PB.

[@QuinsTechCorner]

@@commanderkeen7448 Yeah I did have a good read of it on your recommendation, thanks for that! Good to hear you've ordered the SSD, sounds great! You should join our discord (link on my channel) to let us know how it goes!!

[@JuanJacinto]

Hi! I have two powerbooks, one that's not too nice on the outside, but faster processor. And the other one that has a slower processor but looks like new. Do you reckon I can swap the processors to make the best of both combined?

[@QuinsTechCorner]

Hi, If they’re the same model, you could definitely swap the internals into the nicer one! The processor is attached to the motherboard, so that would be the part to swap.

[@mer27279]

Sir, can't type slash first time using mac can u tell me how

[@QuinsTechCorner]

Hi! Sorry, are you trying to type this? /

[@mer27279]

@@QuinsTechCorner Yes ty for the reply I somehow figured it out

[@QuinsTechCorner]

@@mer27279 Ahh, that's good to hear! :)

[@Nikkerston]

im gonna be installing this on my DUAL 1.25GHz Powermac G4 MDD

[@QuinsTechCorner]

Great idea!! I hope you enjoy using it! :)

[@Nikkerston]

@@QuinsTechCorner i got it running and its really good and internet works on the G4 now. In 10.3.9 internet just whould not work. Terminal wont work it gives an system error... I cant remember now but i guess the code was 400. Otherwise its great

[@QuinsTechCorner]

@@Nikkerston That's fantastic, great to hear. :)

[@Nikkerston]

@@QuinsTechCorner terminal not working is not fantastic. it gives a PAM error line 400: system error. i dont know how to fix this and terminal is important

[@QuinsTechCorner]

@@Nikkerston Yeah... I've never come across that I must say, sounds very frustrating..

[@rainbowpcdash]

I got the same laptop power book G4

[@QuinsTechCorner]

That’s great! What do you plan to use it for?

[@rainbowpcdash]

@@QuinsTechCorner I got to get somebody to upgrade it and I'm going to use it for old games and stuff like that I can't get it to work with KZbin though right now I can't find a browser I'm also going to use it for movies

[@rainbowpcdash]

Just made a video of my power book G4

[@QuinsTechCorner]

@@rainbowpcdashAwesome, I will check it out!

[@QuinsTechCorner]

@@rainbowpcdashThat sounds great!

[@kineticnotion]

Vanilla sorbet pls, if you have it

[@QuinsTechCorner]

I do have vanilla!! Lucky, we were down to our left serve so good job you asked. We are not keen on a slow pace here at Quin’s Tech Corner.

[@GAMES-pe2tc]

Amigo no enciede la mia no carga tiene solucion

[@QuinsTechCorner]

Hola! With my knowledge of French and its close proximity to Spanish, I think you're having a charging problem? Try changing the DC-DC board ! You can find parts on PowerPC medic. Cheers!