shanenin Posted October 7, 2009 Report Share Posted October 7, 2009 We got a g4 imac in our repair shop that needed a reload. The problem was it had a bad optical drive. If we had a firewire optical drive around, that would have worked, but we did not. I did have a mac mini at home, using firewire target disk mode, we turned my mac mini into an external firewire drive. It worked really nice. its loading the os as I type. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
isteve Posted October 8, 2009 Report Share Posted October 8, 2009 I've done the same thing once installing the os on a powerbook from a G4 tower. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
iccaros Posted November 4, 2009 Report Share Posted November 4, 2009 We got a g4 imac in our repair shop that needed a reload. The problem was it had a bad optical drive. If we had a firewire optical drive around, that would have worked, but we did not. I did have a mac mini at home, using firewire target disk mode, we turned my mac mini into an external firewire drive. It worked really nice. its loading the os as I type.good work the computer shop here has a Imac in the display with a sign saying do not by a Mac it would Cost $800 to replace the hard drive. I am sure that is what the apple store said it would cost.. but dell says the same thing.. But what is worse the guy told me it was so expensive because Mac created their own disk drives.. This is why I buy more and more stuff on line.. most of the "computer" guys have no clue.. glad to see there are people who still care.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hitest Posted November 4, 2009 Report Share Posted November 4, 2009 Awesome work, shanenin! You provide excellent service for your clients. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
isteve Posted November 4, 2009 Report Share Posted November 4, 2009 On the intel Macs you can install from another Mac or PCs optical drive wirelessly. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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