Sorbet Leopard Mac OS X - Install Guide and Review - 2023
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- Опубліковано 27 сер 2024
- In this video I'll go through a comprehensive Sorbet Leopard Mac OS X install and overview video for 2023! Explore the latest update from Sorbet Leopard 1.5, the unofficial build of Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) that combines elements of Mac OS X 10.5.8, the PowerPC beta of Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard), and PowerPC binaries extracted from Universal portions of Mac OS X 10.6.8. This unique blend removes unneeded Intel binaries, streamlining the system for improved PowerPC performance. Sorbet Leopard Revision 1.5, the latest update released on May 2, 2022, incorporates over 70 new features, making it an exciting upgrade for PowerPC Mac users. I’ll guide you through a step-by-step installation process of Sorbet Leopard, highlighting some of its exclusive enhancements. Discover the improved user experience, performance optimizations, and explore the Sorbet Leopard App Store, designed to cater specifically to this flavor of Sorbet Leopard. Whether you're a Mac enthusiast, or simply curious about this unofficial but unique version of Mac OS X, this video is your go-to resource. Join us on this exciting journey and unlock the full potential of Sorbet Leopard on your PowerPC Mac. It’s PowerMac G4 and G5 compatible. Experience the sweetness of Sorbet Leopard and its over 70 new features on your PowerPC Mac today!
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Chapter markers
1:24 How to setup and Install Sorbet Leopard.
4:06 What’s New in Sorbet
Leopard? + Thoughts.
6:19 First Boot!
8:51 Sorbet
Leopard App Store
What is it?
11:05 Am I Able to Web Browse?
How About UA-cam?
14:32 What’s New In
Sorbet Leopard,
Preferences, Settings,
Time Machine
and more!
20:28 GeekBench Test
Results.
21:57 Quake Arena for Mac!
25:15 Final thoughts.
I so miss those mid 2000s Mac OSes. A shame you don't have a converter to record directly from the screen. The colors in the OS are stunning. I love and miss em! I wonder how many people out there are still using these old Macs for a very specific program. I think Snow Leopard is my last favorite from that era. GJ getting it running on an SSD and on the vid! Lots of Nostalgia here and great comments from those whole still enjoy using them. This could still make out for a great educational PC for a young kid if you find the right software similar to how I found a G4 at the dump which I installed 10.4 Tiger on it, put in a larger drive, and upgraded the ram to 1.25GB.
Hey there! I bought a capture device but it only does HDMI :( SO Now I need to by one that supports DVI, VGA passthrough, such a money sink to do things right ;( But your 100% spot on that it doesn't look great otherwise.. I'm amazed what people trough away and consider useless. But if I collected all their junk id have a junkyard in my house soon. But I'll probably restore/refurb a few and donate some soon! Looks like i'll be posting a new trash to treasure video soon so stay tuned! Thanks again!
Just ordered some adapters vga and dvi to HDMI.. let's see if they work and how much signal loss there is..
@@RememberThisTech LOLz I know I know. I have old IBM servers and other stuff. I feel like everything has a soul and meant to continue to be a productive member of society vs how people just toss things away like pocket lint. And I'm sure you agree it's fun just seeing what you can still do with the old tech!
@itstheMR it is fun! That's why I do it. Plus, testing and seeing how stuff can run faster in different OS and giving them new purpose.
The art of using PowerPC Macs online is getting the right software - TenFourFox and InterWebPPC are more compliant than the old version of Lepoard Webkit used in Leopard (and work in Tiger too.)
Leopard Webkit is still efficient to play UA-cam though - it works for me on my G4 Powerbook. Using PPCMC7 UA-cam even plays on old G3 Macs.
Hi and welcome to the channel! Thanks for the info and tips! I couldn't get a supported TenFOurFox version, I suppose I could have gotten and older release of it. This G5 video card is only 64 meg so it's pretty anemic ;( If I can find a 128 or 256 meg one I could play higher resolutions and play some better games. But hey I'm just happy this runs as well as it does! I'll look into other software and see what I can get for it. Thanks again for watching and commenting I appreciate it :)
@@RememberThisTech 64Mb is rather low - a better card will improve games and the GUI a little but not video - hardware acceleration wasn't available for PowerPC.
@@retrotechnical Ahh good info tyvm! I'm just having fun learning and restoring these old machines, bringing them back to life from when people basically throw them away ;( They still have use and life ;) I've just come into some more Mac Systems.. Hint hint, new videos soon.. Thanks again!
@@RememberThisTech I've done some retro Mac videos here: www.youtube.com/@squeezingtheapple6990/videos
I'd recommended the Macrumors PowerPC section - loads of advice there - good luck :)
YOU CAN USE INDIVIOUS SITE - IT IS FASTER THAT UA-cam ITSELF.
Realmente me ha sorprendido positivamente este video, desconocía que hubiera una versión como esta compatible con los Mac G4 y G5 , que le da una segunda vida a estos equipos al poder seguir navegando por internet a día de hoy .
Muy útil , la verdad para mucha gente con equipos que ya no usa debido a su obsolescencia programada a nivel software y acaban abandonando los equipos al no resultar ser útiles a día de hoy , o mas bien hace ya algunos años si no me equivoco.
gracias por tu gran aporte.
¡Hola, José! Sí, estaba bien usando 10.4.11 en este Dual G5, pero la búsqueda web no funcionaba debido a que los navegadores no eran compatibles, TLS, etc. PERO encontré SOrbet Leopard y ese grupo hizo esta versión actualizando G4 y G5 Mac, así que al menos ellos se puede usar, pero las personas que no tienen mucho dinero y pueden extender la vida útil de este hardware agradable pero más antiguo :) Quiero decir, ¿por qué tirarlo? ¡Aún funciona! ¡Solo necesito una tarjeta de video un poco mejor para jugar Halo Haha! Gracias de nuevo aprecio su apoyo!
I picked up a G5 Solo system on the Cheap last fall. I need to get it figured out!
I was looking up Upgrades and realized I was Poor lol
Hi there! Congrats on your G5 sys! Well, I think you could start with an ssd and Sorbet Leopard like i did here.That will bring you pretty up to date, and like I mentioned, even a cheap 256gb ssd will do. Do a piece at a time, and remember Rome wasn't built in a day, so you don't have to rush it :) Thanks for watching and commenting. I appreciate ita
@@RememberThisTech Yea. I opened that sucker up and saw all the RAM that was installed!!! they were each 128MiB lol
@MotownBatman You were excited and surprised at all those ram sticks, then instantly sad :(
@@RememberThisTech Still happy none the less. My guess was they were all 1GiB, well Hopeful Guess
@@MotownBatmanHopefully you can find some old RAM for quite a cheap price. It was used in millions of old PCs too, so there's plenty out there. I wouldn't be surprised if some people were giving it away. An SSD will improve things too. As long as you remember the G5 is around 20 years old, and set your expectations appropriately, I'm sure you'll have some fun.
Hi, new subscriber here as of Jun 23, 2024. I like the presentation of the video, the steps were easy to follow but, somehow after multiple tries, I could not boot into Sorbet Leopard R15. I have the Mac Mini G4 PPC with OS 10.5.8. The partition I created for Clone Sorbet is an external SSD hard drive. The clone was completed successfully but when I went to Startup Disk the drive was not present so I knew it would not boot to Sorbet. I tried it anyway but no such luck. On another attempt, I did get the blinking ? I tried holding down the alt key during startup and only the original Ma HDD drive displayed. I tried the same with a few flash drives and the results are the same No Sorbet Leopard. Haven't the foggiest idea why the set is not working for me.
Hi there !! Some of those erea macs only boot from the primary sata where your original boot drive is. Remove it and connect your new drive there and test. Also I used carbon copy cloner for mine. Did you try reseting Nvram on your Mac mini? Let me know. Thanks!
@@RememberThisTech I think I will buy a 256 GB 2.5" IDE SSD Drive and an IDE 44Pin 2.5 inch Hard Disk Case Enclosure for the Notebook or Laptop. Partition it (40, 90, 126) clone the original Hard drive to the 40GB, CCC Sorbet to the 90GB, and use the 126GB for Time Machine. Hopefully, this resolves my issue because an external flash drive or hard drive (mine; NVMe SATA SSD ) did not work. In fact quick way to check was to open the Startup Disk utility and see if my NEW drive was listed. It wasn't so therefore I knew the Sorbet would not boot up. Thought?
@FarebrothaChronicle Do you mean to buy and use a ide to sata adapter? I wasn't aware of ide ssds. Did you try putting the ssd on the primary sata channel? Your idea might work it could also be something wierd going on with your machine. Let me know how it works for you. It will be interesting to know for others here on the channel. Ty
I recently bought a G5 PowerPC Mac to use a Polaroid SprintScan 4000 film scanner with a SCSI card. However, the card that I bought doesn’t have the proper connector. Can you pleas recommend a PCI-X to SCSI card to use with this Mac?
Hi and welcome to the channel. I don't have much experience with Mac pci to scai adpters. Best guess would be to research one on Google and see what can be found.
@@RememberThisTech Thanks! Indeed that’s what I did ,albeit, I thought I had the correct card and then it wasn’t. Despite the fact that it’s a PCI-X to SCSI but the connector on the card is different from the SCSI cable on the scanner!
@rbruce63 darn that's not good. Is it possible to return the card and try another one?
@@RememberThisTech I don’t think so!
@@rbruce63 perhaps there's an adapter for the card. Like 40 pin to 80 pin 160 to 80 something along those lines
An interesting project!👍👍What type of ram., does it use and what is the maximum amount of ram., which can be installed?
Hey there, Laurence! I believe it takes 533 MHz PC2-4200 DDR2 up to 16 gig total as this machine has 8 ram slots. Thanks!!
Hello Jason, I did reply to your reply, but for some reason it has disappeared, the Brave browser is meant to be good for older Macs, but they did not state how old, it may be worth a try though. DDR2 ram., is fairly cheap here in the UK., is that the case in the USA?
Hey Laurence! Yeah that's weird because Jose said he replied and it didn't take or post on another video either! No Bueno! Thanks for the tip Re- Brave Browser, Always good to have a backup browser solution for an older non-supports mac ;) I've got a bunch of DDr2 sticks, 1 gigs and a couple 2 gigs. I could get the system up to 6 or maybe even 8 gigs! But I really need a 128 or 256 meg apple video card in there! Because It's rough and can barely play back 720p ;( Not to mention Halos out of the play range LOL. DDR 2 can be cheap but I've got to shop around depends. Thanks again for the support and feedback!
@@RememberThisTech Hello Jason, it's not just your channel that posts disappear from and I do not know what causes it. A video card will probably turn up.
I can go from Mac OS X Leopard to Sorbet Leopard Right? With out loosing any data right?
Hi, and welcome to the channel. If I were you I'd back my data up first. Then install Sorbet leopard. I can't be sure you would lose your data. Thanks for watching and commenting. I appreciate it :)
Would be perfect if it had classic
Hey there and welcome to the channel! I have the original video where I installed el Capitan on it as well. ua-cam.com/video/66alHVBGNnI/v-deo.htmlsi=gZFAQ5qiBZhxRaTY
Thanks for watching and commenting :)
i have 7 g5s rangimg from a dual ghz 7,2 to a quad 11,2 all mine can play youtube at 720p 60 and 1080p for the quad and dual core 2.5 all my video cards are 128mb to 512mb in the case of the quad and dual core 2.5 with there quadro fx 4500s
Hi, and welcome to the channel! Wow, you have quite a nice G5 collection there :) I wouldn't mind a 128 meg card to replace my 64 meg card lol Let alone you have three quadro fx 4500s awesome!! I've more older Mac stuff coming up soon! Thanks for watching and commenting. I appreciate it :)
WRONG. There is not one piece of Snow Leopard code in “Sorbet”. “Sorbet” is just Leopard (literally, it IS Leopard) with a few switches flipped and apps/tools already installed.
Not one piece of Snow Leopard, beta or official, was used. STG
Hi and welcome to the channel! Woo Don't kill the messenger ty! If I'm wrong I admit stuff but here's where I got that info apple.fandom.com/wiki/Sorbet_Leopard
Now my question is were these sites both wrong? Or?
And this site also talks about "Mac OS X 10.5.8, as many parts and components as possible have also been transplanted from Mac OS X 10.6.8 Into Sorbet Leopard".
here: forums.macrumors.com/threads/sorbet-leopard-your-power-mac-unleashed-revision-1-5-released.2300924/
Whatever the case may be it still allows more functionality for ageing Power PC based G4 and G5 Macs.
Just curious. Thanks
@@RememberThisTech sorbet was authored by z970. Per his own words, he neither utilized Snow Leopard pre-release code nor was the beta available to z970 at the time. Remember the PPC Snow Leopard beta was leaked only recently.
“Moreover, Sorbet Leopard does not contain any code, assets, or components from any builds of the recently discovered Mac OS X Snow Leopard early alpha whatsoever.”
Get on the forum and ask z970 for further details.
I shall check it out ty for the info ;)
hi, you said, using apple partition map, how to active it? in video i can't see how to set APM.
Hi there, I used Mac OSX journaled when I erased/Partitioned the new SSD I was imaging Sorbet to.
@@RememberThisTech in my iMac G4 (A1065) the disk is macos exented journaled, it's ok? I tried to install sorbit in an external disk, i formatted as the internal disk and i follow the macgarden procedure after i installed the external disk in my mac as system disk, but didn't boot. I'll try to partition the current system disk, maybe I'll be luckier. Thank you in advance :)
@@ttwclubcom I had used my existing G5 and used carbon copy cloner to image the new ssd with sorbet leopard on it. But I used the second internal sata port to hook up the ssd I was imaging/cloning Sorbet to. Also note that only the one SATA channel would ast as a boot so I removed the El Capitan from it and hooked up the newly imaged ssd to that sata port and it booted. Might also have to clear Nvram. Let me know how it goes for you.
@@RememberThisTech thank you for support, about "Might also have to clear Nvram" How do I clean NVRAM?
@@ttwclubcom Shut down your Mac.
Press the power button to turn on your Mac.
Immediately press and hold Option, Command, P, and R.
Hold these keys down until you hear the startup sound twice. ...
Release the keys and let your Mac continue to start up as usual.