Installing Mac OS X Leopard on the Apple TV (1st generation)

scj312 said:
No worries, I can grab the one from MEGA and upload it along with the files I uploaded to archive.org.

Edit: Hm, I've been trying to upload for the past hour and it's been stuck on "Starting upload". Is something awry?
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It's most likely uploading, it's a weird bug after implementing support for both http and https where the progressbar does not display at all.

Funnily enough Drupal works in mysterious ways and the form has two ways of uploading files, one is selecting the file, scrolling to the bottom and hitting Save (usually works best) and the one where you select file and click upload and receive no more feedback than the upload starting
 
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fogWraith said:
It's most likely uploading, it's a weird bug after implementing support for both http and https where the progressbar does not display at all.

Funnily enough Drupal works in mysterious ways and the form has two ways of uploading files, one is selecting the file, scrolling to the bottom and hitting Save (usually works best) and the one where you select file and click upload and receive no more feedback than the upload starting
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Ah, I'll let it continue in the background then. Thanks for the heads up!

Edit: It completed! I'll finish up the listing later, have some other things to attend to!
 
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I can honestly say I never once thought an Apple TV could run OSX haha. This seems like a fun project if I ever come across one.
Aside from the cost nowadays is this just a novelty or is there a usage for having OSX on Apple TV?
 
Drake said:
I can honestly say I never once thought an Apple TV could run OSX haha. This seems like a fun project if I ever come across one.
Aside from the cost nowadays is this just a novelty or is there a usage for having OSX on Apple TV?
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For me, it is a novelty, but it could be used as a file or media server around the home. These are cheap and don't use much power.
 
Ok, I tried uploading the .dmg file. I figured I could add the boot.efi as an additional like other collections I see on the garden site. Anyway, it it stalls at starting upload. . . with no sign of progress, so I am going to let it sit there a while and come back later to see if it finishes or does something after a while.
 
As an update, I've been working on getting Snow Leopard running on the Apple TV. I have it booting most of the way, but the system reboots when the WindowServer starts. I need to do some more experimentation with different video connections and resolutions, as well as some driver nonsense to see if I can get this to boot the rest of the way.
 
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scj312 said:
As an update, I've been working on getting Snow Leopard running on the Apple TV. I have it booting most of the way, but the system reboots when the WindowServer starts. I need to do some more experimentation with different video connections and resolutions, as well as some driver nonsense to see if I can get this to boot the rest of the way.
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Thanks! We would like to see higher macos on appletv, thank you for not letting them to be landfill
 
Does this work with using the internal drive? I'm getting the flashing question mark icon because I anticipated the 10.4 install, not this install
 
Nixontheknight said:
Does this work with using the internal drive? I'm getting the flashing question mark icon because I anticipated the 10.4 install, not this install
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first thing you need is a convertor between Apple TV PATA Drive and to something you can connect to your powermac G4
 
JasonJJJ said:
first thing you need is a convertor between Apple TV PATA Drive and to something you can connect to your powermac G4
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i flashed the ISO to my Apple TV's hard drive directly using my 2009 Mac Mini and a PATA to USB converter I bought off of ebay
 
JasonJJJ said:
alright, but i already have macos on internal harddrive
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ok now I have a question, when you run the final command before the unmount, is the partition supposed to show back up on the desktop if I do it correctly? it didn't, but I'm curious
 
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