HELP NEEDED: iPhone4 on Dated G4

[Starbuck1975]

My wife is running an old G4 on Tiger 10.4.11. She is currently also running an iPhone3G.

I just got her an iPhone4, and I believe we have now hit a potential wall. Our understanding from AT&T is that we should synch her current iPhone3G to iTunes, activate her iPhone4 and then synch her iPhone4 to iTunes.

After doing some research, we discovered that iPhone4 require iTunes 9.2.1, but that Tiger won't support past iTunes 9.2.1. I believe that she can currently use her iPhone4 on her current setup, but that she will never be able to push her iPhone4 past v4.2

We called Apple, and didn't get a clear answer on the solution. They suggested she upgrade her OS to Leopard 10.5.

I expect that we will upgrade her to a G5 within the next year, but we need an interim solution for her current G4. Can she continue to run her current setup unchanged and support her iPhone4, or should we upgrade her to Leopard now that she has an iPhone4.

 

[Adramalech]

You will need at least Leopard to install the most recent version of iTunes. The best solution for you will be to update to Leopard (if you cannot find/purchase the disk, take it into an Apple store and they might update it for free...YMMV) and then sync the old phone and then the new phone. I had this issue with a customer a couple days back and they were able to take it in and the Apple Store updated them for free since you cannot purchase Leopard easily anymore. To upgrade to Leopard, you will need at least a 700 mhz computer, 512 megs of ram and (I cannot recall off the top of my head) 7-8 gigs of free space.

Hope this helps a bit

 

[TheStu]

You will need at least Leopard to install the most recent version of iTunes. The best solution for you will be to update to Leopard (if you cannot find/purchase the disk, take it into an Apple store and they might update it for free...YMMV) and then sync the old phone and then the new phone. I had this issue with a customer a couple days back and they were able to take it in and the Apple Store updated them for free since you cannot purchase Leopard easily anymore. To upgrade to Leopard, you will need at least a 700 mhz computer, 512 megs of ram and (I cannot recall off the top of my head) 7-8 gigs of free space.

Hope this helps a bit

I believe it is actually an 867MHz G4, at least that was what was talked about when Leopard first came out. If it has changed, if there is a workaround since then, i am not sure.

 

[Starbuck1975]

You will need at least Leopard to install the most recent version of iTunes. The best solution for you will be to update to Leopard (if you cannot find/purchase the disk, take it into an Apple store and they might update it for free...YMMV) and then sync the old phone and then the new phone. I had this issue with a customer a couple days back and they were able to take it in and the Apple Store updated them for free since you cannot purchase Leopard easily anymore. To upgrade to Leopard, you will need at least a 700 mhz computer, 512 megs of ram and (I cannot recall off the top of my head) 7-8 gigs of free space.

Hope this helps a bit

This helps quite a bit, as it confirms what we were seeing on message boards, but couldn't get a clear answer out of Apple. I looked at my wife's system specs and she exceeds the minimum hardware requirements for Leopard.

This actually caught me by surprise, as I am running a PC of similarly aged OS and components, and my iPhone4 works just fine. How is it possible that a new Apple product is more backwards compatible to a PC based system?

 

[Redfraggle]

This helps quite a bit, as it confirms what we were seeing on message boards, but couldn't get a clear answer out of Apple. I looked at my wife's system specs and she exceeds the minimum hardware requirements for Leopard.

This actually caught me by surprise, as I am running a PC of similarly aged OS and components, and my iPhone4 works just fine. How is it possible that a new Apple product is more backwards compatible to a PC based system?

Apple has more interest in selling more copies of newer OS versions. They don't really care about Windows licenses sold.

 

[Nothinman]

This helps quite a bit, as it confirms what we were seeing on message boards, but couldn't get a clear answer out of Apple. I looked at my wife's system specs and she exceeds the minimum hardware requirements for Leopard.

This actually caught me by surprise, as I am running a PC of similarly aged OS and components, and my iPhone4 works just fine. How is it possible that a new Apple product is more backwards compatible to a PC based system?

MS has always cared more about backwards compatibility, even with 3rd party products, much to both their success and detriment. Apple would rather you just buy all new stuff every few years since they make so much off the hardware.

 

[Starbuck1975]

Thanks everyone. I finally was able to obtain a copy of Leopard via Apple Customer Care.