Re: Upgrade iMac 8.1

On 7/30/24 10:53, Alan wrote:

On 2024-07-29 19:22, philo wrote:

Have to admit I am not familiar with this machine. (or any of the Intel Macs)
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I was given an iMac 8.1 running OSX 10.5.8
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The owner had a 10.6 upgrade DVD but when I try to run it to upgrade, I get a message "will not run on this version."
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Actually, what I really need to do is just upgrade the browser.
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Safari 5 connects to very few websites...I can't even connect to the Apple store
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Any idea where I can get a browser that is better than what I have>
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new version of Firefox will not run
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Also:
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I wanted to empty SOME files from the trash bin NOT all of them
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The ONLY option is to empty the bin>
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I did Google and found two answers
Either hit the command or else the option key
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That gives no option to delete only that file
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Thanks

 I don't know when the option was added, but I think it's been in macOS for quite a while.
 Open the Trash, select the files you want to delete, then hold down the Option key and in the File menu of the Finder, you should find "Delete Immediately..."

I already tried that
I had to delete from the command line
Now a moot point as I am installing Linux on the OSX partition.
If the user wants to go on-line, they will be able to.
The machine is dual booting with XP
All their apps are on the XP section and they will be able to keep using them.
Then boot over to Linux if they need to go on-line.
Will know in 45 minutes or so if this works.
Thanks