Mac Catch 22

I drive a Mac. A G-5. It’s a few years old, but it works well for everything I want to do. I’m happy.
Today, my husband wanted to make me happy(er). He bought me an iPod shuffle to use when I exercise. I was happy.
Iplugged it iPod in. It said I needed to up-date iTunes. Ok, I can do that. I downloaded iTunes 10.0.1.
Then, I opened the installer. It didn’t open. Instead, it told me I needed OS-10.5.
Wait, I have a G-5, it doesn’t support 10.5.

I’m going to get a call from a Mac support person on Friday. Maybe, it will help.

"Wait, I have a G-5, it doesn’t support 10.5. "

it should. 10.6 is the one that drops PowerPC support.

Yes. G5’s support 10.5 just fine. Good luck finding a copy to buy, though.

http://shop.ebay.com/?_from=R40&_trksid=p3907.m570.l1313&_nkw=osx+10.5&_sacat=See-All-Categories

:smiley:

There’s some older versions of iTunes available here. Perhaps you can find one that’s new enough to keep your shuffle happy, but old enough to run on your computer.

I have iTunes.

I had a talk with the manager at the local Apple Store. She is going to try to find an older, but unused iPod shuffle that I can use. She also said that if all else fails she will load it feom my own CDs. How’s that for customer service?