Intel OS X drives not bootable on PPC Macs

Slightly more confusing is the fact that Intel Macs format external drives with APT by default, so if left in the default mode when formatting they won't be able to boot from those drives. On an Intel Mac, you'll have to explicitly set it to GPT to get a bootable external drive. (On the plus side, yay booting from USB!)

Something I haven't seen any mention of one way or the other is whether PowerPC Macs can read GPT (Intel Macs can obviously read APM).

The GUID Partition Table is part of the new firmware that Intel Macs are using: Extended Firmware Interface (EFI)... which is super cool. Yes, a bit frustrating during the transition. But worth it, I think. No complaints from me. =)

I assumed this from the beginning. It is an inconvenience, but not Earth Shattingly so, IMHO.

GPT sounds like "I farted" in french (J'ai p鴩)
Not that you need to care...

Just have two installs on external disks...

Very interesting. There will be some minor hiccups and growing pains. But in the end, I think this will be a successful transformation. The move from the 68000 series to the PowerPC platform didn't get enough press imho. I think it was an engineering feat in that customers were harldy interrupted.

Chris
http://amateureconblog.blogspot.com/Very interesting. There will be some minor hiccups and growing pains. But in the end, I think this will be a successful transformation. The move from the 68000 series to the PowerPC platform didn't get enough press imho. I think it was an engineering feat in that customers were harldy interrupted.

Chris
http://amateureconblog.blogspot.com/

Meh, old news - though it wasn't like it was shouted from the rooftops by Apple, but a lot of news sites picked this up right away.

"This could certainly complicate things for tech supporters who rely on bootable drives to troubleshoot machines..."

Chances are tech supporters like myself already have to have multiple builds for PPC-based Macs already, so what's one more? Heck, we've got a completely separate image just for the scrolling trackpad iBooks, as older builds cause issues on these machines.

"You cannot install Mac OS X on this volume. Mac OS X on Intel startup requires GUID Partition Scheme."

Good article buuuut, that's a total Windows error message. The average user wouldn't know what the heck that means - this is Apple, remember?