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Sep 26, 2014 2:34 PM in response to JosephRoyby Kappy,Any Mac running Lion or later does not support any old PPC-only software. So you will have to look at upgrading your old software or replacing it with a substitute. See App Compatibility Table - RoaringApps.
i would bsckup your data to an external hard drive in order to restore it to a new computer when you get one. This is much easier than trying to use Migration Assistant or linking the two together. Then you can dispose of your old computer or put it into storage.
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Sep 26, 2014 2:49 PM in response to Kappyby JosephRoy,In fact i would know if it's possible to virtualize my old 10.4 OS under new mac or create a remote desktop connection ( maybe the tilte could be a bit confusing )
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Sep 26, 2014 4:33 PM in response to JosephRoyby kahjot,You can find pretty good deals on Mac Pros on eBay, especially on first-generation models (2006, or 1,1). If your goal is to keep your software going, a 2006 Mac Pro would work pretty well. It can run Tiger through Lion.
The sweet spot is a Mac Pro that can run Snow Leopard, which is the last OS that has Rosetta, which allows you to use PPC apps. CS2 apps run just fine in Snow Leopard. I haven't tried Quark 6.5 on my Mac Pro, and do not have Freehand MX, but some googling ought to turn up info on how it would work in Snow Leopard. You could always run Tiger or Leopard if necessary if you get a 2006 model. But if everything you need to use can be used with Snow Leopard, you can get a 2009 or 2010 Mac Pro. OWC often has used Mac Pros for sale. If you want to try eBay, take the usual precautions: check feedback carefully, sort listings by location to see if there is anything for sale within your area that you could pick up. If not, look for sellers who can ship it in the original packaging. For less than $300, you should be able to find an early Mac Pro with a decent amount of installed RAM. For $1500 or somewhat less, you should be able to get a 2009 or 2010 Mac Pro, pretty nicely equipped, from OWC.
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Sep 26, 2014 4:37 PM in response to JosephRoyby kahjot,★HelpfulJosephRoy wrote:
In fact i would know if it's possible to virtualize my old 10.4 OS under new mac or create a remote desktop connection ( maybe the tilte could be a bit confusing )
THere was a discussion recently at Macintouch about virtualizing 10.4. Apparently it can be done, but it takes some fiddling. Probably not the way to go.
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Sep 26, 2014 5:06 PM in response to JosephRoyby Kappy,maybe the tilte could be a bit confusing
You think?
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Sep 26, 2014 8:36 PM in response to JosephRoyby MichelPM,★HelpfulEasier way would be to purchase and older, but newer Intel CPU Macs (circa 2009 -2011) that still runs OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard as Snow Leopard is the last release to have a PowerPC emulator called Rosetta, that worked seamlessly in the background that still allowed older PowerPC coded software to still operate in a Intel CPU Mac. The use of Rosetta ended with OS X Snow Leopard as the Rosetta application was licensed to Apple from a company which got bought out, I believe by Micrsoft and Appe could no longer secure their rights to continue to use Rosetta in later versions of OS X.
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