Is there a way to use Picassa on my Mac?

392_H_E_P wrote:

Is there a way to use Picassa on my mac? It is a 32 bit app. I can find the files on my mac, but without Picassa, I lose all edits and organization.

macOS Monterey is 64-bit apps only.

macOS 10.14.6 Mojave was the last OS capable of runing 32 bit applications.

https://picasa.google.com/

Picasa and Picasa Web Albums Help - Google Help

One potential option, would be to run a VM (Virtual Machine) manager, like Parallels or VMware. Then create a VM of an earlier version of macOS ... like Mojave as leroydouglas has mentioned. You should then be able to install Picassa on that VM. Then when you want to use Picassa, just run the VM

As the Mac in question is a 24-in M1 iMac, that rules out installing anything older than Big Sur in a VM as it must be an Apple Silicon capable guest. So if one can even download Picassa any longer, it would have to be installed on a Mac capable of running Mojave or older.

Just to add, Picasa was discontinued approximately 6 years ago.

+1

Ah, great point! Thanks for the correction.