Due to a disk failure , I reinstalled Snow Leopard on Mac Pro 2010, in order to support a custom appliaction for a CNC machine, I need to have Rosetta installed.
I no longer have the original PPc machine this used to run on.
To avoid unnessary suggestionst here is absolutely no prospect of having the custom application rewritten or ported to a newer system.
Mac Pro
AFAIR it is selected by default.
Not quite. In Leopard, Rosetta was installed by default for both the client and server version.
In Snow Leopard, it's only installed by default with the server version. For the client version, you have to remember to turn on the check box of options during the OS install.
Or install it afterwards from the Extras folder. Or, run any PPC app and you'll be prompted to install Rosetta. I don't know if the latter method works anymore. Probably not.
AFAIR it is selected by default.
Not quite. In Leopard, Rosetta was installed by default for both the client and server version.
In Snow Leopard, it's only installed by default with the server version. For the client version, you have to remember to turn on the check box of options during the OS install.
Or install it afterwards from the Extras folder. Or, run any PPC app and you'll be prompted to install Rosetta. I don't know if the latter method works anymore. Probably not.
> run any PPC app and you'll be prompted to install Rosetta. I don't know if the latter method works anymore
It did work today and downloaded Rosetta although I has deliberately unchecked it in the Server version. Also all Mac OS X 10.6.3-10.6.8 updates downloaded (very fast) and installed (to the server version). My archived installers' certificates were expired so they would need clock adjustments.
BTW VMware Fusion 13.0.2 does not automatically select the correct darwin.iso to install VMware Tools for 64-bit Mac OS X 10.6.3-10.6.8 Server although it is correctly set in VMware initial setup. A workaround is to copy the correct VMware Fusion 13.0.2.app > Contents > Library > isoimages > x86_x64 > darwinPre15.iso and set it to open in VM's CD/DVD prefs and also set the VM clock to 2020 (the certificate had expired March 30 2022).
A large number of 10.6.3 Snow Leopard disks for sale on eBay.
Rosetta can be installed from within the separate Extras folder on the disk.
As Kurt Lang said, Rosetta can be installed from the Mac OS X 10.6.3 installer extras, and AFAIR it is selected by default.
It can also still be downloaded if "Open using Rosetta" is ticked in the app's Finder Get Info (MT NewsWatcher is an "Universal" app so it runs also without Rosetta):
If you want to virtualize Mac OS X 10.6 remember to get the Server version because the Retail version is not allowed in a VM:
Mac OS X Server v10.6.3 rev 1 Snow Leopard Unlimited Clients MC588Z/A
Not sure if you can get your hands on an actual PPC machine for cheap, appropriate hardware is the best option. But if that is not an option for, and you need to run PPC code under Rosetta emulation, then try running an emulated PPC machine on your Intel Mac Pro using a Virtual Box.
You might be able to use VirtualBox and install Snow Leopard with Rosetta, just not sure if that will support your custom CNC software also. For some background ideas see this 2019 forum post:
https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/373967/run-rosetta-on-macos-sierra
"You can try installing Snow Leopard (OS X 10.6.8) in VirtualBox. I was
able to do this using an iMac (21.5 inch, Mid 2011) with High Sierra
installed. I was able to install and use Adobe Create Suite 2 in a Snow
Leopard (OS X 10.6.8) virtual machine. Adobe Create Suite 2 requires
the installation and use of Rosetta."
I have no personal experience with that, but was thinking of other emulation options that might be helpful.
Pacifist is a mac OS X software tool that lets you install portions of the OS from a DVD media, I am not sure if you can find the Rosetta packages and perform an equivalent optional installation from the original media onto an Intel computer.
You would need the original Snow Leopard install DVD.
TheLittles wrote:
Rosetta is still in beta. Put this post in the Apple Developer Forums. Seems you may get a better answer there, being others have come across this within Apple developer info.
The Rosetta referred to here is certainly not in beta. In fact it was discontinued as of OS X 10.7 Lion.
Good information to know. I did have SL Server installed in a VM up until about 6 months ago, and it was still able to collect all OS updates from Apple's servers. So it does make sense it would still be able to retrieve Rosetta.
Hagar45 Said:
"Is it still possible to install Rosetta on Macos Snow Leopard ( 10.6.8): Due to a disk failure , I reinstalled Snow Leopard on Mac Pro 2010, in order to support a custom appliaction for a CNC machine, I need to have Rosetta installed. I no longer have the original PPc machine this used to run on. To avoid unnessary suggestionst here is absolutely no prospect of having the custom application rewritten or ported to a newer system."
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Upgrading to Rosetta from macOS Snow Leopard:
Rosetta is still in beta. Put this post in the Apple Developer Forums. Seems you may get a better answer there, being others have come across this within Apple developer info.
Hagar45 Said:
"The Rosetta referred to here is certainly not in beta. In fact it was discontinued as of OS X 10.7 Lion."
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Good catch! Took this as a mistaken upgrade..
Is it still possible to install Rosetta on Macos Snow Leopard ( 10.6.8)
