Lion WARNING Power PC apps not supported :-(

Apple did NOTHING to warn customers that PPC or Rosetta would not be supported in Lion. The only thing they publicized how great it was. I just got off the phone with a devestated customer which had me in tears because of how much Lion has ruined her life. Apple released this article a month later http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3938 but other than that on the website or in the App Store there is nothing that suggests this. These are the places where people look for compatibility isssues. Also speaking with various groups Apple has to appease upset customers even they failed to show any compassion from a group that is supposed to. I love this company but this was wrong, so very wrong. Rosetta needs to be implemented again. This is like the malware all over again.

just an update for all those that hoped rosetta might return :

The 10.7.1 ( neither will the 10.7.2 ) update wont bring it back. It is gone forever.

Lion is actually wonderful, performance wise, but it won't be too wonderful for users for a while as the needed upgrades need to be brought into place. All I can say now is that this upgrade OS is costing me more than any other OSX upgrade has, but now that I'm working my way through to the other side I think it is a very worthwhile upgrade and a leap into the future that is a natural progress for Apple. I'd rather have this than be on the sidelines waiting for Windows 8 to arrive.

:- )

Ken

I just got the new Lion Mini and nowhere on the box does it say I couldn't use my old apps. Much as I hate to say this , windoze is much better at application support. Apple should try to keep their platform as compatible with prior Mac software as they can make it.

I don't read tech forums and I personally did not know about the drop of support until I transferred the files off my old 10.5 G4 mac.

Needless to say, I am disapointed.

Either update the apps or restore your previous installation.

Csound1 wrote:

Either update the apps or restore your previous installation.

This is the bottom lion (:- ), and this is where Apple should be making a big disclaimer and warning to customers, simply out of respect for not wanting to shock people after the deed is done. It's far better to have information and then be able to make decisions based on information rather than going ahead and upgrading, expecting the best, but getting the worst. It's always better to apprise customers when a big change is looming in the balance. I know I would have appreciated it.

Ken

Kenneth Nielsen wrote:

Csound1 wrote:

Either update the apps or restore your previous installation.

This is the bottom lion (:- ), and this is where Apple should be making a big disclaimer and warning to customers, simply out of respect for not wanting to shock people after the deed is done. It's far better to have information and then be able to make decisions based on information rather than going ahead and upgrading, expecting the best, but getting the worst. It's always better to apprise customers when a big change is looming in the balance. I know I would have appreciated it.

Ken

I won't entirely disagree but, operating without a backup under any circumstances leaves you open to data loss when things go wrong, and things do go wrong (laptop lost/stolen/fell in the sink etc, hard drives die, houses get broken into etc) and that's without even considering user errors.

Not bothering to backup states how little value you put in your data.

Some of those apps have no updates and there are not any current (intel) replacements available. As for going to the previous install, I will have to keep the old computer to use my apps that are not supported.

Oldbike wrote:

Some of those apps have no updates and there are not any current (intel) replacements available. As for going to the previous install, I will have to keep the old computer to use my apps that are not supported.

Which apps?

I am a photographer, and some of the camera specific programs are not updated or covered in Aperture 1,2,or 3 or any recent program, they are specialty programs.

Oldbike wrote:

I am a photographer, and some of the camera specific programs are not updated or covered in Aperture 1,2,or 3 or any recent program, they are specialty programs.

Do you mean apps from the Camera manufacturers or photgraphic apps in general?

Both, from the MFG and specialy sourced software. My general software has been intel compatable for 3 years now.The general stuff is ok but the special stuff makes quite a diffrence in how an image looks.

Here is another example: Mapping software, there is not any intel Mac mapping software.

I too am a photographer (once I earned a living but now I just tinker) I always have used Canon cameras and have lived with their incompatibilities since Snow Leopard, but generally I still use film (TriX, and I still miss RoyalX) so it's not too bad.

Mapping? I use Google/Google Earth but while these work for me I can see a level of need that they might not fulfill.

Don't know what to say, if these issues are serious for you then back to SL is the most prudent course, if not then you'll adapt, curse a little and move on 🙂

For the switch to Lion, I've had to drop software that doesn't or never will work with Lion and switch to other vendors. One of my standby's for OCR software was just not keeping up, I went with a British company which makes a product that is supported in Lion. Good for them.

Nothing will remain the same.

Hang in there.

I used to be a press man, now I sell prints as a second job. I use any system and have a lot of older equipment that I use just for a specific look. Looks like I'll have to keep the old Mac running just for those apps. I tried Google maps and mapquest, I found them too innaccurate for routing locations. I was using Route 66 for X with good results. That too will stay on the old mac. Too bad, I realy wanted to get out of having multiple computers. Looks like I need to shop for an intel model with 10.5 or 10.6 on it.