Installing rosetta from SL Disk does not work

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Installing rosetta from SL Disk does not work

Hello All,

I have spent a good portion of the day trying to install Rosetta from my SL disk; using both the Optional install folder and also utilizing Pacifist software to extract from the SL disk; but without any luck. Each time I install, my iMac says that the install was successful, HOWEVER, I cannot find it anywhere on my computer; neither in my app folder, using Spotlight, or checking for Rosetta in my App folder in the System Profiler.

1. Can anyone tell me what I am doing wrong, and...

2. Help me install Rosetta?

iMac G5, Mac Book Pro (10.6.6), iPhone 3G, Mac OS X (10.6.6)

Posted on Jul 24, 2011 7:46 PM

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Answer 1

Niel

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Jul 24, 2011 8:03 PM in response to tvdowntown

1. Expecting a system-level component to have an accessible UI. Rosetta mostly works behind the scenes and isn't something which can be interacted with directly. If you know exactly what to do, you can determine whether or not it's present, but it's not worth bothering to check if you've just installed it and aren't having any problems.

2. See above.

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Answer 2

May 23, 2012 9:10 AM in response to tvdowntown

Rosetta is an optional application on the install cd for OS x v10.6 if you dont have the CD runing a ppc application is meant to triger an automatic install but never seems to realy work and is almost imposible to find it online

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Answer 3

MlchaelLAX

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May 23, 2012 10:48 AM in response to tvdowntown

TV: why don't you just install Rosetta directly from your Snow Leopard Install DVD by double-clicking on the Optional Installs.mpkg inside the Optional Installs folder?

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