OS X lion and Rosetta
Can I manually install Rosetta to allow PowerPC (Photoshop CS) to run?
Mac OS X (10.7.4)
Can I manually install Rosetta to allow PowerPC (Photoshop CS) to run?
Mac OS X (10.7.4)
No. Rosetta does not work in Lion. Nor will any other PPC applications. You should upgrade your PPC-only software to current versions that will work with Lion.
Nope. No one has come up with a way to do that. And believe me the best minds in the hacker world have probably tried. PowerPC code is dead on Lion and later.
Not outside of Mac OS X Server running in emulation.
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You could install Snow Leopard (and Rosetta) into Parallels 7 in Lion:
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Full instructions for installing Snow Leopard:
I have to agree that this is the best way to go if you NEED to access the PPC application.
Kirk Snustad wrote:
I have to agree that this is the best way to go if you NEED to access the PPC application.
The continued reliance on outdated PPC coded programs will only leave you further and further behind with little to no Developers giving any more support to PPC versions of their software, so it is time to either update or find similar programs that will work in the latest OSXs. Or else you may well be left with a computer running nothing but ancient and incompatable Software.
Good Luck.
Pete
Kirk Snustad wrote:
I have to agree that this is the best way to go if you NEED to access the PPC application.
Thank you for your kind comments, Kirk.
You can also try a VirtualBox installation of Snow Leopard within which you should be able to run Rosetta applications. Here's a detailed explanation:
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/apple/run-virtualized-snow-leopard-and-rosetta-on-lion /10898
You could also have a snow Leopard Partition too. I have a few games that need Rosetta. Not sure what the vest way is to run them. One is a baseball one that saves stats, so I'd need to be able to save. Is Parallels a better way to go for that?
Dave: This thread is stale and some of the information is out of date (like the VirtualBox tip). Please find a current thread on this subject if you have more questions.
But for now, the link I posted above for using Parallels is still current. A stats program should run fine in Parallels running Snow Leopard (I am assuming the stats program is PowerPC). I always advise saving data outside of virtualization, even of Windows.
Partition will work for the "dual-boot" method, but when you are booted into Snow Leopard, you will not have access to Lion or Mt. Lion.
Good to know, thanks!
It's actually a Commodore 64 Emulator I need to run. The one I have is good, but it is a PPC app. There are others that seem to work on Lion and I will try those
OS X lion and Rosetta