i get command & conquer generals.i tryed to install it.but i saw an error that said powerpc apps no longer supported.how can i fix it.please explain it exactly.
my mac version is 10.8.2
All support for powerpc coded programs was discontinued with Lion. There is nothing to fix - powerpc programs will no longer run under OS X 10.7 or higher.
Your only option really is to go back to 10.6 or use a dual boot setup with 10.6.
No go. Rosetta has been discontinued in the 64-bit Lions, regular and hillside versions. You can't "fix" it; the old code will never run on this OS anymore.
Several workarounds:
Two points:
option 2 (installing SL on a partition to boot into the older OS) will only work if the user's computer originally shipped with an OS older than Lion. If the user has a new computer that originally shipped with Lion or Mt Lion it will not boot SL.
option 3 (installing SL in Parallels) is not supported by Apple or Parallels.
Not altogether true on both counts:
If you had the foresight to keep a bootable SL clone, a new Mac might be coerced into running it. I have an external FW HDD containing both a Leopard and a Snow Leopard partition, dating back from my now dead Early 2008 MBP, both at the lastest versions Apple released. On my Late 2011 MBP, Leopard will definitely NOT boot. But Snow Leopard runs just fine. But of course, YMMV.
As for SL on Parallels Desktop, "not supported" is not equal to "can't happen". But we're not permitted to discuss matters that go against the wishes of the corporate overlords. Will have to search to find out how this is done.
Workarounds:
1. If your Mac will support it, restore OS X Snow Leopard;
2. If your Mac will support it, partition your hard drive or add an external hard drive and install Snow Leopard into it and use the "dual-boot" method to choose between your PowerPC software or Lion/Mt. Lion;
3. Upgrade your software to Intel compatible versions, or find alternative software that will open your data files;
3. Install Snow Leopard (with Rosetta) into Parallels:
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Full Snow Leopard installation instructions here:
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1365439
NOTE: STEP ONE of the instructions must currently be completed on a Snow Leopard or Lion Mac and the resulting modified Snow Leopard.cdr install file can then be moved over to your Mountain Lion Mac for completion of the remaining steps.
NOTE 2: Computer games with complex, 3D or fast motion graphics make not work well or at all in virtualization.
dwb wrote:
option 3 (installing SL in Parallels) is not supported by Apple...
It is a common urban myth that the Snow Leopard EULA prohibits its virtualization in Lion or Mt. Lion. This myth is perpetuated by those who unknowingly repeat it...
Just for the fun of it - call AppleCare and ask for help installing Snow Leopard in virtualization. Go ahead, its a free call. You'll find out that what I said is absolutely true: Apple doesn't support it.
Now for the longer story which, like it or not, is fact, not your reality distorted version of the fact. Apple specifically granted the right to run Snow Leopard Server in virtualization in its EULA. Show me where Snow Leopard has that same right granted. Oh yeah. You can't because Apple doesn't permit it. Note: You can install Snow Leopard Server in VMWare and Parallels without resorting to a hack. You cannot install Snow Leopard without a hack. Why? Oh, maybe because Apple corporate lawyers called both companies when they (briefly) permited it and the ability was once again removed.
Next time I need legal advice from a computer dwb, I'll be sure to call on you...
In the meantime, I will forego your challenge, because it is meaningless. After you attend law school, and then fulfill the requirements of becoming a licensed attorney, you will understand the fallacy of your statements.
In the meantime, it has been approximately 15 months that I have been offering my solution to running PowerPC applications concurrently in Lion by installing Snow Leopard (with Rosetta) into Parallels. None of my substantive posts discussing this issue or even its detailed installation instructions have been deleted by the moderators of this forum (which, more than you, have a nexus to your suggested violation), or even the Parallels support forum.
Further, in all this time, no one has successfully met my challenge to show me any official written statement by Apple in support of the position that virtualization of Snow Leopard in Lion violates the Snow Leopard EULA.
I could give you a few reasons why you "cannot install Snow Leopard without a hack" into VMWare or Parallels, without it having anything to do with the Snow Leopard EULA, but what would be the point?
At the end of the day, if you decide that it is your calling in life to put up roadblocks to people who are looking for a solution to run their PowerPC applications concurrently with Lion or Mt. Lion, then that is what you will do!
I, however, will continue to offer my unimpeded solution to their problem...
Do you think this procedure can ever be made to work on Oracle VirtualBox or VMWare Fusion?
I have no experience with VirtualBox and very little experience with VMWare (other than successfully running OS X Tiger), so I am really not the best person to answer your question.
If you search this forum, I have seen posts that suggests a workaround for VirtualBox and if you Google search, there is a German based blog that suggests a workaround for VMWare.
Thanks, since I have both and a white snow cat DVD, I'll give it a fling. Hoping the magic lies in the fiddling of the installer's datafiles.
power pc apps on mountain lion?
