Accessing PowerPC applications in Mountain Lion

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Accessing PowerPC applications in Mountain Lion

Hi everyone, apologies if my questions have been asked before, but I was unable to find an answer.

My problem is that I just upgraded to Mountain Lion from Snow Leopard and discovered that one of my programs doesn't work because it is a PowerPC application. I only need temporary access to the program in order to export my data to a new version of the same program.

Should I create an external drive that can run PowerPC applications? Is that difficult to do? I have a full retail version of the Snow Leopard OS. Is creating an external drive the best option for the temporary access that I need? Could I simply boot my now Mountain Lion machine from the Snow Leopard DVD, access the program via my external Super Duper backup, and export my data from there?

Thanks for your help!

Brad

OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)

Posted on Mar 7, 2013 8:42 AM

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Niel

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Mar 7, 2013 8:44 AM in response to btemple

If the backup is a bootable clone, connect it, restart the computer with the Option key held down, tab to it, and press Enter. If not, insert the Mac OS X 10.6 install DVD, restart with the C key held down, and install it onto a blank partition or drive.

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macjack

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Mar 7, 2013 8:45 AM in response to btemple

If you have an external SD backup, why not copy your data directly from it?

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btemple Author

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Mar 7, 2013 9:43 AM in response to macjack

I'd like to, but the program actually needs to convert and export the files so that they are compatible with the new version. I backed up just the one data file that I thought I needed, but discovered that the upgraded program itself (and the only version that runs on Mountain Lion) wouldn't recognize my data.

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btemple Author

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Mar 7, 2013 9:45 AM in response to Niel

Hi Niel, thanks for that. Could I boot in Mac OS X 10.6 using my DVD and access the program in question on my Super Duper external clone without having to create a bootable partition? I don't think my Super Duper clone is bootable, unfortunately.

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varjak paw

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Mar 7, 2013 10:10 AM in response to btemple

Could I boot in Mac OS X 10.6 using my DVD and access the program in question on my Super Duper external clone without having to create a bootable partition?

Sorry but no. The install DVD does not allow access to any other volumes. You'll have to install 10.6 on some volume.

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MlchaelLAX

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Mar 7, 2013 12:32 PM in response to btemple

btemple wrote:

I'd like to, but the program actually needs to convert and export the files so that they are compatible with the new version...

Could you be more specific as to which PowerPC application you need to run; thanks!

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