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Q: Macbook pro error statement = Power PC applications no longer supported?

Trying to load an older version of Rosetta Stone but got an error message about Power PC applications no longer supported.  Is there something I can install to fix this?

MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.4)

Posted on Sep 12, 2013 2:40 PM

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Q: Macbook pro error statement = Power PC applications no longer supported?

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  • by ds store,

    ds store ds store Sep 12, 2013 2:43 PM in response to akazbmw
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    Sep 12, 2013 2:43 PM in response to akazbmw

    Download the newer version from their website and use the older serial key or contact them.

     

    OS X 10.7 and 10.8 do not support the older PowerPC processor binaries like OS X 10.5-10.6 did.

     

     

    However if your willing to work at it, you can install 10.6 (and  Rosetta for PPC apps) into a virtual machine program (in Mountain Lion 10.8) and then install your older Rosetta Stone into that.

     

    Snow Leopard on 10.7+ Mac

  • by OGELTHORPE,

    OGELTHORPE OGELTHORPE Sep 12, 2013 3:35 PM in response to akazbmw
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    Sep 12, 2013 3:35 PM in response to akazbmw

    If your MBP is a 2011 model or earlier, you can partition your internal HDD and install 10.6 and then run PPC programs.

     

    Ciao.

  • by MlchaelLAX,

    MlchaelLAX MlchaelLAX Sep 12, 2013 5:04 PM in response to ds store
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    Sep 12, 2013 5:04 PM in response to ds store

    ds store wrote:

     

    Snow Leopard on 10.7+ Mac

    ds:  I just read your user tip for the first time and have some comments to the first section: 

     

    If your Mac came from the factory with Lion 10.7. 10.8 or later OS X versions installed:

     

    •  The YouTube video you link is an excellent tutorial created from my original instructions on how to install Snow Leopard "client" into Parallels, and not the Server version.  Hence your reference to it, will only result in confusion by someone looking to merely install Snow Leopard Server into Parallels.

     

    •  The Server version is much easier to install into Parallels and my "step-by-step" instructions are available here:

     

    http://forums.macrumors.com/showpost.php?p=17285039&postcount=564

     

    •  Benchmark tests have shown that PowerPC apps, run on today's modern i5 and i7 processors within virtualization, such as Parallels, will actually outperform their original performace on the original PPC platform Macs (G4's and G5's) that they were originally written to run on.  Hence there is no performance loss.

     

    The second part of your discussion under this topic then shifts to a much smaller universe of Macs: those released in 2011 with Snow Leopard, but then also released later that year with Lion.  I believe that your identification of these Mac owners is too vague.

     

    I recommend that you identify this subtopic separately and more clearly, otherwise, you risk sending too many other Mac owners (2012 and 2013 Macs) down a long and winding road that will ultimately fail! 

     

    [I can't seem to turn off the bold type, that I copied from the line in your User Tip; sorrry!]

  • by ds store,

    ds store ds store Sep 12, 2013 6:14 PM in response to MlchaelLAX
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    Sep 12, 2013 6:14 PM in response to MlchaelLAX

    ok, thanks