Opening using Rosetta

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Opening using Rosetta

I was wanting to open Firefox using Rosetta (so I could install Adobe Flash Player), but when I go to applications and go under get info for Firefox there is no option for "open using rosetta." What should I do? I know it's supposed to be there.

iMac, Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Posted on Aug 1, 2006 8:14 PM

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Answer 1

John Child

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Aug 1, 2006 9:15 PM in response to Rousseau

Hi Rousseau,

Welcome to discussions!

Firefox 1.5b and earlier is a PowerPC application. Check the top of the Get Info window. PowerPC apps won't have the Rosetta checkbox since they have to run under Rosetta all the time. Only Universal Binary apps will have the option.

Good luck,

John

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Rousseau Author

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Aug 1, 2006 9:59 PM in response to John Child

Thanks John for responding. My version of Firefox is version 1.5.0.5. I'm not sure if that is the same as what you referred to. But in the Get Info window it says that my Firefox Application is a "universal" one. So I'm a little confused.

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Yer_Man

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Aug 2, 2006 2:57 AM in response to Rousseau

Rousseau

To force a Universal app to run under Rosetta:

Click on the app in the Finder
Get Info (File->Get Info or apple-i)
Tick Open Using Rosetta (just under the labels.)

Regards

TD

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Rousseau Author

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Aug 2, 2006 9:16 AM in response to Yer_Man

But that's what I'm saying. There is no place to tick "Open using Rosetta." It's not there. I've looked under every label and everywhere else I can think to look and I simply can't find it. Is it possible that something I've done to my computer could cause it to disappear?

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Answer 5

Yer_Man

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Aug 2, 2006 9:24 AM in response to Rousseau

This suggests that the application is not a Universal one then.

I very much doubt that you could have done anything to your machine that would remove this option.

Regards

TD

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Answer 6

Dr. Smoke

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Aug 2, 2006 11:44 AM in response to Rousseau

HI, Rousseau .

If the application in question is Universal, the "Open using Rosetta" checkbox is in the General panel of the Get Info window. See the screen shot in "Intel-based Mac: How to tell if an application is Universal."

Good luck!

😉 Dr. Smoke
Author: Troubleshooting Mac® OS X

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A A P L

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Aug 2, 2006 12:10 PM in response to Rousseau

Why not install the Intel beta Flash Player instead?

Get it Here.

Also, run the uninstaller first.
Get that on the bottom of the same page.
Uninstall first, then install the Intel Beta.
It's working great on my Intel Macs.

Scott

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Rousseau Author

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Aug 2, 2006 10:23 PM in response to A A P L

Thanks AAPL. It's working great. It still worries me though, because all of my universal apps show no option for Opening using Rosetta. And I'm looking under the correct tab and everything. I know exactly where it is supposed to be. It just isn't there.

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A A P L

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Aug 3, 2006 9:43 AM in response to Rousseau

I'm not sure why this is - unless your account is possibly a non-admin one?
But - I sure as heck would not run anything in Rosetta that I didn't have to!!!

Scott

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Cous

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Sep 13, 2006 3:19 PM in response to Rousseau

I have the same concerns -- apps marked "Kind: Application (Universal)" in the Get Info box, which never-the-less do not have a Rosetta option. This is particularly a concern when on my machine the option is missing, but on my friend's machine (which hardware-wise, is identical to mine) the option is there!

The most recent case of this is a game called Minions Of Mirth. It does not appear to be a permissions issue ... our permissions are similar as well.

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Cous

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Sep 13, 2006 4:14 PM in response to A A P L

An interesting development -- one of the users of Minions of Mirth discovered if he moved the app bundle up to the Applications level (i.e. out of the MoM folder), the Rosetta option re-appeared.

So it may be a permissions thing after all, but not of the app. It may be about the enclosing folder permission.

HTH,
Cous

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A A P L

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Sep 25, 2006 3:19 PM in response to Cous

Could be. Good catch.

Scott

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Answer 13

Nov 6, 2006 7:42 PM in response to Rousseau

Dear Rousseau,

I am using a Max OS X 10.4.8 and discovered tonight that I had to turn off safari
then go into applications and find safari there/ click once on the icon, not twice and then go to the Finder. Open File and click on " get info" see a box open up
in left top and look for "open with Rosetta". check the box next to it and you will have solved the problem we shared. Rosetta comes installed in our Macs, but it is not where you can see it easily. Please let me know if it works out for you.
I'll send my address in an email. I am in France.
Annabanana70

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Answer 14

Nov 6, 2006 8:03 PM in response to Rousseau

Sorry ,I couldn't send an email . Don't have your address.
Annabanana70

I hope you find the "open with Rosetta"

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Answer 15

Nov 27, 2006 5:29 AM in response to Cous

I'm having the same problem with iMovie HD...

I need to force this to open using Rosetta because of a PPC-only plug-in that I need to use... No "Open Using Rosetta' Option....

Mac Pro 2.0 GHz Mac OS X (10.4.8) 4GB RAM, 160/320/320 HD, GeForce 7300

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