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Is it possible to bypass the "You cannot open the open because PowerPC applications are no longer supported"? I can't find anything and I need to get past it to instal a game. My macbook pro w/out retina runs the latest version of mavericks by the way.
MacBook Pro
No. Software written for PPC Macs cannot run on Mavericks.
The last non-PPC version of OS X to be able to run PPC applications was Snow Leopard, which had a software emulator called Rosetta that handled the code for that other kind of processors. SL last ran officially on Early 2011 MBPs. It could be cajoled into running (not installing) on later models, but not on the very latest.
Fanders wrote:
Is it possible to bypass the "You cannot open the open because PowerPC applications are no longer supported"? I can't find anything and I need to get past it to instal a game. My macbook pro w/out retina runs the latest version of mavericks by the way.
Yes: You can install Snow Leopard Server into Parallels and regain access to Rosetta, which will allow many games to run again in Mavericks. However some games with complex or 3D graphics may not run well or work at all in virtualization.
Can I bypass not being able to run PowerPC applications on my mac?
