- Let’s start with OS X. A lot of apps originally developed for 10.5 Leopard or 10.6 Snow Leopard won’t run on later versions. Snow Leopard was also the last version of OS X to support PowerPC.
- Jun 22, 2020 By 2011, Apple’s Rosetta, which translated code for from older PowerPC apps to run on Intel x86, was dropped as well, and Apple ended all service and support for.
- When I try to open the installer.app, I get the message: 'You cannot open the application Adobe AIR installer.app because it is not supported on this - 3101136.
Jul 09, 2011 It isn’t a secret that Apple is killing support for Rosetta in OS X Lion 10.7 the first version of OS X that won’t support the PowerPC platform and apps designed to run on it. All applications. Dec 26, 2011 Starting with I believe 10.5, PowerPC apps no longer run on an intel mac. You'll need to get OS X 10.4 for intel macs in order to run it, or you can buy a used PowerPC based mac. PowerPC and x86.
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In Mac OS X, Rosetta is the software that allows programs designedfor PowerPC processors to work on Macs with Intel processors. It isincluded by default in Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) and 10.5 (Leopard), andis an optional install in 10.6 (Snow Leopard). It isnot available in 10.7 and later, which no longersupport PowerPC-only applications.
If you have Mac OS X 10.4 or 10.5, you don't need to do anything touse Rosetta. In 10.6, normally, when you launch a PowerPCapplication, Software Update will open and offer to install Rosettafor you. If it doesn't, you can manually install it as follows:
- Insert your Mac OS X 10.6 installation disc, either a retail SnowLeopard disc or the installation disc that came with your computer.
- From the desktop, double-click the disc to open it. Then open theOptional Installs folder, and double-click the OptionalInstalls.mpkg package.
- Follow the instructions on the screen. When prompted to choose adestination, select your startup disk. Then click Continue.
- Click Rosetta, and then click Continue.
- Click Install.
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Once you've installed Rosetta, you should be able to use PowerPCapplications normally.