Comments on: Mac OS X Lion Drops Rosetta Support for PowerPC Apps

By: Blutojohn

Blutojohn — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 03:55:05 +0000

This is fully lame. I paid money for mountain lion just to render a few programs I have unusable?!? What were you guys thinking? Do you even give a crap about serving your customers?

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By: chris

chris — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 21:24:09 +0000

what an idiot!
I am using 2K’s worth of Nikon hardware (not a camera) that is no longer produced. Therefore the has software not updated since 2007. SO what choice do I have? There is no new software I can upgrade to.

I would have to replace some extremely good hardware there is functioning well.

By: Tom Rose

Tom Rose — Wed, 16 May 2012 15:16:23 +0000

In answer to your question, there is a very simple solution. Running Snow Leopard in a VM under Lion would allow Rosetta applications to continue, and they would be well integrated with your native applications running under Lion.

But the VM applications (Parallels, VMWare) deliberately prevent this, presumablt at Apple’s request, even though there is no technical reason for it, and even though it almost certainly does not contravene the license terms of Snow Leopard (You would be running just one installed copy, on Mac hardware).

It is that attitude that is so bad, and is the main reason that I shall be spending the next year or so NOT upgrading all my applications, but disentangling myself from Apple. I am not prepared to risk the next set of useless additions, lost features, and increased restrictions onw hat I can do. Lion has made me completely lose faith in Apple. I doubt that they will do anything to win it back

By: Tom Rose

Tom Rose — Wed, 16 May 2012 15:08:05 +0000

That is one reason to continue using Rosetta and a good one. Another reason, one that affects me more, is that it can cost a lot of money to “upgrade”, and why would I want to do that when the end result is that I can just continue to do what I can do perfectly well right now.

Some smart-alecks say “No-one is forcing you to upgrade”. But staying with Snow Leopard is not a long term solution for a variety of reasons:

1. Before long new software will start to require Lion.
2. Eventually my hardware will fail, and (please correct me if I am wrong) Snow Leopard will not run on the latest intel Macs

What really stinks is the way that Apple have colluded with VM vendors to prevent you from running Snow Leopard under a VM on Lion, which would be the simple way out of this dilemma. This shows that they want to force us to stop using it.

I don’t know about you, but I strongly dislike other people telling me what is good for me and what I ought to do, especially when they don’t know me, and even more so when they use devious means and strong arm tactics to force me to toe their line.

By: Tom Rose

Tom Rose — Wed, 16 May 2012 15:00:25 +0000

I would not rely on new drivers appearing.

Aperture 2 still will not support several RAW formats. Apple wants me to “Upgrade” to Aperture 3.

By: Tom Rose

Tom Rose — Wed, 16 May 2012 14:56:53 +0000

You may not mind being forced to spend many thousands of pounds every couple of years to replace perfectly good software that runs fine and does exactly what I want.

I have better things to do with my money.

And it is not just Rosetta. There is NOTHING new in Lion that is any use to me. Ther is a lot of useful stuff that htey have taken away. Spaces for one.

Unless Apple relents and starts to listen to its long-term users (and I very much doubt that they will) then Snow Leopard will be my last version of Mac OS X.

By: Future Ludite

Future Ludite — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 15:42:18 +0000

Lots of pre existing addons to current software (that does run in Lion) no longer installs and the developers will not recode the installers. Especially true in the 3D world.
It’s not just a “Dinosaur” issue.

By: ragz

ragz — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 23:00:47 +0000

Hi. I have thid CD which came along with my text-book. When i try to use it on my macbook pro (OS: Lion), it says “Power PC apps are no longer supported.. Any ideas on how to make this thigi work WITHOUT having multiple OS.. Thanks.

By: Leon

Leon — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 03:44:46 +0000

I also have software that will only run using Rosetta and CANNOT be replaced — only substituted for by other software with a steep learning curve. I am still using the last version of Macromedia Freehand and I’m quite comfortable with it even though it will never be upgraded since Adobe bought Macromedia and deep-sixed Freehand to eliminate competition for Illustrator.

Would it be impossible to create a freestanding version of Rosetta that runs as an emulator ON TOP of 10.7? Or under it ? or wherever works? That way those of us who still need Rosetta or its equivalent will be able to continue using our thousands of $$ of PPC software until we NEED to upgrade it. Of course, that might cut some short-term profits for the big software companies…

By: Katie

Katie — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 14:54:12 +0000

OK uploaded the Lion and lost ability to access my Office, which I use daily. Can I undo the upgrade don’t really want to spend the $150 on new Office. Are there any other versions of Office that run?

By: MartinP

MartinP — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 01:23:56 +0000

Lots of bits and pieces taken away, but have Apple added any new features in 10.7 that are big enough to make up for the ones taken away on Apple’s whim?

By: RyanC

RyanC — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 01:07:28 +0000

I’m not sure what I am going to do… I have to use Rosetta for school so…

By: Johan Forssblad

Johan Forssblad — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 20:36:44 +0000

It is not only a matter of software. It is the ability to use existing and expensive hardware. Some hardware were made in small quantities that they are not produced anymore and their software will never be updated.

We need Rosetta or another solution to be able to work and make business with our existing (non computer) hardware. But we also need to updfate our system sooner or later.

Apple, please take the history into consideration when you make decisions. It is very important to be able to open and continue to work on old files (FCP X in fresh memory). Thank you!

By: VBA in older Office

VBA in older Office — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 15:14:05 +0000

Real world work in an corporation requires I have VBA Macro capability that hoary Excel 2004 provides.

My non-work Photoshop/Indesign/Illustrator suite cannot be upgraded for a finanical reasons. I use this daily for creative (and scientific) purposes.

This really will leave a lot of people with seriously reduced capabilities.