04-04-2012, 12:51 PM

Hi All
Please can you advise me on getting my old G4 dual running Freehand 8 on Leopard 10.5.8
I have started a new job and need a vector drawing package and cannot get to grips with Illustrator
The pain is that at the moment I have to dual boot the mac into OS9 to run freehand and then reboot into 10.5 to do all the other things i require
Researching on net it seems that people have got freehand working on 10.5 but it seems i require Rosetta. Is this true? I have a Power PC
I have X operating disc with a 10.5 upgrade disc and dont see Rosetta on them so do i need to get a new OP disc
If this is the case then then can i use Snow Leopard as those discs are easier to purchase and cheaper
Your help appreciated

04-04-2012, 01:14 PM

Rosetta is for Intel Macs to run PowerPC programs, so is not needed on your G4

The last OS that supported Classic mode (running OS 9 apps in OSX) was Tiger 10.4

Snow Leopard will not run at all on a G4 or G5

You would be best getting Freehand MX, try finding it on ebay

04-04-2012, 04:52 PM

Thanks for the assistance and just to be clear im going to list it out as it is
My Mac Dual 867 Power PC running 10.5.8 Leopard
Loaded Freehand 8 which wont run as it sez "Classic
Environment Not Supported" so I had to run in dual boot OS 9.2
To get it to run in 10.5.8 you recommend I purchase Freehand MX which will load and
run in 10.5.8 without Rosetta
Is this correct
Thanks