PowerPC?

New swithcer here trying to install a PowerPC program to an iMac.
It says that PowerPC is no longer supported?

Is there a a work around for this?

Thanks

What OS version is your iMac running?

- Nick

@OP I bet you are running Lion (10.7+)? if so, you won't be able to install/run that program. Those programs aren't supported after 10.6.8

If you're running Lion, no. PowerPC applications are no longer supported by OS X.

What PowerPC program is it, there's almost always an alternative we can suggest

Yes, Running Lion. Just bought the system.

It is a Plugin for Adobe Lightroom. Zenoflex 2.

BCRose said:

Yes, Running Lion. Just bought the system.

It is a Plugin for Adobe Lightroom. Zenoflex 2.

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Some of the guys above already answered the question (no PowerPC support with Lion)...but here's some additional info if you are interested:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosetta_(software)

Quote from the link:

"Mac OS X v10.6 "Snow Leopard" does not include Rosetta by default but retains an option in the installer for the user to include it. It can also be automatically installed by the system if needed at a later time.

Mac OS X v10.7 "Lion" neither includes nor supports Rosetta at all. Therefore, with Lion, the current Macintosh platform drops support for PowerPC applications."

- Nick

Thanks. So I take it PowerPC applications are very old technology?

BCRose said:

Thanks. So I take it PowerPC applications are very old technology?

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PowerPC hardware (in different iterations) has been around since 1994. 2005/early 2006 was pretty much the end of sales of new computers based on the PowerPC cpu (Powermac G5's, iMac G5's, etc.) 2006 is when Apple switched from PPC cpu's...to Intel cpu's.

As the link above mentions...with OS 10.6 (Snow Leopard released in 2009) you could still run PPC applications via emulation with the application "Rosetta". So if someone owns a Macintosh computer capable of running OS 10.6 (and thus also Rosetta)...then in 2012 you can still run PPC applications).

Newer Macintosh computers can only run Lion (10.7) and above...so no Snow Leopard...and thus no Rosetta.

One alternative for someone who still needs or wants to run PPC applications...is to purchase an older "G5" based Macintosh running OS 10.5. Powermac G5's can be purchased for around $125-$150 bucks (sometimes a lot less). BAMM...now you have PPC compatibility!

So are "PowerPC Applications old technology"...maybe. Depends who you ask. In the fast paced & quickly out-dated world of computers...yes...PPC applications are old technology. But this doesn't mean that they don't still have some life left in them if run on the correct computer & OS version!

- Nick

Yes they are. Apple stopped making PowerPC computers back in 2006 but Apple supported those applications through Snow Leopard (so, about a year ago).