PowerPC Screensaver on an Intel Mac?

SubaruNation555 · Jan 11, 2008, 12:40 PM

This may sound like a silly and trivial problem but I have a screensaver (.saver file) that is PowerPC and will not work on my Intel-based Mac. Is there anything I should try before I move on? Thanks.

Makosuke · Jan 11, 2008, 02:10 PM

I'd noticed the same thing, and I'm fairly certain that you'd need to run the screensaver subsystem in Rosetta to get this to work. Which is probably possible, but there's no easy way to do it.

I just gave up on the old ones, personally.

richard.mac · Jan 11, 2008, 06:58 PM

is there a "run in rosetta" option in the get info window for the power pc screensaver in ~/Library/Screen Savers?

SubaruNation555 · Jan 12, 2008, 01:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by richthomas

is there a "run in rosetta" option in the get info window for the power pc screensaver in ~/Library/Screen Savers?

Nope, no such option that I can see.

richard.mac · Jan 12, 2008, 02:08 AM

i guess its time to beg Jeremy Clarkson for a universal binary

robbieduncan · Jan 12, 2008, 02:58 AM

Screen savers (.saver bundles) are not executable which is why there is no "Run in Rosetta" option. They are loadable bundles (basically plugins) which get loaded into the screen saver engine. To get one PPC screen saver to run you'd have to run the entire screen saver engine in Rosetta including any other screen savers until you change it back.

Unfortunately I don't think this is possible.

SubaruNation555 · Jan 12, 2008, 08:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by richthomas

i guess its time to beg Jeremy Clarkson for a universal binary

Haha, something tells me he can't be bothered. Thanks for the replies guys, I figured it wasn't going to fly.

Makosuke · Jan 12, 2008, 05:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by robbieduncan

Unfortunately I don't think this is possible.

I was thinking maybe that the screen saver engine is an easily accessible application (like, say, Finder or Disk Mounter), in which case you'd be able to Rosetta it, but on a cursory search, I didn't see it with the rest of such system bits.

robbieduncan · Jan 12, 2008, 05:44 PM

I think it's a private framework or something similar that runs under a fairly low level (and important) process. If you preview a screen saver in System Preferences no new executable gets launched and all the CPU used by the saver gets assigned to System Preferences.

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richard.mac macrumors 603 Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: 51.50024, -0.12662	i guess its time to beg Jeremy Clarkson for a universal binary __________________ http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/4894/haxe.png If you can't innovate, I guess you just imitate, but it's never quite as good as the original.
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robbieduncan Demi-God (Moderator) Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: London	Screen savers (.saver bundles) are not executable which is why there is no "Run in Rosetta" option. They are loadable bundles (basically plugins) which get loaded into the screen saver engine. To get one PPC screen saver to run you'd have to run the entire screen saver engine in Rosetta including any other screen savers until you change it back. Unfortunately I don't think this is possible. __________________ Sponsor me to cycle 100Km round London in the dark
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robbieduncan Demi-God (Moderator) Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: London	I think it's a private framework or something similar that runs under a fairly low level (and important) process. If you preview a screen saver in System Preferences no new executable gets launched and all the CPU used by the saver gets assigned to System Preferences. __________________ Sponsor me to cycle 100Km round London in the dark
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Makosuke macrumors 603 Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: The Cool Part of CA, USA	I'd noticed the same thing, and I'm fairly certain that you'd need to run the screensaver subsystem in Rosetta to get this to work. Which is probably possible, but there's no easy way to do it. I just gave up on the old ones, personally.
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