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iTunes 10.7 iPhone 3GS on iOS 6 Apple F-up on PPC
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That is absolutely correct. However, if you want to upgrade your 3GS (or any other iOS device) to iOS6, you're simply SOL. Time marches on, too bad, this sucks, I hate Apple, &c.
This is roughly the same discussion that happens whenever Apple newly EOLs something else.
First, sorry I didn't have internet for most of today.
So, I guess this whole thread I started was a bit premature.
I got iOS 6 last night on an Night internet package and just restored from a fresh iOS 5.1.1 and it works fully in iTunes 10.6.3.
Now, Apple said you need 10.7 and I got scared it would not work, Apple better keep their mouth shut.
Ah, bugger off.
Exactly
Some people......
As above bugger Off.
This is a PPC thread, if you don't like it go somewhere else.
Luckily it is not broken, if it was it was just plain oversight by Apple.
So, I am a happy 3GS iOS 6 guy now.
iOS 6 isn't the reason that you can't sync. It's the lightning connector. Any iDevice with the 30 pin connector will still sync just fine on your PowerPC. The reason for this is the AppleMobileDeviceSupport.kext that installs with iTunes 10.7 and supports the Lightning connector will be absent from iTunes 10.6.
It is 100% acceptable to cut off all support for hardware that is not only on a 100% dead platform, but one that has been out of full warranty/technical support for years.
Your totally right
The number of cores has nothing to do with a platform still being supported or not. The platform is dead. Support hasn't existed for years. It's no longer gonna happen. Stop trying to hold onto something that is keeping the rest of the world back.
I'm simply stating the facts of the situation here. The thread started off as a rant about how awful and horrible it is that Apple is dropping support for PPC computers, when in fact, support has long been dead. I'm not allowed to respond to a rant? Really? Sounds like someone just likes to rant with no one to respond or listen
It is 100% acceptable to cut off all support for hardware that is not only on a 100% dead platform, but one that has been out of full warranty/technical support for years.
The number of cores has nothing to do with a platform still being supported or not. The platform is dead. Support hasn't existed for years. It's no longer gonna happen. Stop trying to hold onto something that is keeping the rest of the world back.
I'm simply stating the facts of the situation here. The thread started off as a rant about how awful and horrible it is that Apple is dropping support for PPC computers, when in fact, support has long been dead. I'm not allowed to respond to a rant? Really? Sounds like someone just likes to rant with no one to respond or listen
Don't worry we're not holding the world back, actually we'd be happy if you'd just leave
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I'll never understand how people can fight over a computing platform
If it ain't broke don't fix it
If it ain't broke don't fix it
I'll never understand how people can fight over a computing platform
If it ain't broke don't fix it
Because it's fun!!! Joke. I can't stand people who come here just to bash and give out to people running PowerPC Macs, all it is is a personal preference.
No problems syncing a 4S with iOS6 here with 10.6.3 - so hopefully it's just the new iOS6 devices that don't play nice
I hate to break it to you but Apple's entire business model is based around planned obsolescence; they release new products often and stop supporting the old **** so that you have to SPEND MORE. Apple doesn't give a **** about you, they just want that money. Don't like it? Stop buying Apple products then.
Quit trolling and go find someplace else to "respond to rants" You're not helping the cause and clearly have nothing useful to contribute to the PowerPC forum.It is 100% acceptable to cut off all support for hardware that is not only on a 100% dead platform, but one that has been out of full warranty/technical support for years.
The number of cores has nothing to do with a platform still being supported or not. The platform is dead. Support hasn't existed for years. It's no longer gonna happen. Stop trying to hold onto something that is keeping the rest of the world back.
I'm simply stating the facts of the situation here. The thread started off as a rant about how awful and horrible it is that Apple is dropping support for PPC computers, when in fact, support has long been dead. I'm not allowed to respond to a rant? Really? Sounds like someone just likes to rant with no one to respond or listen
I'm simply stating the reality of the situation. Either accept it, or move on to a different product.
Bottom line - Use PhoneView. You don't need iTunes. Just learn to deal with making a folder to hold all your apps for backup, aswell as your music, and it'll be fine.
The lightning connector works great on any version of OS X.
The lightning connector works great on any version of OS X.
You know, I friend of mine has a Zune, the very first zune, and he still gets support from Microsoft. Zune was discontinued...
XP has been supported for over 10 years, NT is still officialy supported too for a company that has been marked as 'evil'... And yet apple turns out to be the good guy?
Sometimes Apple gets on my nerves.
It is 100% acceptable to cut off all support for hardware that is not only on a 100% dead platform, but one that has been out of full warranty/technical support for years.
The number of cores has nothing to do with a platform still being supported or not. The platform is dead. Support hasn't existed for years. It's no longer gonna happen. Stop trying to hold onto something that is keeping the rest of the world back.
I'm simply stating the facts of the situation here. The thread started off as a rant about how awful and horrible it is that Apple is dropping support for PPC computers, when in fact, support has long been dead. I'm not allowed to respond to a rant? Really? Sounds like someone just likes to rant with no one to respond or listen
I hope you're joking, or a troll. The Power PC platform is alive. Look at the xbox 360, Play Station 3 and Nintendo Wii, those game consoles use Power PC processors. I really hope you are a troll. haha
FYI an iBook G4 is more powerful than a netbook.
Um. The PPC platform in consoles is very different than in the home computer world.
360: While yes a PowerPC processor, it doesn't work like a normal processor. It uses in-order execution, where as a CPU used in a home computer uses out-of-order execution. Radically different platform.
PS3: Cell, while part of the POWER family, shares nothing with the PowerPC platform. But good try!
Wii: Uses the POWER platform, not PowerPC. Is also a fully custom design by Nintendo that shares nothing with what G3/G4/G5 would have used.
We are talking about home computers here. And as much as I hate to say it, but the PowerPC platform is very much a dead platform in terms of development. It was too inefficient, slow, and needlessly complex to continue using as a platform. While yes advances were being made, they were not only not good enough, but too late. Intel had beaten them, and by a lot. x86-64 is a MUCH easier, more commonly used, less expensive, simpler platform to use.
You people act like I've never used a PPC computer before or don't own one. I still have a Dual Processor 2.0GHZ G5, it still gets used today, but I know that it's never going to be comparable with new software like my Macbook Pro is. It's simply too old, slow, and uncommon for new software to be coded for it. I guess my expectations of technology aren't as insane as most :\
Yeah... It is sad that my 2004 Windows 7 1.0 Ghz Celeron Desktop can run every software available since 2000 to 2012. Yeah it is too old, slow and uncommon. Even your Macbook is faster. Not bad for an old celeron desktop computer.
Do more research, stay away from Wikipedia. The Cell Processor is controlled by a PPC. Xbox 360 has a 3 core PowerPC processor. The Wii has a 700 Mhz PowerPC. In the end, they decided not to use Intel, they went with PowerPC for one reason: More Power.
*sigh*.
The Celeron uses X86. Same basic style of CPU used today in pretty much every single home computer on the planet. No duh it's going to be more compatible than the almost never seen anymore Power PC.
Cell is POWER family, NOT PPC. They share a family tree, but that's it. More like 3rd or 4th cousins if you will. As for the 360 and Wii, they also share nothing with a G3-5. If you compare them, not a part, not a design feature, nothing at all, is shared with what Apple used.
Console makers going with POWER based CPU's was a simple decision: Security. If every console was X86 based, it would be much easier to pirate and emulate console games since they would work the same way as your home computer! That's why Xbox 1 emulators run so perfectly and Gamecube/Wii ones still struggle to this day!
And you're acting like none of us have an Intel system.. I would bet nearly every poster in this section has at least one Intel based Mac, but for one reason or another still have a functioning & quite capable PowerPC Mac that they still want to use. Apple made it very clear in 2006 that creating a Universal Binary application was not a daunting task and encouraged its developers to write software for BOTH processor types. We're allowed to gripe a little when something as simple as email, music, and web browsing are tasks that some VERY capable hardware can do is becoming increasingly difficult. Its not so much that using the internet on a PowerPC cannot be done, its that its become less secure. We can still watch video, but simple software solutions and internet plugins are no longer developed. I've got some great PowerPC hardware that I'm not about to trash because its more than powerful enough for what I do. I don't need an octo-core 32GB of RAM system. I sure as hell don't need a $1200 iMac when I've got a great 23" Cinema Display and iSight camera. I've got a plenty of PowerBooks and an older MacBook Pro, so I have no desire to drop $1500 on another one. My point is, many of us are more accustomed to a time when Apple gave its buyers some product life. Late G3 and early G4 systems could run anything from Mac OS 8.5 clear up to 10.4 or better. I got software & security updates for a very long time on those machines. G5 and even early Core Duo Intel buyers really got the shaft from Apple and software makers. There is no good reason why software like Safari, iTunes, and Flash Player couldn't retain PowerPC support. I'm not asking for CS6, Office, or Final Cut X. Most of us just want the basics, because we're just like most home users out there that still cling to their Pentium 4 based XP boxes. We just want to be able to continue using the hardware we invested A LOT of money in while it still functions perfectly good.
The above post.
The above post said it all. we just want to get good use out of our machines.Power Pc is not dead. Long live our PowerPC macs.. and lets use them until they drop!@
The above post said it all. we just want to get good use out of our machines.Power Pc is not dead. Long live our PowerPC macs.. and lets use them until they drop!@
It is sooo slow, or is it?
The geek bench is as high as a macbook air which is still made today. It is just being cheep not releasing universal binaries.
The geek bench is as high as a macbook air which is still made today. It is just being cheep not releasing universal binaries.
So there is no problem?
Sounds like the only problem is the lightning connector if you are running 10.6.3 of iTunes on a PPC. Even this might be fixed if you use a lightning converter to the old iPhone 4s type of connector to plug into the USB port on a PPC Mac running OSX 10.5.8.
Sounds like the only problem is the lightning connector if you are running 10.6.3 of iTunes on a PPC. Even this might be fixed if you use a lightning converter to the old iPhone 4s type of connector to plug into the USB port on a PPC Mac running OSX 10.5.8.
I've got an iPhone 5 and a G5 tower, when I get my hands on a Lightning/old converter I'll give it a spin and post what happens.