Lion blocks all power PC software

[ipolarbear6]

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I have just upgraded to Lion so that I can use iCloud with my iPhone but I didn't bargain on it making some of my old software redundant. I have no problem with buying Microsoft office new but my Adobe Creative suite 2.5 has also been disabled. As I bought this at the same time as my iMac (but before they brought out the first intel version) and it was hugely expensive and I only use it as a hobby, I really don't want to pay another 800 euros to update it. Is there anyway of partitioning my drive and running Snow Leopard on it do that I can use it again?

 

[GGJstudios]

OS X Lion to Drop 'Rosetta' Support for PowerPC Applications Monday June 13, 2011

OS X Lion: Application icon has a prohibitory sign, or "PowerPC applications are no longer supported" appears

 

[kaltmond]

So i go back to 10.6.8 again.

 

[maflynn]

Yep,
This was one large complaint against apple - dropping rosetta. Either upgrade your applications or downgrade your OS

 

[colourfastt]

Yep,
This was one large complaint against apple - dropping rosetta. Either upgrade your applications or downgrade your OS

That would be UPGRADE your OS ... afterall, Lion is a significant downgrade.

 

[fisherking]

That would be UPGRADE your OS ... afterall, Lion is a significant downgrade.

or move to 10.2, a 'classic' version of OS X!

 

[maflynn]

That would be UPGRADE your OS ... afterall, Lion is a significant downgrade.

That's your opinion which is not shared by everyone - Lion brings a lot of features to the table.

 

[balamw]

Why is it all or nothing? upgrade/downgrade/...

Just install Snow Leopard on an external HDD for those older apps?!? Especially if it's just a hobby/occasional use...

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