What is Rosetta and HOW do I get it!

[help-me]

Help me plz!
i'm revising for my GCSEs but the program I have requires 'Rosetta', this has happened before with other programs to on mac. PLZ reply ASAP!
Cheers,
Tom

 

[fat jez]

It's the powerpc emulator needed to run PPC programs. It should ask you if you want to install it (assuming you are on Snow Leopard, where it isn't installed by default). It's not compatible with Lion (i.e. Apple have dropped support).

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.6/en/27987.html

 

[old-wiz]

On snow leopard, if you try to run a program that needs rosetta and you don't have it installed, the OS will ask if you want to install it then download it and install and you can continue.

I'm going to miss Rosetta in Leopard! I still have a 2 things that need Rosetta.

 

[JediMeister]

You can also install Rosetta off your 10.6 install DVD. Here's the help article for reference.

 

[help-me]

Sad face

It's the powerpc emulator needed to run PPC programs. It should ask you if you want to install it (assuming you are on Snow Leopard, where it isn't installed by default). It's not compatible with Lion (i.e. Apple have dropped support).

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.6/en/27987.html

But is says to follow link in Rosetta dialog, but there is no link??????

 

[help-me]

???

You can also install Rosetta off your 10.6 install DVD. Here's the help article for reference.

What leopard installation disk or applications??

 

[roadbloc]

What leopard installation disk or applications??

Rosetta is a PPC (PowerPC) program emulator for OS X. It is available on your OS X install DVD. I think there also may be a web download provided by Apple when you attempt to run a PPC program.

 

[old-wiz]

Rosetta is a PPC (PowerPC) program emulator for OS X. It is available on your OS X install DVD. I think there also may be a web download provided by Apple when you attempt to run a PPC program.

When I tried to run a PPC program on a new 13" MBP last month, it asked if I wanted to installRosetta then when I said yes it did a web download from Apple and installed it. As long as you're connected to the net you don't need the install DVD.