How To Convert Powerpc App To Intel Mac
- To support old and new apps, Apple will use Rosetta 2, integrated emulation software, to enable ARM-based Macs to run Intel code. In the prior PowerPC to Intel transition, Apple used Rosetta to.
- Assuming that your host computer has an Intel CPU and you wanted the most recent version of Rosetta, then you could run Snow Leopard 10.6.8 on VirtualBox. Unfortunately, just having Rosetta may not solve all your problems because some PowerPC applications or games require the classic Mac environment.
Most PowerPC users and some Intel Dual Core users really would like to have AirPlay to mirror Videos to our Apple TV without having to convert and sync with iTunes. AirFlick is a beta version and there is no support but it works (sort of) on PowerPC. AirFlick is a free application that allows you to stream videos from your computer to Apple TV.
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I was having this exact problem with PPC apps (a few bounces and then nothing after working properly earlier), and I managed to get rid of it by uninstalling Unsanity's application enhancer. Of course, if you are having the problem and you don't have the APE, then my suggestion doesn't matter! :)
Not running UAE here on my new macbook pro 17 and I had this issue once with Filemaker Pro 5.5 (yeah we need to upgrade..). It happened on my second run of the app and I rebooted to solve it at that time as well. Luckily I haven't a repeat of the issue.
This has happened to me a couple times in the week since my MacBook arrived. But I've noticed that 1) it's only M$ Word that fails to open while Excel still seems fine; and 2) it started on the reboot after I ran Monolingual. /flux-mac-app-download.html. So this hint would seem to make sense.
Same problem on a MacBook Pro 17
Entourage (sometime bouncing and not launching)
Flash 8 (crash at launch)
both are solved restarting the mac.
Anyone knows if it can be really to Application Enhancer ? (if I deactivated it , nothing change)
This problem is annoying! About six weeks ago I bought a refurbed Mac mini knowing it was only a matter of time before I'd be getting a MacBook (of course we were guessing at the name back then) and that at least one of my labs at work would be replaced sometime this year. So I wanted experience with the Intel machines. In all the banging around I did on the mini I never once saw Rosetta fail like this.
The mini and my MacBook are configured exactly the same way - I have exactly the same software on both. But the second day I owned the MacBook I started having PPC programs failing to launch and rarer, right after launching would crash as soon as I attempted to interact with it. A restart always solved it—until it came back. Given that the mini and the MacBook architecture are so similar, I wonder why it happens on one but not the other? Is it isolated to MacBook owners?
I have had the same issues and can add Photoshop Elements to the list of Apps that fail to launch. Terminating 'translated' in the Activity Monitor fixes all. I too ran monlingual and run APE. Has everyone else who has this issue ran monlingual or are running APE? Interestingly my MacBook was set up via migration assistant from a MacBook Pro with exactly the same setup yet it does not suffer the same problems.
I've found Office V.X (Word, Excel) won't start on an Intel iMac (they crash) if you click on their application icon in the dock, but if you open a document they run fine.
My iMac (Intel) doesn't have these issues with M$ (or any other PPC applications) yet.
Sorry for you, guys
(cross fingers)
I have been having similar problems with anything Adobe but primarily Photoshop CS2 and Photoelements 4. I beleive the issue is related to Unsanity but in discussion with one of their programmers, we can't identify the issue. Fruitmenu appears to be one component, because it seems to have more impact on no startup of adobe..whereas cleardock seems fine.
Killing the 'translated' process works well enough for me to keep using Photoshop and doesn't appear to have any damaging affect.
I'm surprised that there has not been more response in various forums.
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Running 10.4.7 on a white MacBook, I started having this problem with all the Rosetta apps I tried to use:
MS Word
Windows Media Player 9 (needed since Flip4Mac doesn't run at all yet)
a little Lacie backup application (SilverKeeper).
Killing 'translated' seems to have worked for all three. Thanks!
Killing 'translated' worked on my MacBook Pro. I am having the launching issue with Entourage and Quicken 2006.
I do have Windowshade installed and active (very hard to live without on a laptop).
Tom
This is excellent information and 'right-on' it seems to my problem. If I understand correctly, if a program (like Adobe Reader 7.0.8) does not start, then I can use the force-quit command and in there I will see a line-item called 'Translator' which I force quit; and then (without restarting) I can launch Adobe Reader. Is that correct?
Thanks for this feedback and any additional comments or web site references appreciated.
Steve Schulte 15 Sept 2006
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Steve Schulte - MacBook OX 10.4.7 PBG4 10.3.9 eMac 10.3.9 G4733 10.4.7 and Mac SE 6.0.4
Journal diary app mac. Steve,
Do this:
1) Open Applications -> Utilities -> Activity Monitor
2) In the toolbar, select 'All Processes' on the drop-menu
3) In the toolbar, type in 'translated' in the search box
4) In the process list, you should see a process called 'translated' owned by the 'root' user.
5) Click on the 'translated' process
6) In the toolbar, click on the 'Quit Process' button
It will prompt you for your password (security and what not).
Once the process is killed, you should be able to open the non-launching PowerPC app (Word, Excel, Photoshop, etc).
Alternatively, I've gotten rid of this problem by removing the 3rd party System Prefs plugin Application Enhancer since I no longer use WindowShades and that fixes the problem for good.
cheers,
Etienne
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Jean-Etienne LaVallee, owner of 'Straylight' [MBP 2Ghz/2GB]
Unfortunately remove APE improves, but does not fix the problem. See this thread (with a reply from the Unsanity guy): 10.4: Another fix for non-launching PowerPC apps on Intel
I've noticed this same issues but it is brand new to me. I just installed Logitech's Control Center software for my new MX Revolution mouse, and now am having issues with launching.
Hint does NOT work for me for MS Word v.X and 2004 on a MacBook Pro
Originally i had Office v.X.
Word & Power Point would crash on start with
Exception: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (0x0001)
Codes: KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE (0x0002) at 0x00000000
So i installed Office v.2004. IIRC, the new versions seemed to start just fine after the install. Then they failed. This translate hint didn't work.
I thought i solved my problem by cleaning out the Font Book of all fonts that wouldn't validate. Since both versions of Office seemed happy, i ditched the 2004 version of Office.
Now Word is back to failing. Fonts are all happy. Translate hint still doesn't work. Removing ~/Library/Preferences/com.microsoft.Word.plist doesn't work. (That's the only Word preference file.)
Powerpoint and Excel still work.
The only change i can think of, since the apparently successful migration from my iBook (and trouble free use of Excel for weeks, and i think Word was working..) was the installation of Parallels, then Win XP, then several GIS packages on the Win partition.
Thanks for letting me rant; hope this is sort of on topic at least.
I to have been seeing this issue since the last security update. Before that I had this issue once, months ago and this tips worked.
Two hours ago I could open one Rosetta app, close it, open another, now I can't open any. I reboot will fix and apps will open fine for awhile, but then all of a sudden they won't open anymore.
Weird.
Best wishes
Michael
Sounds like I can top everyone's list of applications that fail to launch or crash after launch: MS Word, Powerpoint, Excel, Quicken 2003, Acrobat 6 Professional. It's only just started to happen after running them successfullly for a few months on my Black MacBook.
Missing Sync has also started playing up but not sure if it's the same problem.
Appreciate any suggestions.
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Steve
fixed the problem by reinstalling 10.4.8 didn't need to do a clean reinstall.
Took the option of creating a Previous System folder.
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Steve
Convert Powerpc App To Intel Mac
I was so excited to find this hint, as I have been struggling with the issue with Office apps and InDesign. To my dismay, the hint doesn't work for me. Only a restart will fix the issue, and of course, this is only temporary.
Does anyone have any other suggestions for a fix for this?
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303677
I tried, but it didn't work on my Office v.X
Does anyone have further ideas?
Where is 'translate'?
(Apologies, I'm not as savvy as I wish I were.)
Judie
I also have this problem - all of office not working plus arobat and adobe applications. They also won't open on reboot so my computer is useless except for the internet. I have tried inputing the code in terminal but it hasn't worked. Can anyone help?
Thanks,
Luke
Apple’s first-ever virtual Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) came with the usual slew of mostly predictable announcements, like upgrades to the iPhone and iPad operating systems, new features for its AirPod earbuds, and more. But its most striking news was a decision to shift from powering its Mac devices with Intel processors in favor of its own homemade chip, which it’s calling “Apple silicon.”
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The Cupertino, Calif. tech giant claims the move will bring myriad benefits: it will make Macs faster, let them benefit from the company’s latest machine learning technology (for features like augmented reality, photo processing, facial recognition and more), and make it easier for developers to bring popular apps from the iPhone and the iPad to desktops and laptops. The transition to Apple silicon will take about two years; more Intel-powered Macs are yet to come.
Apple silicon differs from Intel’s processors by virtue of their architecture, which determines how a computer executes tasks. Apple is using ARM technology, which boasts faster performance with less power use compared to the architecture used by Intel (and its rival AMD). Generally, ARM processors make sense for devices like phones and tablets (because ARM chips use less battery power), while Intel and AMD’s chips have made more sense for high-performance desktops and laptops (where battery usage is less of a concern).
While the move may seem like a major blow to Intel—a longtime processor giant whose “Intel Inside” motto was once ubiquitous in computer stores—the company has already been moving away from making chips for companies like Apple, focusing instead on autonomous vehicle hardware, AI analytics, and high-margin, high-end processors for entertainment and gaming PCs.
“They recognize the challenges that are inherent in the client businesses these days and while they’re not going anywhere, they’re certainly trying to diversify themselves away from that,” says NPD Group analyst Stephen Baker. The Apple news, he says, is “not great, but in the long run I don’t think it’ll have an incredible impact on Intel.”
To be sure, Intel faces some headwinds. It still leads in market share, but it has consistently lost ground in the consumer market month after month to rival AMD (AMD’s share of the desktop market jump from 12% to 18% in the past two years, according to Mercury Research). Intel has also struggled to gain ground in the mobile world—it sold its ARM processor subsidiary in 2005, it killed off a pair of experimental augmented reality glasses in 2018, and last year stopped making 5G smartphone modems in favor of focusing on 5G infrastructure.
Perhaps Intel’s biggest struggle—and a reason it lost favor with Apple—is a never-ending battle with the laws of physics. Processors are composed of billions of transistors that perform calculations by turning on and off. The larger the transistor (measured in nanometers, or “nm”), the more power it uses. By using smaller transistors, you can fit more of them on a processor, which means more computing power, but also more energy efficiency. All told, the size of a processor’s transistors is a good indicator of how powerful that processor will be.
For most of modern computing history, chipmakers like Intel have been able to rely on “Moore’s law”—an observation that the number of transistors you can fit on a single chip doubles about every two years, thanks mostly to technological improvements. But, space being a finite thing, it’s getting harder and harder to cram transistors onto processors. As of today, Intel can make 10 nm processors, but even that achievement came after significant delays that put it behind the curve. By comparison, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, which makes mobile chips designed by Apple, has released smaller, more efficient 7 nm processors for mobile devices.
Intel’s delay in introducing 10 nm processors may have contributed to Apple’s decision to go their own way. “Having their own microprocessor architecture is something they’ve wanted to do since the Jobs era, for sure, to not be beholden to an outside partner,” says Jon Stokes, author of Inside the Machine: An Illustrated Introduction to Microprocessors and Computer Architecture, and co-founder of technology site Ars Technica. “I think the tipping point was when ARM started to catch up to Intel in … performance, and Intel stalled in processor leadership.”
Still, Intel is doing fine when it comes to powering other companies’ laptops, along with its other projects in AI and autonomous vehicle sensors. Its PC-centric business (providing processors for consumers’ desktops and laptops) grew by 14% year-over-year in the first quarter of 2020 as people bought new devices to work from home in the COVID-19 era. But in a sign of the company’s evolution, its best performing sector has been its data center group, which boosted revenue by 23% year-over-year thanks to an increase in cloud services.
What should the everyday Apple user make of the switch from Intel? It may end up being something to celebrate: Apple has a good track record of designing chips; the processor in the iPhone has outperformed Intel-powered laptops at certain tasks. Furthermore, the company is bringing popular third-party developers like Adobe on board early in the process, which should ensure that Apple silicon-powered Macs have plenty of useful software from jump (avoiding a critical misstep Microsoft made when releasing an ARM-powered Surface). That Macs armed with ARM will be instantly compatible with millions of existing iPhone and iPad apps is another nice bonus. And if Apple’s making Macs with iPhone-like internals, it’s not much of a stretch to imagine features like integrated LTE or 5G wireless connectivity, Face ID, and other mobile-only goodies come to its desktops and laptops. All told, Apple betting on itself might be the best decision the company has made since, well, betting on Intel.
