[X4U] Rosetta on SL

Randy B. Singer randy at macattorney.com
Wed Jun 6 20:29:22 PDT 2012


On Jun 6, 2012, at 8:18 PM, Zane H. Healy wrote:

> If only there was a way to get it installed on 10.7. :-(

There isn't.  Apple removed all of the hooks in the OS that Rosetta  
uses.

"Rosetta does NOT run. Killed by OS kernel" (in german):
<http://www.heise.de/mac-and-i/news/foren/S-rosetta-laeuft-NICHT-Im- 
Kernel-und-im-OS-Userspace-stillgelegt-lesen/forum-205855/ 
msg-20536984/read/>

(Very poor) English translation:
http://is.gd/dPaLLm

> If I could run Eudora and FileMaker v5.5 I'd seriously consider  
> upgrading.  As it stands, I'll have to move eventually, but I'm in  
> no hurry since I'll loose those two apps.

You can install both OS X 10.6 and OS X 10.7 on the same Mac  
(assuming that you didn't purchase a brand-new Mac that requires Lion):
<http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/ 
use_both_10.6_and_10.7_on_the_same_mac/>

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