Additionally, there’s no way to create a Smart Folder or Spotlight search that searches based on PowerPC code.īut, there is a way. The problem is that you can’t then delete applications from within System Profiler. the last Mac OS X version that supports PowerPC-based applications, as Mac OS X v10. I can use my Epsom CX3900 printer but not the Scanner. When I go to open some of my peripherals or programmes I get this message 'PowerPC applications are no longer supported.' I've even tried to re-install, but I get the same message. Book IV, PowerPC Implementation Features defines the imple-mentation-dependent aspects of a particular implemen-tation. I have just upgraded from Snow Leopard, which I really liked, to Mountain Lion, which I'm not sure about. I’m OK with that, but, short of manually deleting old PowerPC apps one-by-one, is there a way to purge my Mac Pro of all PowerPC apps and related code in a batch fashion?Īs I mentioned in Lion Compatibility Native or Not? you can locate the PowerPC applications on your Mac by opening System Profiler (Snow Leopard and earlier)/System Information (Lion), choosing Applications, and then sorting by Kind. We are testing and optimizing other apps for these new processors. Book III, PowerPC Oper-ating Environment Architecture defines the system (privileged) instructions and related facilities. A reader who inexplicably doesn’t want credit for asking this delightful question regarding weeding out PowerPC applications writes:īy looking through System Information I discovered that I have several hundred old PowerPC apps that won’t run under Lion without Rosetta any more.

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