algrove Posted March 25, 2012 Share #1 Posted March 25, 2012 Advertisement (gone after registration) After updating from Snow Leopard (10.6.?) to Lion (OSX 10.7.3) I have a gray X placed over the Eye One icon (monitor calibration software) in the dock. I upgraded solely so that I would not loose my MobilMe account data. When I click the grayed out EyeOne icon to find out what's up, I get this message: "You can't open the Application EYE-ONE MATCH because PowerPC Applications are no longer supported". I have no idea what PowerPC is. Anyone have a fix for this issue since I am due a new monitor calibration. Thanks for any help. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted March 25, 2012 Posted March 25, 2012 Hi algrove, Take a look here Updated from Snow Leopard to Lion and now Eye-One not supported. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
timd. Posted March 25, 2012 Share #2 Posted March 25, 2012 maybe this link might help Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
algrove Posted March 25, 2012 Author Share #3 Posted March 25, 2012 maybe this link might help Tim- Thanks so much. I am downloading new Lion friendly software from them as we speak. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
earleygallery Posted March 25, 2012 Share #4 Posted March 25, 2012 My new found Mac knowledge, power PC macs are the pre-intel processor machines. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
algrove Posted March 26, 2012 Author Share #5 Posted March 26, 2012 I actually thought it was shortsighted for them to use a very old method to offer a new product. Anyhow I am back up soon as now they want me to delete the old/original x-rite software package before recalibrating my monitor. They also go to lengths to explain that there will be no upgrade to this software should I upgrade to Mountain Lion in the future. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjh Posted March 26, 2012 Share #6 Posted March 26, 2012 Up to OS X 10.6 there was an emulator (Rosetta) allowing older software written to run on Macs with PowerPC CPUs to run on newer Intel-based Macs. This worked so well that few users even noticed the difference between native code and legacy code running in emulation. That would explain why some people never bothered to update their software to run natively on Intel CPUs, even when such an update had long been available. With OS X 10.7 (Lion) Apple eliminated the emulator, finally rendering all PowerPC applications obsolete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
swamiji Posted April 4, 2012 Share #7 Posted April 4, 2012 Advertisement (gone after registration) PowerPC is the IBM processor, still used in many IBM midrange computers (RS6000). Apple replaced with an Intel processor, due to the lack of Notebook support (primarily heat & power consumption) from IBM. The Intel based processor is actually the third processor used in the Apple Macintosh computer. The first being a Motorola processor. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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