And yet in my Intel iMac it shows one: > DesktopDB: > > Last Modified: 10/10/07 12:48 PM > Kind: Classic > Location: /System/Library/CoreServices/SKPlugins/DesktopDB.service >
No idea what it is or where it came from! Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 16/6/09 11:24 AM, Ronda Brown at ro...@wn.com.au wrote: > No Classic on Intel Machines Bob. > > On 16/06/2009, at 11:16 AM, Robert Howells wrote: > >> >> On 16/06/2009, at 11:04 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: >> >>> Sorry Neil, I left out "Intel" ... Kind will show "Intel", >>> "Universal", "PowerPC". >> >> >> Very educational Ronni ! >> >> There are also Native and Classic ! > >> On my list I have just >> 1 x intel >> heaps of Universal >> a lot of PPC >> and a few Native plus >> a few Classic . >> >> Looks like I am staying with PPC for a while yet . >> >> Bob >> >> >>> >>> On 16/06/2009, at 11:02 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Neil, >>>> >>>> I don't know of any trick other than checking in System Profiler > >>>> Software - Applications. >>>> In the Kind column. It lists all your applications kind as >>>> Universal or PowerPC >>>> . >>>> Cheers, >>>> Ronni >>>> >>>> On 16/06/2009, at 10:46 AM, Neil Houghton wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi Ronni, >>>>> >>>>> That's got me thinking - I have no idea which of my applications >>>>> are written >>>>> for Intel and which might be PPC applications running under >>>>> Rosetta! >>>>> >>>>> Out of interest, do you know any trick to scan the applications >>>>> folder and >>>>> list which applications are Intel or PPC? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Cheers >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Neil >>>>> -- >>>>> Neil R. Houghton >>>>> Albany, Western Australia >>>>> Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 >>>>> Email: n...@possumology.com >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> on 16/6/09 10:02 AM, Ronda Brown at ro...@wn.com.au wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi Merv, >>>>>> >>>>>> It's still included at the moment, so assuming that this option >>>>>> carries through to the production release, then, yes, Rosetta will >>>>>> still be available. >>>>>> >>>>>> Cheers, >>>>>> Ronni >>>>>> >>>>>> 17" MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo >>>>>> 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB >>>>>> OS X 10.5.7 >>>>>> >>>>>> On 16/06/2009, at 9:52 AM, Mervyn & Giuliana Bond wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Thanks Ronni - that is reassuring. >>>>>>> Merv >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Rosetta is still there in the latest build of 10.6, but it's not >>>>>>>> installed by default. >>>>>>>> You must add it in Customize Options. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Cheers, >>>>>>>> Ronni >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On 16/06/2009, at 9:00 AM, Mervyn & Giuliana Bond wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Does this mean that PPC applications will not work under Snow >>>>>>>>> Leopard? >>>>>>>>> Merv >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> On 15/06/2009, at 2:01 PM, Rod Lavington wrote: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> On Monday, June 15, 2009, at 12:53PM, "Philip Trouchet" >>>>>>>>>>> <war...@bordernet.com.au >>>>>>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Two points of interest ! >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> 1. Note new Snow Leopard only for Intel Macs leaving most >>>>>>>>>>>> of >>>>>>>>>>>> us as >>>>>>>>>>>> usual behind on Apple upgrades & >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Get used to it Philip. The last PPC-based Mac rolled off the >>>>>>>>>>> production line years ago now, and I don't think Apple have >>>>>>>>>>> any >>>>>>>>>>> inclination of returning to PPC. The sooner they can force >>>>>>>>>>> people to go Intel, the more likely we are going to see a >>>>>>>>>>> much >>>>>>>>>>> slimmer OS X without all the PPC baggage. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Not only that, but some SL features will only be available >>>>>>>>>> if you >>>>>>>>>> have the very latest graphics processors >>>>>>>>>> <http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20090612121357227 >>>>>>>>>>> . >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Life with Apple > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
