Hi Ronni, No, I've never had classic/OS9 on this computer.
It seems like it is part of the Leopard installation - I found that others have reported this: <http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=379401> and <http://forums.macworld.com/thread/93384> I don't know what it is/does but since it ain't bothering me, I'm not about to start poking it with a stick ;) Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 16/6/09 11:39 AM, Ronda Brown at ro...@wn.com.au wrote: > Hi Neil, > > When you upgraded from Tiger to Leopard did you remember to delete the > 'Mac OS 9 /System Folder (not to be confused with /System, which is an > essential part of Mac OS X)? > Also delete the /Applications (Mac OS 9) folder again, not to be > confused with Mac OS X¹s /Applications folder? > > You shouldn't have anything "Classic" left on your Intel computer. > > Cheers, > Ronni > > On 16/06/2009, at 11:32 AM, Neil Houghton wrote: > >> 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>
