G4 and Intel compatibility

Hey there!
My new MacBook Pro is the first Mac I've owned. I'm using it for music creation and most of the software has system requirements for a Mac G4 processor. This may be a stupid question but will they run fine with my 2.16GHZ Intel Core Duo processor?
Thanks!
- Wil

Hello Wil,
And welcome to the Discussions!!
Your Macbook Pro will run G4 software (PPC) just fine. Included in the installation of OS X is a run-time environment called "Rosetta." Rosetta translates PPC code "on the fly" so that it can be run on the new Intel processors.
Obviously, these applications will not run as fast on your MBP as Intel-native software will, but Rosetta does a pretty good job. Depending on the software, it should run about as fast on your MBP as it would on a G4, due to the faster speeds of the Intel processors. These apps take a hit from having to run in Rosetta, but this is balanced by the faster machine.
You don't have to be concerned about whether software is "Universal" (written for both PPC and Intel) or PPC only; OS X will detect which is the case and run it in the appropriate environment, transparently. Just install and launch the software; OS X takes care of the rest.
There are some circumstances, however, where you might need to do a little "tinkering" to get an application to install. Many apps make use of OS X's "Installer" application to install themselves. If this is the case, and the application isn't "Universal," you might get an error message upon trying to install it. Flip4Mac, for example (a Windows Media replacement and "helper" application), uses the OS X "Installer," and it won't want to install itself. No problem; just navigate to the "Installer" application in /Applications/Utilities/, click on the Installer application, press Apple-I to open a "Getinfo" window for it, and click the "Open in Rosetta" button. This will cause the Installer to open in Rosetta, allowing you to install Flip4Mac.
Still using the Flip4Mac example, the same "Open in Rosetta" choice applies for its use. Flip4Mac installs components in Safari so you can view Windows Media files in that browser (like CNN.com video). Under normal circumstances, you will not be able to view these videos in Safari. With Flip4Mac installed, however, you can set Safari to "Open in Rosetta," and the videos work perfectly.
Eventually, all software, plug-ins, components, etc. will be "Universal," and our need to use "work arounds" will diminish and disappear. Since everything will be running natively, and thus much faster, we will all be happier.
Scott

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From Macfixit................
Apple has released Security Update 2006-004 for Mac OS X in both PowerPC and Intel versions. This update requires Mac OS X 10.4.7 for either PowerPC or Intel, Mac OS X 10.3.9 or Mac OS X 10.3.9 Server.
This is the fourth major standalone security update for Mac OS X released this year.
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celeron 2.6 cpu
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you do not need nearly as many packages on hold. Haven't logged into my 32-bit arch install for a month now, but I've maintained a xorg 1.4 install with this line just fine:
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(II) Video Bus: Found keys
(II) Video Bus: Configuring as keyboard
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Video Bus" (type: KEYBOARD)
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(**) Option "xkb_model" "evdev"
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(II) Power Button: Found keys
(II) Power Button: Configuring as keyboard
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Power Button" (type: KEYBOARD)
(**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
(**) Option "xkb_model" "evdev"
(**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
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# right after opening (properly i suppose)
(II) intel(0): I2C bus "CRTDDC_A" initialized.
(II) intel(0): I2C bus "CRTDDC_A" removed.
(II) intel(0): EDID vendor "CMO", prod id 4609
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(II) intel(0): EDID vendor "CMO", prod id 4609
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(II) intel(0): I2C bus "CRTDDC_A" initialized.
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(II) intel(0): EDID vendor "CMO", prod id 4609
(II) intel(0): Using hsync ranges from config file
(II) intel(0): Using vrefresh ranges from config file
(II) intel(0): Printing DDC gathered Modelines:
(II) intel(0): Modeline "1024x768"x0.0 65.00 1024 1048 1184 1344 768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync (48.4 kHz)
(II) intel(0): EDID vendor "CMO", prod id 4609
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(II) intel(0): EDID vendor "CMO", prod id 4609
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(II) intel(0): Printing DDC gathered Modelines:
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Blinking stops when i restart computer.
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FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TTF"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "glx"
Load "dri2"
Load "record"
Load "dbe"
Load "dri"
Load "extmod"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "Monitor Model"
#Modeline "1024x768"x0.0 65.00 1024 1048 1184 1344 768 771 777 806 -HSync -Vsync
EndSection
Section "Device"
### Available Driver options are:-
### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz"
### [arg]: arg optional
#Option "ShadowFB" # [<bool>]
#Option "DefaultRefresh" # [<bool>]
#Option "ModeSetClearScreen" # [<bool>]
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "intel"
VendorName "Intel Corporation"
BoardName "Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller"
BusID "PCI:0:2:0"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 1
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 4
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 8
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 15
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 16
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection
Last edited by joda (2009-12-01 09:49:38)

SOLVED!!! Must enable KMS => switch off vga option in grub, and replace it with "i915.moduleset=1"

Can PPC and Intel OS's be on the same hard drive?

I do a lot of work on Apple computers for clients.
I have made it a habit to bring firewire hard drives with OS X installed to my work locations so I can boot peoples' computers from my own, clean OS for numerous troubleshooting purposes.
I was hoping to take a big hard drive I have, partition it into 4 parts, and install 10.4 Intel, 10.4 PPC, 10.5 Intel, and 10.5 PPC.
But after I installed the PPC 10.4, I went to my macbook pro and tried to install 10.5 Intel.....and it wouldn't let me!
So now I am learning about the Apple Partition Map format for a drive versus the GUID format and that basically one is for PPC and the other for Intel.
But I would like to know if there is any way to format a drive in such a way that I can indeed install PPC and Intel version of an OS onto one physical drive in separate partitions???
anyone?

It's not intuitive but it's possible. You must set up your external drive using the APT partition map. Install the PPC version of OS X on one partition. Now here's the trick: You must install an Intel version of Leopard on a drive that has been partitioned using GPT. Then clone that installed version to another partition the external drive that now has the PPC version of Leopard. You now have a PPC version of Leopard on one partition and in Intel version on the other partition. You will find you can boot an Intel Mac from that partition even though the drive is partitioned APT.
The problem is that Leopard will not allow itself to be installed on an APT partitioned drive. But an Intel version of Leopard will work just fine from an APT partitioned drive.

I have a macbook pro with 250 GB of Space, 2.2 Processor, 16 GB of Memory 1600MHz, and Intel Iris Pro 1536. I backed up my apps using iTunes but I am having a hard time restoring my apps back to my iPhone 5s so could you please help me?

I have a macbook pro with 250 GB of Space, 2.2 Processor, 16 GB of Memory 1600MHz, and Intel Iris Pro 1536. I backed up my apps using iTunes but I am having a hard time restoring my apps back to my iPhone 5s so could you please help me?

So did you ever get your apps back on your iPhone?

IPhoto 6 and Camera Compatibility

I recently upgraded my OS to 10.5.8 from 10.4... I know very late. I had no intention until the upgrade to my iPhone 3GS required it. Regardless, I am running IPhoto 6.0.6 and it has worked fine. I own a Canon T1i EOS Rebel digital camera. Up until the conversion to Leopard, I would plug the camera into the port and iPhoto would open up and transfer the pics without an issue. Today, I tried to upload pictures, the USB cord was secure on both sides and nothing happened. I turned the camera on and off twice to see if by starting it up connected would change things, nothing did. I ensured that the battery is charged in the camera and that the sleep setting was not tampered with thus not allowing it to transfer.
I am suspicious about the upgrade to Leopard causing this incompatibility issue with my camera. When I did a search on the apple website, the page about iPhoto 6 and camera compatibility is a dead link. So a couple of questions if someone would be kind enough to help me out with:
1) Is the import of pictures not occuring because of an incompatibility issue between my camera and iPhoto 6 suddenly? Or is incompatibility between 10.5.8 and iPhoto 6?
2) What is the best solution? Upgrade to iLife '11? Or will that require upgrading to Snow Leopard as well? Or is it better to buy the $129 bundle of Snow Leopard, iLife and iWork for compatibility issues?
3) Lastly, is there a webpage on apple that shows these compatibility issues? For instance, if I upgrade one thing in the future, all the other software suites that need updating as well?
Thanks in advance to whomever can help me.
Cheers,
-Tod

1) Is the import of pictures not occuring because of an incompatibility issue between my camera and iPhoto 6 suddenly? Or is incompatibility between 10.5.8 and iPhoto 6?
Neither. The usual cause for this issue can be a damaged plist file, a setting on the camera or Mac or minor directory damage on the card.
Plist file: Can you access the card with Image Capture (in your Applications Folder)? If so, you might try trash the iPhoto plist file, if not try trash the Image Capture plist file as well.
Settings: What's set to happen when you connect the camera? With iPhoto 6 that's in the Image Capture. Your camera has two modes for talking to the Mac: Mass Storage and PTP. What one are you set to? Try the other one.
Directory Damage: Have you tried using a USB Card Reader? Can the Mac see the card in that?
Regards
TD

Tiffsplit crashes on Solaris (sparc and intel), okay on Linux

Hello experts,
I have a tiff file that causes a crash with tiffsplit when run
on Solaris (both Sparc and Intel) but not on Linux.
It works successfully on
Red Hat Linux 2.4.18 -- libtiff.so.3.5
but crashes on
Solaris 9 on Sparc -- libtiff.so.3.7.1
Solaris 9 on Sparc -- libtiff.so.3.9.4
Solaris 10 on Intel -- libtiff.so.3.8.2
It's crashing at a call to
TIFFGetField(in, TIFFTAG_GROUP3OPTIONS, &v)
and pstack shows stack trace like
$ pstack /var/core/core.tiffsplit.15965
core '/var/core/core.tiffsplit.15965' of 15965: /usr/local/bin/tiffsplit file.tiff
ff32a4e8 _TIFFVGetField (26280, 124, ffbff260, 67, 27e48, 2a) + 1a0
ff3498f0 PredictorVGetField (26280, 124, ffbff25c, ff3213c4, 3, 26288) + 30
ff32acd0 TIFFVGetField (26280, 124, ffbff25c, ff34d838, ff34d848, ff34d858) + 70
ff32ac50 TIFFGetField (26280, 124, ffbff2a4, 0, 0, 26000) + 1c
00011754 tiffcp (26280, 285f8, ffbff321, ffbff318, ffbfffdd, 404) + 1f8
0001135c main (fffffffe, 285f8, ffbff7a0, 26130, 0, 0) + 98
0001115c _start (0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0) + 5c
Running tiffinfo produces following:
$ tiffinfo file.tiff
file.tiff: Warning, unknown field with tag 292 (0x124) ignored.
file.tiff: Warning, unknown field with tag 326 (0x146) ignored.
file.tiff: Warning, unknown field with tag 327 (0x147) ignored.
file.tiff: Warning, unknown field with tag 328 (0x148) ignored.
file.tiff: Warning, unknown field with tag 37680 (0x9330) ignored.
TIFF Directory at offset 0xb156
Subfile Type: (0 = 0x0)
Image Width: 1728 Image Length: 2162
Resolution: 204, 196 pixels/inch
Bits/Sample: 1
Compression Scheme: LZW
Photometric Interpretation: min-is-black
Date & Time: "2010/07/28 14:19:00"
Software: "....."
Orientation: row 0 top, col 0 lhs
Samples/Pixel: 1
Rows/Strip: 56
Planar Configuration: single image plane
Page Number: 1-1
Predictor: none 1 (0x1)
file.tiff: Warning, unknown field with tag 292 (0x124) ignored.
file.tiff: Warning, unknown field with tag 326 (0x146) ignored.
file.tiff: Warning, unknown field with tag 327 (0x147) ignored.
file.tiff: Warning, unknown field with tag 328 (0x148) ignored.
TIFF Directory at offset 0x14512
Subfile Type: (0 = 0x0)
Image Width: 1728 Image Length: 2162
Resolution: 204, 196 pixels/inch
Bits/Sample: 1
Compression Scheme: LZW
Photometric Interpretation: min-is-black
Date & Time: "2010/07/28 14:19:00"
Software: "......."
Orientation: row 0 top, col 0 lhs
Samples/Pixel: 1
Rows/Strip: 56
Planar Configuration: single image plane
Page Number: 1-1
Predictor: none 1 (0x1)
What could I do to make it work properly on Solaris 9 on Sparc ?
Thanks for your help.

You should have no problems if both are using Sun's Java Runtime enviroment. I believe there are some problems with Microsofts implementation of Java, but I don't know exactly what.

Info regarding Diswarrior 4 and Leopard compatibility

I emailed Alsoft regarding Diskwarrior 4 and Leopard compatibility. Here is the response I got.
+DiskWarrior 4.0 will successfully rebuild a disk that has Mac OS X 10.5+
+Leopard installed or a disk that has been attached to a computer running+
Leopard.
+However, some operating system functionality has changed within Leopard+
+itself. As such, there are some compatibility issues when running an+
+installed copy of DiskWarrior 4.0 while started up from Mac OS X 10.5+
+Leopard. Alsoft currently recommends that you do not run DiskWarrior 4.0+
+while the computer is started from Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard.+
+Instead, to run DiskWarrior, you should start up the computer from either:+
+1) A DiskWarrior 4.0 CD.+
+2) Any disk that starts up in 10.4.x and then run DiskWarrior 4.0.+
+An updated version of DiskWarrior that has complete Leopard+
+compatibility will be released soon as a free download for existing+
+owners of DiskWarrior 4.0.+
+-- What you can expect when running DiskWarrior 4.0 under Mac OS X+
+10.4.x and rebuilding a Leopard disk.+
+All features work as expected with one exception: FileVaults created+
+while started from Leopard are not visible to DiskWarrior 4.0 and cannot+
+be rebuilt (repaired).+
+-- What you can expect when running DiskWarrior 4.0 under Mac OS X 10.5+
+and rebuilding a Leopard disk.+
+While not recommended (and discouraged), if you do run DiskWarrior 4.0+
+while started from Mac OS X 10.5 you might encounter some problems such as:+
+1) There is a lengthy delay whenever DiskWarrior is determining which+
+drives are currently attached. This delay is dependent upon the number+
+of attached drives and may last up to 2 or 3 minutes. You will+
+experience this delay when first starting DiskWarrior, whenever a disk+
+is attached or detached while DiskWarrior is running but idle, and+
+whenever a rebuild is completed or canceled.+
+2) You cannot rebuild FileVaults or disk images.+
+3) In step 9 (comparing directories) of a rebuild, the progress bar+
+might get to 100% even though the comparison step is not finished.+
+4) When performing Check All Files and Folders the progress bar might+
+get to 100% even though the check is not finished.+
+5) After rebuilding a disk, DiskWarrior may report that some files or+
+folders have had their permissions changed. This is inaccurate and the+
+permissions have not been changed.+
+To repeat, an updated version of DiskWarrior that has complete Leopard+
+compatibility will be released soon as a free download for existing+
+owners of DiskWarrior 4.0.+
+-- What about DiskWarrior 3?+
+DiskWarrior 3 and earlier versions are not compatible with Mac OS X 10.5+
+(Leopard). Alsoft does not recommend running DiskWarrior 3 or earlier on+
+a disk that has Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard installed or a disk that has been+
+attached to a computer running Leopard.+
+-- Marc+
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+Marc Moorash, Alsoft Technical Support+
+Email: [email protected]+
So, it seems it will work but you need to run it from the disk or if you have it installed on a external drive running Tiger, it will work.
Thom

If you open your Tiger Address Book, select all cards, drag them to the desktop, it will make one big "mega-VCF" card with a name like "Alan Adams and 543 others.vcf" Dump that to a flash drive or email it to yourself, then doubleclick on it on the Leopard machine. They will all import just fine into your Leopard Address Book.
Try doing something similar with your iCal data, Open the application, choose your calendars one at a time, and select File > Export. That should make a big "mega-ics" calendar card with a name like "work.ics" or "home.ics, i.e., "originalcalendarname.ics" with all the events of that calendar. Then same drill: dump that to a flash drive or email it to yourself, then doubleclick on it on the Leopard machine.
Both generation methods create text files, which should import just fine into the Leopard applications.

Can you replace a powermac g5 mbd with and Intel mbd?

Can you replace a powermac g5 mbd with and Intel mbd?

I think you would have to do a lot of work in addition to just replacing the motherboard. Like getting a new power supply for instance as the cables won't match what Apple specs for their designed and built hardware. I think the best you can hope for is to reuse the Aluminum tower case, and that's about it.
Some links related to this:
http://hintsforums.macworld.com/archive/index.php/t-96460.html
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=652438

Odd shadowing effects in XFCE with dual monitors and intel graphics

Linux fowie-desktop 2.6.34-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Jul 5 21:03:38 UTC 2010 i686 Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU T7400 @ 2.16GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux
lspci shows:
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
not using an xorg.conf
rc.conf (snippets)
LOCALE="en_US.UTF-8"
HARDWARECLOCK="UTC"
TIMEZONE="America/Denver"
KEYMAP="us"
CONSOLEFONT=
CONSOLEMAP=
USECOLOR="yes"
MOD_AUTOLOAD="yes"
#MOD_BLACKLIST=() #deprecated
MODULES=(!usblp vboxdrv !saa7134 saa7134-dvb)
DAEMONS=(syslog-ng dbus hal @network @netfs @crond @alsa @cups @sensors @samba @ddclient @sshd @httpd @mysqld @smartd)
and my .xinitrc:
/usr/bin/xrandr --output VGA1 --left-of DVI1 --output DVI1 --mode 1920x1080
exec ck-launch-session startxfce4
Xorg.0.log at http://pastebin.ca/1925313
If I use the xf86-video-intel driver from extra, the xrandr command to do dual-outputs fails and I get both monitors showing the same desktop (mirrored mode). I switched to use AUR's xf86-video-intel-git (reading the forums it said this would fix the dual-monitor issue until extra moves to 2.12.0-2) and I do get the dual monitors working propery with the xrandr command, but I'm experiencing wierd effects. For every unminimized window on the desktop, if I put another window in front, the shadow of the window below stays on top of the window containing the focus. Hard to explain, so I'll use a photo:
That's what it looks like with xf89-video-intel-git, libdrm-git, dri-git, and anything else git and intel graphics related I can find. Any ideas what's wrong, or what I would even call this problem so I can look around and see if anyone else is having the same issues?
Last edited by fowie (2010-08-25 20:21:53)

Ok, I went into the XFCE4 setting manager and opened the "Window Manager Tweaks" module, Under "Compositor" if I disable display compositing the shadowing effect is gone, making the display much more usable (thanks!). But now compositing does not work. Guess I'll go report this to XFCE, or is the XFCE compositing manager handled by someone else?
Last edited by fowie (2010-08-25 23:11:54)

Driver for nvidia, ati and intel

Hi,
I have successfully installed archlinux on a usb drive.
It works on every computer with ati or intel graphics card but when I know want to install the nvidia driver it complains about a dependencie of the ati and intel one.
So I have the choice between nvdia or intel and ati. Is there a way to make the usb stick work on ati, intel and nvidia?
Regards

archer42 wrote:How does as example ubuntu solve this issue?
They don't. They use nouveau. You can tell the installer to install the nvidia driver from their "restricted" repository, but you do so at the expense of the intel and ati drivers, just like in Arch.
There's one thing... if you don't care about 3d acceleration, you can simply force-uninstall libgl, intel-dri, ati-dri. Then you can have nvdia, intel and ati at the same time. But 3d accel will only work on nvidia, of course.
Gentoo is (I think) the only one with a full solution - their eselect mechanism. Their mesa and nvidia-drivers ebuilds install GL libs in different places, so they don't conflict. Then eselect switches around some symlinks and plays with the LD_LIBRARY_PATH variable. You still have to manually use eselect ("eselect opengl set nvidia" or "eselect opengl set xorg-x11"), but at least you can have all packages installed at the same time.
Last edited by Gusar (2012-01-18 15:55:50)

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