Is it possible to run PowerPC apps in Mavericks?

I have an iMac that has been running OS X 10.6.8 for a while, but I just updated to Mavericks (10.9.2). I have the 10.6.2 install disc with rosetta and I have tried to reinstall rosetta a couple of times now, but I still can't open any PowerPC apps. I am wondering if there is any other way to use PPC apps in Mavericks.

S\'Moore wrote:
I don't know exactly what you mean by "partition", but if you let me know how to do that, it sounds like it would work best. I also tried VirtualBox, but I couldn't get it to work correctly.
Use Disk Utility in the Utilities folder in the Applications folder to create a 2nd partition on your internal hard drive. It makes the Mac think that two separate hard drives are connected to it.
Then install Snow Leopard (with the optional Rosetta and IMHO QuickTime 7) into the 2nd partition.
Then using Startup Disk in System Preferences, you can decide which flavor of OS X will be active when you restart your Mac: Mavericks or Snow Leopard.
Using the other option that Kurt suggests, with VirtualBox, should work, but you are best off to purchase Snow Leopard Server for $20 from Apple for ease of installation into VirtualBox and continued use and maintenance:
1.800.MYAPPLE (1.800.692.7753) - Apple Part Number: MC588Z/A (telephone orders only)
Snow Leopard client can be installed into Parallels with some difficulty, but the cost of Parallels would exceed your cost to just purchase Snow Leopard Server, which should easily install into VirtualBox (although I personally have no experience with VirtualBox).

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You use software called parallels which will allow you run two operating systems at once.
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The reference on how to buy Snow Leopard was
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1365439
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[click on image to enlarge]

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