Mac Universal Binary Support (c'mon guys)

Lack of Universal Binary support for the Mac is kinda hard to
believe since there exists a version 8 universal binary in beta
form. No further Mac releases should be available without UB
support. Please let us know what your plans for UB support are
going forward.

I'll second that sentiment. It is frustrating enough
(although understandable) that Flex Builder is unavailable for any
Mac platform but not being able to even test content on my MacBook
Pro is just silly.
I finally took the time to install the SDK and setup Xcode to
provide code hinting for AS3 (still working on MXML) and compile
the .swf files but now I can't test. I guess I go back to Bootcamp
again or parallels workstation to run this stuff in an XP
environment. Major bummer.
Best regards,
Rob

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Mac Universal Binary

Hello,
I have an application that runs fine on my Mac where I developed it, it is an application package (.app) with Universal Binary files. I also ran it on a friend’s Mac and it ran just fine. This second Mac has never had Valentina or Valentina Studio or anything used to develop a Valentina application on it. Both these Macs are Mac OSX 10.5.6
Now, one of my client cannot even launch the application let alone run it. It crashes right before the screen even shows up. All you get is a message about "application quit unexpectedly" and when I look at the crash log, I see that there are errors related to the dylib files etc. He tried it on another Mac of his and same problem. I am puzzled, what could be going on? Has anyone come across this situation?
Vansh

I think your question would best be asked in the software developer section of the forum.
http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=728

Lion Upgrade and Universal Binary Plugins

Hey All,
So I read the apple press release about the Lion upgrade and if memory serves correctly I read that, with Lion, Apple will be discontinuing support for Universal Binary applications.
I'm currently running Logic Express 9.1.4 on Snow Leopard and I have a few Universal Binary AU plugins.
If I do upgrade to Lion, will my Universal Binary AU plugins also cease to work when I run Logic on Lion?
Additionally, will an upgrade to lion require me to run another series of upgrades in order for my system, and all my other apps, to run smoothly?
Not really complaining about this, just weighing the options before I decide whether to upgrade or not

I read about the Universal Binary support as well - don't remember where, did some googling. I'm not a big Apple/computer tekkie, but I have a feeling that going to Lion will be like the OS9 to OSX transition, but as if Classic Environment never existed.
I'd make the Lion decision based on your current hardware and software - is it working now? Or are you looking at some future release that only Lion will support? I bought Macromedia Studio (Academic) 2004 for about $200 or less back then, it's $529 now on Amazon, no cheaper/Academic version available that I can find (well, it's Adobe now.) Final Draft is screenwriting - basic word processing - no need to shell out close to $200 for a new version or a $99 upgrade that does the same thing on Lion (though after fighting with the company about their dropping support for my version, I was offered a cheaper upgrade - still, no need.) Also, MS Office works fine on the mini - again, basic word processing (I only and rarely use Word) seems crazy to upgrade, based on trying a new OS.
My G4 tower (I believe currently running 10.4.x) worked for my needs for what, 8 years? Still does all I need, I'll hold onto it, but chokes up a bit on Garageband, Final Cut 4 drags (but I never use it.)** I upgraded to Mac mini for the Intel processor (for Netflix streaming and any new Intel apps I may desire) and I can see this one with 10.6.8 lasting me for years, since it's running all my old apps and any that are available right now.
Good luck, whatever you choose, but I still say don't do it unless it's a dual boot situation.
**These are hardware issues, OS was never an issue except, of course, for the very first OSX.

Old school, has anyone here been able to install and run Logic Pro 9.1 on a dual 1.8 G5 PPC? I know LP9 is not officialy supported on non Intel CPUs, But 9.0.0 and 9. 02 are ok on the G5 PPC as it is universal Binary, while I hear 9.1 wont work

has anyone here been able to install and run Logic Pro 9.1 on a dual 1.8 G5 PPC? I know LP9 is not officialy supported on non Intel CPUs, But 9.0.0 and
9. 02 are ok on the G5 PPC as it is universal Binary, while I hear 9.1 wont work.

ok thanks, that's what I tought,looks like apple machines are only good for two - three years, the software developers are ahead of the hardware to a certain point, love macs but this is forcing us to buy new macs just to keep up with development. There was a time it was the opposite.
By the time we get up on new stuff it's time to change again. Gotta be rich to deal with macs ...LOL

HELP!!!--- Canon Pixma MG5420 Mac OS X 10.5.8 PowerPC Universal Binary Print Driver...... ---

Greetings Everyone!
I am a bit miffed at the moment.
I purchased a Canon Pixma MG5420 Print-Copy-Scan machine with the intention of using it with my Power Mac G5, PowerPC, Mac OS X 10.5.8.
But alas. Apparently it is not to be. The box in which the printer came cleary displays the Mac Logo and the Universal Logo, the Universal Logo looking like this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_binary
The Mac OS X system requirements also notate the OS X to be a minimum of 10.5.8!
The driver CD only contains drivers for Mac OS X Intel.
So Someone....ANYONE!....please tell me why Canon has stooped to this low level of "False Advertising"???
Let's FLAG this issue and find out WHY!
NEED HELP!
....and could use working drivers!

IT"S OFFICIAL!---> Canon has stopped porting any of their drivers to the Universal Binary format for MAC OS X which is a combo installer for PowerPC and Intel machines.
The MG5420 MFP that I have was released in December 2012 and they *said* that I was the first person to "complain" of this issue!....REALLY!?!?....wow...so there is no one else out there using the PowerPC platform??? I find the G5 (model M9592LL/A) to be quite adequate and useable for what I do! I guess the engineers couldn't be bothered to "port" it to the PowerPC platform! Listen Canon, if you don't think the PowerPC is still useable, go visit http://www.macofalltrades.com/ and watch the "trend" of what sells and what doesn't.....or maybe you should call another authority of Apple products http://www.macsales.com/ and ask what volume of PowerPC compatible parts they sell?!
And Canon, I know you offered to buy back this "mistake", but for the $99 I bought it at, (extra set of ink not included) I may just hold on to it and do the "workaround" of scanning to and printing from a Windows XP PC shared folder...No, Canon, I'm not completely stupid!....I set-up MFP's for my job, so I know a little bit about networking! ...enough to be dangerous, at least! ;-) Any way, I just got this G5 a year or so ago and it is new to me...I probably wait a little longer and then get an Intel Mac, and THEN it will work natively with this INTEL CANON!....LOL!
What do you think?!.....Thoughts?.....Ideas?
Oh, and Canon.....get your "engineering" team and your marketing "box makers/printers" in Thailand to get their "info" to correspond and be accurate....that way there will be no false advertising and misrepresentation of Apple's "Intellectual Property" and "breach of contract!.....You darn well know they have an "Image" to uphold!
https://developer.apple.com/softwarelicensing/agreements/maclogo.html
CHEERS!
PS--you better watch your back Canon on this little faux pas!....Epson might use this to their advertising advantage!....they still support Universal Binary!

Mac os X Server Universal Binary install upgrade possible ?

Has anyone attempted the following upgrade pattern with the new mac pros with mac os X Universal Binary build ?
Take your PowerPC mac os X server build to an external hard drive (Carbon Copy clonning or via SuperDuper). Tie in the external hard drive to the Mac Pro . Upgrade the Mac os X server install via the DVD install for mac os X server coming with the mac pro . CCC it back to the mac pro ... watch the fireworks ?
I am still in waiting the machine but there are loads of data i would like to transfer from our my present mac os X server quad setup to the upcoming MacPro and doing this manipulation might make the transition soooo much easier than having to transport everything ...
I hope there are no other already started threads concerning this procedure but if such would be the case i apologize for the inconvinience caused and would be glad if reffering threads would be posted here ...
G5 Quad 2.5 7TB xraid 16GB of ram. Mac OS X (10.4.7) Mac os X server 10.4.7

From the looks of it the upgrade from Mac os X server PPC to Mac os X server Universal Binary is not possible from install disk .... i backed up a whole PPC drive loaded my Mac os X Server UB in the machine and booted off the CD on a MBP ... and the installer just wont take the PPC build as upgradable .. once again apple leaves us in the middle of the transition ... WHY ???? For those of us getting mac pros to run mac os x server applications this would be a great benefit to all parties involved and help solve the many dog heared problems we have faced all along in 10.4.
Edit: Same thing from a PPC standpoint a PPC build wont upgade to a Universal Binary build at all as it seems ... i am calling Apple support and hope to get further information to share ... wish me luck
I dare hope leopard behaves better than 10.4 has been especially on the server side which broke many functions that 10.3 got right pretty quickly and neatly .
G5 Quad 2.5 7TB xraid 16GB of ram. Mac OS X (10.4.7) Mac os X server 10.4.7

Flash for Mac: How Long Before Universal Binary?

I have an iMac G4 1 GHz PPC and am contemplating purchasing
Flash 8 (or some software containing Flash) for my son. I recently
found a good educational source with a decent price. To my
understanding the current version of Flash is PPC only, but it may
be able to run under Rosetta on the new Intel Macs. I have heard
that Adobe will not release a universal binary update to Flash 8
and that Flash will likely not run natively on Intel Macs until the
next major release of Flash (I guess that will be 9). I plan to
keep my G4 for quite a while but I can see some handwriting on the
wall that indicates we'll probably get another Mac (Intel) within
the year.
A few questions. Has anyone run Flash under Rosetta on an
Intel Mac? How does it run? Do you think I should just go ahead and
buy Flash 8 now and start getting some good use out of it (the edu
discount makes it a pretty good deal anyway)? When is the next
version of Flash expected in an ordinary development cycle?
Thanks very much.

Well, from a switchers point of view, I have never run Adobe
products under PPC as I was always a Unix and Windows user,
however, as of recently I have switched all my systems to Intel
based Macs, and I have to say, that although I can not run my
business without Flash 8, its performance under Rosetta is dismal
at best.
On an average day of 4-5 hours of developement, Flash 8 will
crash for no reason every 15 to 20 minutes. I have to save my
changes every few minutes or I am bound to lose my work. The speed
is reduced more than 50%, so unless you can deal with the feeling
that you are developing underwater with the speed issues and the
constant crashes, I would highly suggest waiting for Flash Pro 9.
An as a final note, this going to Adobe, who refuses to even
give a tentative release date, I am appauld at your lack of concern
for your customers. Every other major company has already released
updates to their products as Universal Binaries, yet you talk like
your products are so more advanced then any other products on the
planet, that it requires you to do strick beta testing to ensure it
runs properly. My answer to that is this... ANYTHING that is native
to Intel Mac has got to run better than your products under
Rosetta. Crashing every 15-20 minutes and running like a snail is
NOT an alternative to possibly bugs that may have occured by
releasing a universal upgrade for Flash 8. So that is simply an
excuse on your part for not supporting your customers.

Will non-universal-binary Logic+plugins run on an Intel Mac?

Hi,
this may sound like a dumb question, but I haven't found a straightforward answer on this question yet: will my Logic 7.1 (not Universal Binary) install on an Intel-Mac?? Our local Mac store expected that Rosatta will take care of everything, and that only performance will suffer a bit.
That would mean that all non-universal-binary plugins would run, too??!!
Just curious...
Thanks!
Regards,
Jaap
eMac Mac OS X (10.3.9) Logic Express

Hi Jaap,
In a word, nope!
It seems you're more informed than your local dealer, :o)
Rosetta will not handle the plug-ins & third party (AU) need the (U B) upgrades. You need the 7.2 (U. Binary) to run logic on the new Intel machines.
Best regards,
Jorge

Does Mac OS X support iOS universal apps?

Does Mac OS X support iOS universal apps?
Excample:
Angry Birds by Rovio is cost USD$0.99 on the iOS App Store, can I get the same appcation for free in Mac App Store under 'Purchased'?

You can't, as iOS and Mac OS X are two different operating systems. Just like you would have to purchase a Windows and a Mac version of applications if you wanted to run it on both.

Universal binary CF for the Mac

I have spent the last few days attempting to install CF 7.2
on an Intel Mac with the 'work around unsupported hacks' suggested
on a few sites. I have not been able to get it to work. I have been
seeing articles about CS3 being universal binary and available
sometime first part of 2007. However, that doesn't seem to include
CF. Anyone hear any rumors on when CF might be updated for Intel
Macs? I have been attempting to use Flex Builder 2 beta with the
Adobe Training from the Source for Flex Builder that just came out,
but find it all but unusable without being able to install CF. I
know I could use BootCamp and install a Windows partition and run
Flex and CF over there, but I do not want to buy a Win license
especially since there has been no definitive answer as to whether
I can transfer that license to Mac at a later point in time.
Without an Intel version of CF, it makes me wonder why they are
bothering with a Mac version of Flex Builder 2.

This should help..
http://webmages.com:80/cfmxIntelOSXguide.html
Brendon
"WantToProgFlex" <[email protected]> wrote
in message
news:ej1u6h$sf3$[email protected]..
>I have spent the last few days attempting to install CF
7.2 on an Intel Mac
> with the 'work around unsupported hacks' suggested on a
few sites. I have
> not
> been able to get it to work. I have been seeing articles
about CS3 being
> universal binary and available sometime first part of
2007. However, that
> doesn't seem to include CF. Anyone hear any rumors on
when CF might be
> updated
> for Intel Macs? I have been attempting to use Flex
Builder 2 beta with
> the
> Adobe Training from the Source for Flex Builder that
just came out, but
> find it
> all but unusable without being able to install CF. I
know I could use
> BootCamp
> and install a Windows partition and run Flex and CF over
there, but I do
> not
> want to buy a Win license especially since there has
been no definitive
> answer
> as to whether I can transfer that license to Mac at a
later point in time.
> Without an Intel version of CF, it makes me wonder why
they are bothering
> with
> a Mac version of Flex Builder 2.
>

Universal Binary Shockwave for Mac? Is Director on its way out?

Anyone have any thoughts about if and when there will be a
universal binary version of shockwave for the Mac?
Also, Director seems to receive very little attention from
Adobe. Anyone know anything or care to speculate about Adobe's
commitment to maintaining Director. I'm guessing that adobe will
eventually ad 3D capabilities to Flash and do away with Director.
My company use to do a lot with Director, now we have a scant few
clients who bring us work that requires it.
As the Art Director for my company I have had a somewhat
passive role with Director, creating art and presentations that
only require basic navigation and animation and handing off to a
true programmer when more complex functionality is needed. Our
programmer has left and it seems on some level I am now assuming
the role of main director person, at least unofficially. I also
have a beginner to intermediate level of proficiency with Flash.
I'm pretty much left to teach myself what ever programming our
clients need as it is needed. My plate is full and I'm trying to
determine if I need to invest time in really learning lingo beyond
my rudimentary working knowledge, or just concentrate on expanding
my Flash knowledge base. If Flash did 3D, I would probably forget
about Director because it seems like it is on it's way out and most
of the things our clients need I think can be done in Flash
although for standalone presentations, I prefer the seamless flow
of Director to the "wait to load" result of Flash.
Any thoughts on this?

As Adobe says itself:
A new version of Director will be released in the first half
of 2007. It
will be sold under the name Adobe Director. No features list
available yet.
That's the only information we have and you'll have to live
with it until
the release (or beta program just before).
Adobe doesn't have anything else in its product range that
comes close to
Director and Shockwave. Shockwave 3D is still to this day the
most reliable
Web 3D plugin available (even if it has not the best
rendering quality but
sufficient for games, e-learning and 3D product assembly
instructions).
Adding 3D to Flash Player would mean a heavier download
(Flash Player 9 is
already 1 MB without the Yahoo toolbar).
The other news it that Tom Higgins, the Director Technical
Product Manager
left. I believe his position has already been filled
internally by someone
else at Adobe (it's a huge company) or will be soon (haven't
seen any job
offer yet for this role).
Best regards,
Karl Sigiscar.
http://www.chromelib.com/

Swf and Universal Binary

I've produced a application (standalone player) on Mac for PC
customers. It's pretty heavy, it includs videos and flash
didactical sequences. All play fine on my 2 computers (G4 bipro
1,25Ghz and G5 1,8 Ghz) and on the customer computers.
But I've to install it on a MacBook Laptop (with only 512Mo)
and then problem...
The video and animations are slow, even if I play the swf
separately the simple animations are slow, so I think that the
standalone player uses Rosetta...
How to solve that problem ?
Is there a Flash 9 player installer (not only for browser) ?
If I found a Flash player 9 to compile again the projector
will it works on Universal Binary computers ?
Thank for your help ;)

Look like it's done! In the download page :
http://www.adobe.com/support/flashplayer/downloads.html
There is a link to download the INTEL version of the Flash
Player (release and debug!). But in fact, it's a Universal Binary
app, not just Intel !.
So, they should flush the link for the PowerPC version...
It's working fine on my G5 powerPC too.
Link to the UB:
http://download.macromedia.com/pub/flashplayer/updaters/9/sa_flashplayer_9_all_release_ub. dmg

Will Snow Leopard run older PPC software, pre-universal binary stuff?

Hi there
I know this is probably the most stupid question in the world, and I know that Snow Leopard dropped support for PPC and is intel only.
Does this mean that I could no longer run my CS2, MS Office 2004 and Quark 6.5 (as none of these were universal binary apps, and are all written for PPC architecture)? Or is it just SL will only install on Intel macs?
Thanks in advance

PPC is supported, but there are some PPC applications that are too old for Snow Leopard. You should check all that you use for the latest info BEFORE updating. I think there are problems with CS2. It is not officially supported in Leopard, but may work there. CS3 is not officially supported, but does work.
Is there a 'best' way to upgrade? clean install and retrieve data from time machine backup? Complete rebuild? Install over the top of Leopard?
Any method should work if your applications are up to date, and your existing system has no problems. If your current system is old, though, it may have some forgotten applications or modifications that could cause upgrade problems.
The safest way (but more work) is to erase the drive, install Snow Leopard, update to 10.6.2, copy just user accounts and data from your Time Machine backup, and install the latest versions of applications.
If possible, make a bootable backup of your system drive before you start. That will protect you against any possible problems with the Time Machine backup.

NXT Software Universal Binary?

This is probably a backwards way of getting at this, through this forum, but does anyone know when a universal binary of NI's Lego Mindstorms NXT software will be release for Mac OS X? Under PPC architecture, a software translation layer called Rosetta does not allow access to Bluetooth. So the current PPC-complied version of the NXT software does not support Bluetooth under OS X on Intel Macs.

Kalin,
Thanks. I was trying the shotgun approach, posting to several different forums, because the concrete delivery date information on the Web was sparse. I realized that NXT-G and LabVIEW are distinct, but I didn't realize just how distinct, that the average LabVIEW forum regular would be almost as likely to have detailed information on the cultivation of rare orchids as he would the Mac OS X version of NXT-G.
I was, by the way, merely curious and not so much complaining. NXT-G is a great solution for its purpose, and any time a major computer hardware and OS designer changes processor platforms, not everything is going to work right away. On top of that, I do even have a PPC-based Powerbook with Bluetooth for trying out the Bluetooth feature. I really appreciate your replying to my message even thought it was out of place, off-topic, and had crept out of the list of recent posts.
Best.
SM

When will the Universal Binary version of Final Cut Express HD be available

I'm purchasing a new mac mini Intel core duo and I need to know when the Universal Binary version of Final Cut Express HD will be available?

True but Apple will not support Mac Mini and MacBook's for some stupid reason.
It's available now and it's called FINAL CUT EXPRESS
HD 3.5
I'm purchasing a new mac mini Intel core duo and I
need to know when the Universal Binary version of
Final Cut Express HD will be available?

Mac Universal Binary Support (c'mon guys)

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