Running older programs on OS X

I've got some older mac games is there anyway to get them to run in OS X? it keeps telling me that they're not supported on the system, does OS X not support older software? or am I doing something wrong?

Intel Macs (like the MacBook) do not support programs for OS 9 or earlier.
Which game(s)? Some of them may have OS X native installers-look on the developer's support site.

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I recently made the switch from Windows to Mac with a brand new Macbook Air. It's running OS X Yosemite 10.10. I'm a screenwriter and so a friend of mine gave me an older copy of Final Draft that was torrented and said it could be used on Lion and Mountain Lion. Every time I go to install it on my Air the Installer says it has to close and then re open then says its going to run a package to see if it can be installed on my computer then spits out an error saying I need to have a newer version of OS X but as far as I can tell I have the newest version. Anybody know a way around this or why it's doing this?

Sorry. You're not going to get help here. You're also not going to get any sympathy for the fact that you're having problems running stolen software on your Mac.

Running Older Software

I work for an elementary school and some of the teachers are getting new MacBook Pros with Mountain Lion on them. However, some of the programs they used to use with Snow Leopard are too old to be run on Mountain Lion. Is there a way to fix this and make Mountain Lion run older programs?

NEVER SAY NEVER!
If there are not upgrades of these educational programs that will run on Lion/Mountain Lion, then install Snow Leopard (with Rosetta) into Parallels:
[click on image to enlarge]
Full Snow Leopard installation instructions are here:
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1365439
NOTE: STEP ONE of the installation instructions currently must be accomplished on a Snow Leopard or Lion Mac and then the resulting modified Snow Leopard Install.cdr image file moved to the Mountain Lion Mac for completion of the remaining STEPs.
PS: The OP is NOT allowed to read this post, as [s]he has already awarded points for the "NO, there is none..." answer...

Upgrading from an older program.

This may seem like a dumb question, but I don't know much about Classic, SheepShaver, or any of the ways to run older programs.
I bought an upgrade version for Adobe Illustrator CS3 and the seller tossed in a copy of Illustrator 8.0.1 in, but I can't install that because it requires Classic Environment, and I looked at the SheepShaver site and it was all Greek to me. I am not a programmer and don't know the first thing about assembling binaries or any of that stuff.
Any help with this delima of mine would be great.
Thank you.

If I understand what you have done, I think you should get your money back. So: you got an upgrade Illustrator CS3, you did not own a previous version of Illustrator to upgrade from, so the seller gave you Illustrator 8. You would install Illustrator 8, then run the Illustrator upgrade. Is that correct? If so, it won't work with an Intel machine.
Even if you had the skills necessary to get Sheepshaver going I doubt you could then install the upgrade. Maybe someone could, but they would have to be very very skillful indeed. The upgrade needs to check the previous version of Illustrator before it will install, and I'm not at all sure it would even be able to see the version in OS 9 inside of Sheepshaver.
If you can't get your money back, try to find a version of Illustrator 10. That was the first version to run in OS X, and you might find one cheap that you can register.
Francine
Francine
Schwieder

I need to download Firefox 1.5 or 2.0 in order to run a program that is not supported in the newer versions of firefox. How can I get the older versions?

I need an older version of Firefox to run a program that is only supported on Firefox 2.0 or 1.5. Where can I download this older version of Firefox?
== This happened ==
Not sure how often
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Try the portable version: http://www.freesmug.org/portableapps/firefox/

Problem with running a program under Labview 8.6

Hello,
I am writing you this to ask for your technical support to fix the problem I am facing at our Lab at University of California, Irvine.
Ms. Vanessa Trujillo has kindly come to our lab a couple of times and tried different things to resolve the issue, but unfortunately the issue is not resolved yet. Here is a summary of the problem:
We used to use Labview 6.1 for our fatigue testing and data acquisition.
Our
program worked just fine under the 6.1 version We recently upgraded our software to Labview 8.6. We have also purchased a new computer that has higher capacity than what your website requires for Labview 8.6. The new computer has Windows Vista We transferred our old program/subprograms from the old computer under Labview
6.1 to the new computer with labview 8.6. However our program that worked fine with the 6.1 version is not working with the updated version (ver 8.6).
There
are 6 errors in the error list. It appears there are six files of my program missing under the new version, even though we transferred all files.
The software searches for those files but can't find them.
        For example one the box pops up indicates:
        loading:
                    <vlib>:\Daq\lvdaq.dll
        searching:
                    C:\Program Files\National Instrument\LabVIEW 8.6\instr.lib\Agilent34401\public\utility
        I get several message like this. I have to cancel/ignore them all to be able to open the program.
When we go to VI's under Measurement I/O there is nothing (empty).
We use a PCI-MIO-16XE-50 for our data acquisition During Labview installation on the new computer, I was asked if I wanted to install the device drivers. I had two options, "Now" or "Later", I picked Now but I didn't have the DVD's/CD's for the device drivers. Therefore I had to select later to complete my software installation Later after Labview 8.6 installation, we installed the device drivers (traditional Ni DAQ and Ni DAQmx) from the two old CD's we had in our lab from a couple of years ago (the CD's were Ni DAQ 7). after installation, the PCI board on the computer was recognized by the device driver. However we still could not run our program under the new version of Labview (same situation and the same messages) I called 1-866-275-6964 on 9/2/08 and talked to Grant (service number:
1228841). He recommended that I download and install the updated version of device drivers.
Since I didn't have the DVD/CD for updated device drivers, I contacted Vanessa Trujillo. She gave me the DVD for the updated Ni DAQ (Traditional and mx).
But
when I tried to install the updated device drivers I got a message something like "some unsupported filed have been detected,..." so the updated device
drivers were not installed. It should be noted that up to here we still had the Ni DAQ (traditional and mx) installed on the computer from our old CD's (Ni DAQ 7).
Vanessa and I talked to Tom at the technical support department. He recommended that we download and install the Beta xx version for Ni DAQ since we were using Windows Vista. Mike put the Beta software on the Ni website/outgoing so I could download and install it. He asked me to uninstall the traditional Ni DAQ that we had on our computer from the older CD's. He
asked me not to un-install the Ni DAQmx (that we had installed from the old
CD). I was able to download the Beta software, however I could not install it since I got a similar message that some unsupported files were detected.
Right now we don't have any version of traditional Ni DAQ installed on the
computer but the NI DAQmx (from old Ni DAQ 7) is still installed on the computer. Vanessa let me borrow her new Ni DAQ DVD but as I explained I am not able to install the device drivers.
Vanessa - Did I miss anything?
Please advise. My cell number is 619-778-2033. I will be at our lab at UC,
Irvine at 2:00pm (CA/Pacific time). Please call if you have any questions.
Thank you

To me, it looks like you are missing some of the drivers and subVI's used in your program.
Whatever device you are using to measure fatigue or any other device probably came with a driver.
You need all of these drivers installed on this new computer.
Also, any subVI's and libraries you use in the program must also be installed on the new computer.
Whenever you get a message that says you are missing some component (the ones that you said you press 'ignore'),
see if you can find that library or subVI on the older computer. If so, save it to something so you can transfer them to the new computer.
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Error :No operating system credentials were set for running the program

i am getting this error when i am trying to execute a shell script in cmc. i got the status as failed, when clicked on that failed message this is what i got
Title: delete_month
Document Type: Program
Status Failed
Destination: Unmanaged Disk destination properties have been set to the chosen Job Server's defaults.
Owner: boadmin
Server Used: cms_451.ProgramJobServer
PID: 15010
Folder Path: Temp/
Remote Instance: No
Creation Time: 12/1/2010 7:21 PM
Expiry: 12/1/2020 7:21 PM
Start Time: 12/1/2010 7:21 PM
End Time: 12/1/2010 7:21 PM
Error Message: No operating system credentials were set for running the program.
what might be the reason

what do u mean by pm application, i didn't get that
we r using boe xi 3.1 sp3.on sun solaris
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I wrote a shell script to delete the reports which r one month old. the reports generated by the boe r placed in unix machine(in a specific folder for example abc) and my boe server is also on unix .I imported the the shell script into boe.I assigned the path /xx/yy/abc (the path where our reports r stored) to the arguments and i gave the working directory path as the xx/yy/bobj/bobje/data/frsinput/a0_89/ ( this is the path where my shell script is present).after giving these details i am unable to delete any of the content from that folder. I am getting the failed message when i am trying to execute the object in cmc. i am pasting the shell script as well as the error message here if any body knows anything help me. do i need to set anything in cmc or what i need to do
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#!/bin/ksh
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if [[ $# != 1 ]]; then
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exit 0
fi
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do
echo "$v_fname"
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Bought Win 8 PRO upgrade, still can't use older programs!

I bought a new Windows 8 computer and was told that if I wanted to use my older programs that were compatible with XP, Vista, etc., that I would have to upgrade to the Pro version of Win 8. I spent the extra $99.99 and the thing STILL WON'T LET ME RUN
THOSE PROGRAMS! That's so frustrating! I replaced my previous computer -- a year-old DELL that wasn't just a lemon it was a lime, too -- because it was too frustrating. Now I'm frustrated with my month-old computer that I "UPGRADED" the OS to enable
me to continue using my favorite programs (desktop publishing, photo editing, etc.) and it won't let me do so. I'm ready to go APPLE if this issue isn't resolved to my satisfaction! I'm so tired of arguing with computers and trying to make them do what they're
supposed to! A long, solid cement block wall is so VERY tempting right now; a solid introduction to my current and previous (I still have it) computers would be so much fun!
How do I make my Windows 8 PRO computer actually do what I was told it would do: Run the older programs? I'm not asking for the moon, just for Microsoft to keep their word!

Probably that's why the user was told to upgrade, Hyper-V is an optional feature in Windows 8 Pro.
Yeah, probably true. Although previous versions of the desktop OS had Virtual PC. I believe this is probably more an attempt to standardize on the more robust Hyper-V product (and allow better upgrades and experience) and let the older VPC, as
legacy, ride quietly into the sun.
That, and to piss VMware off even further as more people learn of and realize the true power of Hyper-V. >:)
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@DCtheGeek

Running older games on OS X when classic is not supported

Could someone please advise me as how to run an old game (master of orion 2) on OS 10.5? When I try to run it, it states that classic environment is not supported. I don't understand why latest versions of mac OS would not be capable of running older games, which are apparently only runnable in an older frame. Is there a patch that can be installed to support classic environment programs, or is the only solution downgrading operating systems? This seems way more complicated than it should be, especially for a very simple game to run as far as graphics and cpu, etc.
Please help! Thank you.

ebk0 , welcome to Apple Discussions.
Classic is not supported using Leopard, Snow Leopard or Intel Macs. Some users do use Sheep Shaver, with varying degrees of success. Many games do not work properly in classic mode, because some games use OS 9 to control the Mac hardware. They require the Mac to be booted in OS 9 (or below). Your best solution is to buy a used Mac capable of running OS 9.
 Cheers, Tom

Will Lion work with older programs

I have lots of older programs including Adobe CS, Adobe CS3, Eudora 6.2, etc. that work fine on my iMac running 10.6.8 with i3 processor, will they work with Lion if I upgrade? Just checking before I download the update. Thanks for any info.

CS3 runs but reportedly has issues. Adobe CS, the original version, will not work, nor will any application that is PowerPC only, since Lion no longer supports PowerPC applications. If you don't know what apps are PowerPC only, Get Info on the app, and in the Kind section, it will say. Apps that say either "Intel" or "Universal" at least have the potential to run, though there are other factors involved in Lion compatibility. The RoaringApps site is a useful resource:
http://roaringapps.com/apps:table
though the most definitive method of confirming compatibility is to check with the developer.
Regards.

Hardware starts to fail running certain programs

Hi I have an older macbook pro, late 2008, and it runs fine, but the past month when I'm running certain programs (ableton live, photoshop, even word sometimes) all of a sudden my trackpad stops clicking, the mouse icon dissapears, and none of the keyboard buttons work. I can plug in stuff to the USB slots, but they don't work either ie mouse. I then proceed to manually shut the computer off by holding down the power button, but I hate doing that. what should I do? anyone have an issue with this? It has all started after I downloaded maverick, and it's really irretating and bad for my computer being that I use it so often for work.

The error message you're getting is the error message the
server is sending. You need to figure out why the server
is sending that error message.
One thing that might help debug the problem is to keep
the debug log files for every session, at least until you
know the send is successful. If a send fails, save the
debug log file for later examination. Then you can see
the entire protocol trace with the server.
See the Session.setDebugOut method.
One possibility here is that you're running into a bug in
your application that, after some time, causes it to lose
your session configuration properties, which could cause
it to fail to authenticate, or even cause it to connect to the
wrong server. Look for race conditions in your application.

I just bought creative cloud. MY MAC IS 10.6.8. What should i be at to run the programs and how do I update my laptop

i just bought creative cloud. MY MAC IS 10.6.8. What should i be at to run the programs and how do I update my laptop. It ran the trial of CS6 fine

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Running Windows programs in OS X`

Somebody told me that OS X has been capable of running Windows programs for the past year. It was something that Steve Jobs said in his keynote speach a while back.
I was wondering if anyone has done this, and how do I go about doing it?
Something about Rosetta or something?

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Hwo to run test program composed with GPIB commands directly?

When we write test program, we usually use the function libraries which are provided by instrument vendors. But sometimes, we need to use GPIB commands directly. For example, if the instrument vendor doesn't provide library for some GPIB commands, or if I get such a program from somewhere else.
The question is that I don't know how to edit, compile and run such programs. The attached is such a program, and please tell me how to run such a program if you knows.
Thank you very much.
Attachments:
MER.txt ‏9 KB

The file that you attached looks like an HP-BASIC or Rocky Mountain Basic program. If you're trying to take an existing program like that and compile it in Visual Studio, that is not going to work. If you're trying to figure out how to write an equivalent program in Visual Studio, our example programs for Measurement Studio would be a great place to start. For the C++ API, you can look at the example program in C:\Program Files\MeasurementStudioVS2003\VCNET\Examples\4882, or . The exact location of Measurement Studio might be different on your system depending on where it's installed, or you might have an older version of Measurement Studio, like 7.0. Note that we also have support for GPIB in .NET languages like VB and C#. You can find examples in C:\Program Files\MeasurementStudioVS2003\DotNET\Examples\GPIB for both languages.

I dont see the "edit options" button thats suppose to be on the top right hand corner. I need to download and run a program and I need to click that to do it, what do I do ?

Or how do I download a tool bar for firefox, or run a program like you do for internet explorer?

See:
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Installing_extensions

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