Running older software in Mac OS X (10.5.1) Leopard

Will the software I currently have installed on my Power PC G4 FW800 1GHz work in Mac OS X v10.5.1 Leopard?
I am particularly concerned about Adobe Creative Suite, running Photoshop CS 8.
I would be grateful for any advice.
Thanks in advance.

1) Backup.
2) Backup.
3) Backup.
Most users have had no difficulties at all upgrading to Leopard. But just in case something does go wrong, have a bootable clone of your previous system you can revert to. It is also a good idea to make sure your main boot drive checks out okay with Disk Utility before doing any update or upgrade.

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If you want to sync it to the iPad from that Mac, you need to upgrade it to at least 10.5.8.
If you want to copy the music to another Mac, you don't. Move the iTunes folder of the item in the Finder's sidebar over as you would any other folder. If you put it somewhere other than the Music folder, launch iTunes with the Option key held down and point it to that location.
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What is the best data recovery software for Mac OS X 10.5.8 Leopard?

A backup.
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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:
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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.
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Fcweed
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Somebody else reported recently that D2 stopped working after the recent Quicktime update. Did you install that?
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grossmusic wrote:
The question of this thread is not about updating. It's about options to do what we want in free enterprise.
For every troll, there are helpful members of this forum who will offer actual assistance. As Eric mentioned, there are options. Here is a recent post I assembled on a similar question:
Unfortunately you got caught up in the minor miracle of Rosetta. Originally licensed by Apple when it migrated from the PowerPC CPU platform that it had used from the mid-1990's until the Intel CPU platform in 2006, Rosetta allowed Mac users to continue to use their library of PPC software transparently in emulation.
However, Apple's license to continue to use this technology expired with new releases of OS X commencing with Lion (and now Mountain Lion). While educational efforts have been made over the last 6 years, the fact is that Rosetta was SO successful that many users were caught unaware UNTIL they upgraded to Lion or Mountain Lion.
Workarounds:
1. If your Mac will support it, restore OS X Snow Leopard;
2. If your Mac will support it, partition your hard drive or add an external hard drive and install Snow Leopard into it and use the "dual-boot" method to choose between your PowerPC software or Lion/Mt. Lion;
3. Upgrade your software to Intel compatible versions if they are available, or find alternative software that will open your data files, modify them and save them;
4. Install Snow Leopard Server (with Rosetta) into Parallels or VMWare Fusion. Apple is now selling Snow Leopard Server for only $19.99 + sales tax & shipping; call 1.800.MYAPPLE (1.800.692.7753). This solution will give you concurrent use of your PowerPC applications and access to Lion or Mt. Lion.
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NOTE: Computer games with complex, 3D or fast motion graphics make not work well or at all in virtualization
More information here:
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1365439

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Welcome to the Apple Support Communities
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I am new to the mac world, Can you advice me to find out the best Antivirus software for Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard
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tpl_sparrow wrote:
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