You can't open the application "TeacherWorks" because PowerPC applications are no longer supported.
When I try to open an application I get this message: You can’t open the application “TeacherWorks” because PowerPC applications are no longer supported. I updated my MacBook Pro to Mavericks a month ago. So I do not know what is going on. I am not good with computeres, so please if you will try to help me, please be very simple.
Thank you
There isn't really a simple answer to your dilemma.
You have discovered that there is older software that will no longer work on OS X Mavericks.
Your version of TeacherWorks was programmed to run on much older non-Intel, PowerPC style Macs that were discontinued around 2005-2006.
If your Mac was running OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard previously, Snow Leopard had a special emulator software, called Rosetta, that emulated older PowerPC hardware to allow this software to function.
This Rosetta emulator software got deleted/obsoleted from OS X with the introduction of OS X 10.7 Lion.
So, this software will no longer function.
The alternatives is to see if there are newer updates of this software that needs to be downloaded and installed.
OR if this software no longer exists or is no longer being updated, then you need to search for and seek out alternatives that are similar in features to this software.
There is a way to get your existing TeacherWorks software to work on Mavericks, but it gets involves using a special virtualization software like Parallels Desktop, VMWare Fusion or the free, open source virtualization software called virtual box to install OS X Snow. Leopard Server within the virtualization software.
You purchase, download and install this virtualization software.
And you need to call Apple at 1-800-MYAPPLE to see if you can still purchase copies of OS X Snow Leopard Server.
Once you have OS X Snow Leopard Server installed and you launch it, you can, once more, install your existing TeacherWorks software.
This is the only way to run this type of older software in OS X Mavericks.
If this is too complicated for you, if you made a backup of your previous system setup and data, all you have to so is revert to your previous system,
If you have no backup of your system or data, you need to backup, at least, your important data by either burning CDs/DVDs, copy this data to high capacity USB Flash Drives or backup to an externally connected hard drive.
Then, you need to do a complete clean install of your previous OS X version from disc, redormat the hard drive which will completely wipe your hard drive of data! and reinstall your previous OS, all of your applications and then restore all of your data.
There is no other way to do this if you have no viable backup.
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