PowerPC problem
Archives Forums/MacOS X Discussion/PowerPC problem
| ||
| I have this old MacMini that I need for a few things. To bad it's G4 and not intel. Well as I don't plan to code large projects for PPC this problem is not huge, but I need to make a few small apps. Problem is, the BlitzMax compiler requires XCode. Of course I am a member of ADC so I can download XCode, problem solved.... or so I thought.... Apple has completely stopped PPC support, or better put has stopped all support for any MacOS version earlier than Snow Leopard. Problem is Leopard is the highest version still supporting PPC (which is actually the OS I have on this thing). As I said not a huge problem (for my big projects I'll be using my Intel iMac anyway), and I may yet be able to transfer those apps into php and run them from a browser, but still if you have a solution for this, I'd like to know. If there's still a hidden page of Apple's that can help me out (as navigating on Apple's website is horrible anyway) I'd like to know. And if I have to scoop to doing this illegal (as the legal way appears to be no longer there) well, last resort, I don't wanna go down that road as long as I don't need to. In fact, I prefer not to take that road at all. Well as I have the php alternative.... But if there still is a way to make XCode work on my powerPC mac let me know. Oh yeah, I did try to install them from the MacOS install CD, but that too was rejected because of an incorrect MacOS version (perhaps that's my price to pay for buying a used MacMini). |
| ||
| Getting hold of the correct (leopard?) OSX disks should be pretty simple. |
| ||
| The SDK appears to be available here still, and it's currently downloading for me (thought I ought to have a backup on reading this!): http://connect.apple.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/MemberSite.woa/wa/getSoftware?bundleID=20414 Incidentally, their developer site appears to be completely broken, frequently failing to load pages, sending malformed URLs, stating "cannot connect to application instance" and repeatedly demanding new email verification when it fails, etc. |
| ||
| [Edited wrongness, use above link for PowerPC SDK.] Last edited 2011 |
| ||
| You're a life saver, guys.... (Too bad I already disconnected the MacMini now, so it'll have to wait for tomorrow) I'll let you know if I got BMax working there |
| ||
| Well..... I got XCode installed and I tried to compile all mods, which appears to be working (no errors so far, at least) :) Thanks a lot ;) |
| ||
| Oh yeah, just a few final notes, BlitzSupport.... The first link you gave me works. The second link was specificially noted as Snow Leopard (and thus not supported on PPC). |
| ||
| Ah, OK... from my reading last night I thought Snow Leopard was the last PowerPC OS X, assuming all Xcode 3.x.x versions supported PPC! |
| ||
| As a matter of fact the only significant difference between Snow Leopard and Leopard is that they removed the PPC support in order to make Snow Leopard faster and more efficient. :) Doesn't matter, it's cleared up and I got BMax working on my PPC Mac Mini, so thanks anyway ^_^ |
   |