If you have an installation CD for PowerPC Mac OS X, you can use a full-system emulator to run it. Currently it seems your best bet is QEMU. If your application works on MacOS 9, and you have the appropriate installation media, you could also try SheepShaver (which emulates PowerPC Macs but doesn't support Mac OS X).
PowerPC SoftwareTake a look at what's available. We are sure you'll find something to make your OS X experience better! Just click on the title of the page you would like to visit ;) | Welcome to the PowerPC Archive, we hope you enjoy your stay! |
EssentialsHere is where you find our recommended applications that are used on a day-to-day basis. | UtilitiesNeed some cool tools to do a bit more out of your Mac such as an alarm clock or benchmarks? | ProductivityNeed a Word processor, or get the full rundown on your stocks? Or sync files between computers? | MultimediaSo you want to watch that DVD you have next to you. Not a problem with a PPC! Still great for 720p! | GamingHave some downtime? Make the most of it and spend hours upon hours with these games. |
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- Tiger is generally considered the very best version of Mac OS X produced for the PowerPC. It was truly optimized for the PowerPC G4 and G5 in all aspects (even runs great on G3s) and is significantly smoother than Mac OS X 10.3 Panther on systems that support Tiger when provided with ample RAM.
- Support for Rosetta was dropped from macOS on 10.7 Lion, which was released in July 2011. By that point, five years had passed since the transition to Intel was complete. The last Apple app to feature support for PowerPC processors was iTunes 10.6.3, which was released on June 11, 2012.
Apple DownloadsFind updates for OS X. Such as Combo Updates (10.4.11, 10.5.8), QuickTime, iTunes, Java, iLife, iWork, and everything Apple! | Server DownloadsPowerPC Macs can still serve well as servers! File Sharing, Backups and NetBooting, we've found some software for you! | CustomizationWant to make your Mac look like a brand new Intel one with themes, or screensavers? We have a page just for that! | Shareware AppsWe tested shareware apps, however they can't be downloaded here. Don't worry, you can still find some info out on them! |
| OS 9 Software COMING SOONTo support the old classic machines, we will soon have a selection of software that will work with these OS9 Macs. Coming Fall 2016 |
What Macs do you Own? We posted a poll to see what computer has the most votes. While a G5 may be a decent day-to-day computer, the G3's are vintage and still can do some amazing things such as being the jukebox at a party or a kitchen computer, or go to extreme lengths and use them as your daily machine! The list is a bit long, so why not fill the text here! Quite a few people still have Power Mac G5s kicking around, and quite a few people have iMac G3s around as well. That's our guess of what still has the most ground in the PowerPC World. The PPC Archive team ourselves has a variety of machines, ranging from iMac G3s, Blue and Whites, iBooks, PowerBooks, and G5 systems! Some, still have Xserve computers that they use! Crazy thought, a rack server as a main PPC mac, but hey it's still a Mac! All the computers on the list to the right are cool, and each one pushed Apple further and further into the modern world. No other PC was designed like the early 2000 Apple computers. Today, there is a boatload of all in one computers like the current iMac. All the laptops out there are out to beat the 'ultrabook' MacBook Air. Companies such as Dell and HP attempt to steal the design that makes the MacBook Pro what it is. People look at the Mac mini as a excellent home computer or to make a super cool TV Media Center Setup, or even go to the extreme and use one as a server for 30+ iMacs! All of these design terms were the same during the PowerPC era of time! At the end of the day, Apple is still the one to beat! |
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| OS 9 Software COMING SOONTo support the old classic machines, we will soon have a selection of software that will work with these OS9 Macs. Coming Fall 2016 |
What Macs do you Own? We posted a poll to see what computer has the most votes. While a G5 may be a decent day-to-day computer, the G3's are vintage and still can do some amazing things such as being the jukebox at a party or a kitchen computer, or go to extreme lengths and use them as your daily machine! The list is a bit long, so why not fill the text here! Quite a few people still have Power Mac G5s kicking around, and quite a few people have iMac G3s around as well. That's our guess of what still has the most ground in the PowerPC World. The PPC Archive team ourselves has a variety of machines, ranging from iMac G3s, Blue and Whites, iBooks, PowerBooks, and G5 systems! Some, still have Xserve computers that they use! Crazy thought, a rack server as a main PPC mac, but hey it's still a Mac! All the computers on the list to the right are cool, and each one pushed Apple further and further into the modern world. No other PC was designed like the early 2000 Apple computers. Today, there is a boatload of all in one computers like the current iMac. All the laptops out there are out to beat the 'ultrabook' MacBook Air. Companies such as Dell and HP attempt to steal the design that makes the MacBook Pro what it is. People look at the Mac mini as a excellent home computer or to make a super cool TV Media Center Setup, or even go to the extreme and use one as a server for 30+ iMacs! All of these design terms were the same during the PowerPC era of time! At the end of the day, Apple is still the one to beat! |
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