A number of features in Mac OS X 10.7 Lion “not only won’t be updated, they’re being dropped entirely,” Fairer Platform reports.
“One of the OS X features getting dropped in Lion is Rosetta, Apple’s PowerPC software compatibility layer which originally shipped with OS X 10.5 Leopard,” Fairer Platform reports. “The easy take away here is that Lion will be native 64-bit and Rosetta supports 32-bit Universal and PPC code.”
Fairer Platform reports, “Apple stopped shipping Flash default OS installation with the 2010 MacBook Air and Early 2011 MacBook Pro. Users wanting to use Flash have had to download it themselves. So far, this has been a total non-issue and, with the increasing use of HTML5 delivered video, Flash’s relevance will continue to wane. Similarly, Apple will stop shipping Java as part of OS X with the advent Lion. Users will still be able to download and use it, but it won’t be part of the default operating system install — a nonevent followed by a non-issue… Perhaps least of all the features getting pared back or outright killed is Front Row, Apple’s soon to be erstwhile media center software for the Mac.”
Read more in the full article here.
No tears for Flash here.
Apple will probably be replacing it with a full screen app that is identical to an appletv. You may have to pay for the app but hopefully the price will be reasonable.
The concept for front row was good but it was too quirky. For instance tv shows I have organizedin iTunes would appear as movies in front row. Appletv works perfectly.
The general consensus among people I’ve talked to about this situation is:
1) Java Runtime shows up in Software Update after installing Lion. It’s not on the install disk, but it’s for real as an install off the net.
2) Samba is dead and gone with Apple deciding to coming up with its own replacement.
3) Front Row and Rosetta are NOT dead. They simply aren’t included in the betas because they don’t need testing. They’ll be on the final disks as at least custom installations.
4) Frack Flash! Apple have already dumped it from their most recent installation disks for 10.6 Snow Leopard. The general idea is to let Adobe take the heat for it being dangerously insecure, CPU devouring crapware. Apple doesn’t ship it, so Apple doesn’t support it.
The end.
The only real question of concern is what Apple is going to come up with to replace Samba? Networking with Windows servers has been a consistent weakness of Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server, which are the same thing in 10.7 Lion.
BTW: SheepShaver recently went 64-bit, so count on that working on 10.7 Lion. (It lets you run most PPC apps using Mac OS 8 or 9).
some tears for Rosetta here, I’m losing Delta Graph. No, I’m not gonna shell out $200 for a newer version that does nothing new or better.
I guess Apple wants to kill Rosetta because MS Office 2011 (current version) still contains several utilities/tool that are PPC only. MS will have to update these.
If I need to upgrade all my software to run Lion – it is a definite no-go!
Adobe CS? I am back on CS3 no way I fork up the $ to upgrade. Same for FMP, I do not use that often enough to warrant the cost. Also Word. Too much stuff I use – I will not upgrade if it cost me $2000!
A simple (although not permanent) solution to the problems that Lion may create for some Mac users is not to upgrade. From what I can tell, Lion represents a change in direction for Apple that make take an OS generation or two to work the bugs out of. I am not thrilled with what I’ve seen on Lion so far, and little or no sacrifice may be required to pass it by for now in order to enjoy the benefits of Snow Leopard (or even Leopard) for awhile longer.
Never cared for frontrow and iTunes is bloated.
I don’t use anything critical that relies on Rosetta.
Samba well I hope apples version is good.
In general I don’t like the direction apple is going with lion. I don’t want an IOS lookalike os on my Mac or ios like apps. Look at the shots of mail that ate out there. *puke*
Time to start migrating away from Adobe Crap is what I say. I havent bought an MS POS in years. Plenty of alternatives work. Now it’s time to do away Adobe POS also.
I just hit apple-esc for the very first time. I frankly didn’t even know how to access Front Row on my 4-year old MacPro.
I’ll miss it bunches.
As a Freehand user, I find it tragic to see Rosetta go. I completely understand the decision on Apples behalf, but it would’ve been nice to keep Rosetta for these odd, discontinued apps. On a related note, Freehand still runs faster within Rosetta than illustrator CS5. Thanks for all your efforts and slick code, Adobe.
Great article on Quicken for Mac running under Mac OS X Lion:
“Why does Intuit hate Mac users? (And why doesn’t Apple save us?)”
http://scottworldblog.wordpress.com/2011/05/23/why-does-intuit-hate-mac-users-and-why-doesnt-apple-save-us/
Until or unless someone comes up with a graphics program as cool and easy as Canvas, if Lion won’t run Canvas X, this office will stay with OS 10.6. No “ca-ching” for you, Apple.
My internet dongle and Epson printer especially the CD print software will not connect and work on Lion without Rosetta, and java runtime, I have tried it. There may be many things that may not work, so it would be best to sit back and wait and see what occurs. But I suppose if people don’t use it, there will be no ill-bred feedback on the downfalls and no fix-ups.
Can’t use Lion on our CD Mini; now don’t want too because Rosetta is needed daily for a few PPC programs we can’t replace.
Oh well, long live Snow Leopard and the Macs which support it !
Creatives, photographers,etc who either:-
1. Do their own colour management
or
2. Use versions of Adobe Creative Suite earlier than CS3
need to think very carefully before an OS 10.7 Lion upgrade.
0S 10.7 Lion drops Rosetta and thereby leaves us owners of £1,000 plus i1 devices; using eye one match software; in the lurch.
I don’t think most creatives; including me; would know Rosetta from their elbow, so it comes as a shock to realise that our i1
( Eye 1) photospectrometers using i1 match software need Rosetta.
There must be thousands and thousands of photographers designers, artists and every other type of creative you can think of worldwide who use photospectrometers to profile their screens and output on a mac.
Nobody seems to be warning them of the consequences of upgrading to Lion. And for anyone still running photoshop CS2, etc; or earlier; the bad news is apparently that won’t work on Lion either.
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