My iBook G4, OS X 10.5.2, says MuseScore 2.0.1 can't be open: not for this architecture?

• Jun 26, 2015 - 03:20

I don't know if this's the correct forum to start this but it's already done. Hope I'm at the correct place.

After downloading the 2.0.1 version I can't open it. Do I need to download another previous version instead? Let me point to the fact that I'm not at a Microsoft platform here, this's an Apple laptop (PPC) and not an Intel based motherboard.

Thanks in advance for any info on the issue explained above!


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I would be surprised if this is the first time you've encountered this issue—you'd be hard pressed to find any modern software that supports a system that old. For example, the current release of Firefox as of this writing is 38.0.5; the last version that would run on your system was 3.6.28. That's thirty-five major versions in between. It would be a shame to be unable to use a recent version of MuseScore or Firefox (or all kinds of other great programs). You can find a pretty good deal on Craigslist or eBay ($300 range) for an old white Intel MacBook that's capable of running the most up-to-date versions of OS X, and hence the most up-to-date version of MuseScore (though if you get the chance to choose between 10.9 Mavericks and 10.10 Yosemite go with Mavericks; it will be much, much more familiar coming from Leopard, while Yosemite would be difficult to adjust to, and Mavericks is as well-supported as Yosemite).

Hardly 35 major releases for Firefox - after 3.6.28 Firefox release numbers accelerated by a factor of about 10. But, yes, support for that Mac OS was dropped a long time ago by most software.

In reply to by underquark

Thanks for replying, lasconic, Jojo-Schmitz, ZackTheCardshark & underquark!

I already deleted the latest file downloaded and grabbed the one suggested here. After experimenting with it a little bit I've found that using it at the laptop is far easier than at a tablet. Need much more hours with it and the documentation, though.

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