Trying to upgrade KP3 on Macbook with OSX10.7 - Fail :-(

GypoBuggane · Post by **GypoBuggane** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 2:12 pm

I downloaded the software from Korgs website - KP3 editor works fine (although I can't transmit samples after editing as it Times Out - so I'm trying to upgrade to latest version of the OS)

As soon as I launch the Updater I get the following;

Get a message box with 'You can't open the application KP3 Updater Sept-2007 because PowerPC applications are no longer supported'

Please note - read a few posts on here that suggested using a PC instead, unfortunately not an option as I don't have one just have the MacBook, sounds to me like the updater is out of date for the current Mac OS ? - is there a new version of the upgrade available from a different Korg site perhaps ?

Thanks very much in advance for any help

Undetektable · Post by **Undetektable** » Wed Nov 09, 2011 2:24 pm

It's not the OS, it's your macbook, it's a PowerPC mac, and it only supports Intel macs, so unfortunately it's in no way possible on your mac.

You should update on another computer, that's the only way

SanderXpander · Post by **SanderXpander** » Wed Nov 09, 2011 8:03 pm

I don't think that OSX 10.7 Lion even runs on PowerPC hardware, it's been pretty much just Intel from 10.5 or so. It seems to me the Korg updater is erroneous in displaying that message, which points to an incompatibility with 10.7 as indicated by the OP. But since it's just the one update, couldn't you borrow a friend's pc for an hour? Or even another Mac with Parallels?

X-Trade · Post by **X-Trade** » Wed Nov 09, 2011 10:26 pm

I think you'll find that message is generated by the Mac OS, not the Korg application itself.

OS X 10.7 (Lion) does not have the Rosetta virtual machine needed to run programs written for the older PowerPC (non-intel) computers.

The updater is probably written as a PowerPC executable for backwards-compatibility.
On previous versions of OS X it was possible to run PowerPC executables using Rosetta.

Personally, I've only just upgraded to Snow Leopard.

GypoBuggane · Post by **GypoBuggane** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 11:36 am

Thanks very much for the help folks, really appreciated

Managed to get it upgraded by using a friends older Mac, well worth it too, some very good features in the new KP3 OS

Thanks again