| Why is Picasa for Mac for Intel-based Macs only? | macmies | 1/6/09 3:39 AM | This is an alarming trend: more and more applications require Intel-based Mac. There are still many PowerPC-based system out the with plenty of usable life left on them and yet software developers are abandoning users of those machines. It is easy t |
| Re: Why is Picasa for Mac for Intel-based Macs only? | elizabaer | 1/6/09 5:53 AM | I agree. If my PPC machine is able to run Leopard 10.5.x, I don't understand why the processor model itself should matter. I was running Picasa on my 9-year-old PC and when I switched to my iBook G4, the unavailability of a Mac version was the bigg |
| Re: Why is Picasa for Mac for Intel-based Macs only? | dostone | 1/6/09 7:32 AM | as far as i know, there's no impassable barrier for developers to support PPC. i can understand 10.4 is no longer upgraded, but compatibility for PPC should be reinforced. hopefully the 'mature' version of picasa will consider supporting PPC. pessi |
| Re: Why is Picasa for Mac for Intel-based Macs only? | elizabaer | 1/6/09 8:05 AM | Just to rant a bit more... The very day I finished setting up my rebuilt G4, I set myself up with a Google Alert for "Picasa Mac" so that I would know AS SOON as it finally became available. The rumors started a while ago that it might come out in |
| Re: Why is Picasa for Mac for Intel-based Macs only? | fmalloy | 1/6/09 10:02 AM | Yes, it's a shame. I have two G4-based Macs that run perfectly fine. Do I really need to buy two new computers? |
| Re: Why is Picasa for Mac for Intel-based Macs only? | smorgan | 1/6/09 11:44 AM | We understand your frustration, but I can assure you that there are real technical reasons that adding PPC support to Picasa would be a significant amount of work. It's definitely not "only a matter of clicking a check box". As with all feature requ |
| Re: Why is Picasa for Mac for Intel-based Macs only? | dwez | 1/6/09 11:51 AM | Just want to add my voice for Picasa on PowerPC. I've been happy with my PowerBook for 6 years now. Never seemed to warm to iPhoto but I like Picasa a lot. I'm sure it may be quite an undertaking to support a release on it but y'know google's great a |
| Re: Why is Picasa for Mac for Intel-based Macs only? | elizabaer | 1/6/09 12:07 PM | Thanks for the response, smorgan. To follow-up, though, I wouldn't consider this a "feature request." This is a central integration issue -- it doesn't work with 1/2 of Mac setups out there (shot in the dark, I have no idea how many users are still |
| Re: Why is Picasa for Mac for Intel-based Macs only? | Sokrayt | 1/6/09 12:45 PM | My guess is that Picasa for Mac uses a similar porting technique as its Linux counterpart. To create a PPC version of Picasa would probably involve writing a brand new program. Google has the resources to do so, but honestly guys, not even Steve is |
| Re: Why is Picasa for Mac for Intel-based Macs only? | livin.stephen | 1/6/09 11:38 PM | elizbaer makes a good point: there are a large number of PPC macs with plenty of life in them. As a PPC user myself, I'm alarmed at the rate at which S/W developers are abandoning support for PPC macs! I thought this phenomenon would be peculiar to |
| Re: Why is Picasa for Mac for Intel-based Macs only? | EricC | 1/7/09 12:07 AM | Hi, as a software developer myself (that doesn't work at google), I'd like to offer my perspective ... Writing software is a fairly high pressure environment where you have to balance quality (actually should never be compromised if possible), sched |
| Re: Why is Picasa for Mac for Intel-based Macs only? | artistofga | 1/7/09 10:54 AM | I want to say that I respect everyone for still having their PPC Macs. I have a PPC Mac as well. Also I feel the economy is not doing very well. People are losing jobs, they can't find jobs or they work in jobs that paying them lousy wages. Peop |
| Re: Why is Picasa for Mac for Intel-based Macs only? | mr.nixon | 1/7/09 11:30 AM | Apple doesn't support Classic on an Intel Mac or Boot Camp on a PPC Mac. But I don't really hear anyone complaining about those "decisions" by Apple. I also don't see anyone complaining that virtualization software like Crossover or Parallels or VMWa |
| Re: Why is Picasa for Mac for Intel-based Macs only? | elizabaer | 1/7/09 11:46 AM | Although I am more tech-savvy than the average bear, I am not a software developer. If we're all running the same operating system, I don't understand what the processor has to do with software compatibility. Can someone explain that to me? I unde |
| Re: Why is Picasa for Mac for Intel-based Macs only? | digitaltoast | 1/7/09 2:00 PM | I guess smorgan's post answers the question. It is a REAL shame though - literally millions will miss out. What I can't understand is - how come you can develop great apps like Sketchup and Google Earth for PPC, but not this? |
| Re: Why is Picasa for Mac for Intel-based Macs only? | gelinas | 1/7/09 3:10 PM | I've been complaining about the "no picasa for mac" problem so loud and so long, that I received 9 separate emails in the last week about the picasa-for-mac release. Needless to say I'm sad sad sad to discover that I can't use it despite google's nob |
| Re: Why is Picasa for Mac for Intel-based Macs only? | EricC | 1/7/09 6:19 PM | elizabaer, the fact that you see things that way is a testament to how Apple has pulled off an incredible switch from PPC to Intel, in a fairly successful fashion. At the processor level (PPC, x86) there are some fundamental differences that mean yo |
| Re: Why is Picasa for Mac for Intel-based Macs only? | elizabaer | 1/8/09 8:09 AM | Thanks, EricC for the reply -- it was incredibly helpful. Now that I understand the technical difficulties, I guess where I'm left is this: If Google doesn't intend to ever make a PPC version, it would be great if they'd say so outright. Should I w |
| Re: Why is Picasa for Mac for Intel-based Macs only? | digitaltoast | 1/8/09 8:31 AM | elizabaer - totally agree. A solid statement would be very helpful. I'll be honest here (and no rhetoric), but I am having SO much trouble with iPhoto, my hobby is photography, my only (realistic) choice is Picasa, and if the only way to get that is |
| Re: Why is Picasa for Mac for Intel-based Macs only? | towler73 | 1/12/09 2:12 PM | I think that most of us agree that we are upset that Google didn't release Picasa for the PPC mac platform. Even more frustrating is that lack of information that Google has provided to the PPC mac community. To bring a little more attention to thi |
| Re: Why is Picasa for Mac for Intel-based Macs only? | joaocorreia | 1/12/09 3:31 PM | Universal binary is available on Adobe Products, Apple products ! I believe it would mean a considerable amount of work but hey ... does google like to do half good products or limp products ? I don't think so. "Be good" because your philosophy is g |
| Re: Why is Picasa for Mac for Intel-based Macs only? | alfredocheissoux | 1/14/09 9:16 AM | There we go again... I have had many software issues with "for Intel mac only". What is wrong with PPC mac? It is obviously not out of date. Google took very long time to offer Picasa Mac and now it is not universal!!! Please, please google lab: dev |
| Re: Why is Picasa for Mac for Intel-based Macs only? | Mfrog | 1/19/09 7:30 PM | I too was eagerly awaiting Picasa for the mac, to be sorely disappointed when I found it was only Intel macs. I have a Power PC mac that I'm quite fond of, that's not very old, and I hope to keep for as long as possible. Please add support for Powe |
| Re: Why is Picasa for Mac for Intel-based Macs only? | emilioimparato | 1/21/09 2:19 AM | Picasa is fairly simpler software than WMware or Parallel Desktop. The comparison is unfair. At the end of the day, Picasa is just a browser/viewer for photos, no rocket science here... Give us the source code, and we'll make it a PPC application ;-) |
| Re: Why is Picasa for Mac for Intel-based Macs only? | digitaltoast | 1/21/09 5:21 AM | emilioimparato: "Picasa is just a browser/viewer for photos, no rocket science here..." Er, "just a browser/viewer" with face recognition, excellent auto red-eye reduction, geotagging, tagging, video management, links to Google Video and Youtube, lin |
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