Hello,
I have been pointed to MIDI Tools by the good folks at Mac OS9 Lives.
I have downloaded the latest version, but I can't use it as all my Macs are PPC. (I DO NOT use Intel Macs).
Would there be an old version of MIDI Tools that would run PPC? How could I get it?
Also, would you mind mentionning "Intel only" or some sort of likewise mention in the MIDI Tools blurb if no PPC version is available?
PPC Macs are still a very valid and useful platform, even if fashion dictates otherwise...
Thanks,
P.O.
No, there isn't.
MIDI Tools 1.7.0 (released in 2015) was the first version to have an OS X edition, and that was already for Intel CPUs only.
I've never released any software for the PowerPC, nor owned one.
In theory I might be able to "cross-compile" a PowerPC edition, but getting cross-compilation to work is extremely tricky.
I've just spent several frustrating hours trying to set this up, but my rough estimate now is that this might take me hundreds of hours; I simply can't afford to spend that much time.
(And it doesn't help that I don't have access to a PowerPC: I wouldn't be able to test anything I compile, except perhaps (ironically) on an Intel Mac running a version of OS X with Rosetta.)
Thanks for pointing this out.
Actually this is mentioned in section 3 ("Computer requirements") of the manual, but I'll see if I can mention this elsewhere too.
However, following Apple's recent rebranding of "OS X" as "macOS", the next version of MIDI Tools will have an edition for "macOS" rather than "OS X", which will probably make things clearer anyway.
Mark.
Thanks for the answer!
I had hoped that, since you make software for several "old devices", I could use them with computers of similar vintage...
I thought it was easier than that to cross-compile... ah well.
Time to dig up the old windoze laptops.
P.O.