Mac help (Im at wits end)

[Adamscomputerrepair]

I had a 2009 C2D MacBook running Mojave thanks to some DosDude trickery. Unfortunately, that computer is dead and buried now. Im back to a 2008 MacBook 4,1 running snow leopard since i cant find lion or ML. Since theres no early intel thread, im turning here for help. Im running the last version of Firefox and Chrome available already but i need to know a few things. Whats the last version of FCP to run in SL? Whats the last version of Photoshop? Finally, Will office 2011 install or am i wasting my time? I have to make this laptop last a semester or i might as well drop out now. I cannot use a powerpc this time.

 

[eyoungren]

Photoshop CS5

Office 2011 will work.

 

[Adamscomputerrepair]

Photoshop CS5

Office 2011 will work.

Okay thanks so much.

 

[mode11]

I had a 2009 C2D MacBook running Mojave thanks to some DosDude trickery. Unfortunately, that computer is dead and buried now. Im back to a 2008 MacBook 4,1 running snow leopard since i cant find lion or ML. Since theres no early intel thread, im turning here for help. Im running the last version of Firefox and Chrome available already but i need to know a few things. Whats the last version of FCP to run in SL? Whats the last version of Photoshop? Finally, Will office 2011 install or am i wasting my time? I have to make this laptop last a semester or i might as well drop out now. I cannot use a powerpc this time.

Sorry if OT, but you could consider MacPostFactor: https://www.osxhackers.net/macpostfactor.html

Should let you run El Capitan (10.10) on your old Mac, though check forums to see if it will do so reliably. I believe your laptop will take 6GB RAM (2GB + 4GB), which will help. An SSD will also help a lot - any old one will do.

Most stuff will run on El Cap, though recent Adobe CCs won't.

 

[Adamscomputerrepair]

Sorry if OT, but you could consider MacPostFactor: https://www.osxhackers.net/macpostfactor.html

Should let you run El Capitan (10.10) on your old Mac, though check forums to see if it will do so reliably. I believe your laptop will take 6GB RAM (2GB + 4GB), which will help. An SSD will also help a lot - any old one will do.

Most stuff will run on El Cap, though recent Adobe CCs won't.

I have a youtube channel dedicated to mostly unsupported Mac videos. Trust me when i say i could totally go that route if i wanted to.


But i dont want to.

If you dont have QE/CI, and are expecting to get serious work done, trust me when i say your mac becomes nothing more than a really expensive chromebook.

Id totally do a mountain lion varient if i had a copy of ML. Im not paying money for a laptop i dont intend on keeping however.

 

[mode11]

Didn't realise no GPU acceleration - in that case I agree it's pointless. Also, forgot El C was 11.11.

Not sure what ML gets you over SL in terms of compatibility - probably not much. At least SL was a good one; never liked Lion.

 

[Adamscomputerrepair]

Didn't realise no GPU acceleration - in that case I agree it's pointless. Also, forgot El C was 11.11.

Not sure what ML gets you over SL in terms of compatibility - probably not much. At least SL was a good one; never liked Lion.

ML supported FCP 10.0.4 Snow leopard only supports FCP 7. If i have to edit on my desktop, thats fine. Im actually copying the copy of FC i have on my powerbook right now.

 

[pl1984]

Id totally do a mountain lion varient if i had a copy of ML. Im not paying money for a laptop i dont intend on keeping however.

Purchase it, use it, sell it. The technology you're referring to has already gone through its largest depreciation. It's unlikely it would depreciate much, it at all, in a semesters time. I just picked up a 2009 15" MBP 2.8GHz C2D, 120GB SSD, 4GB RAM for $150...shipped. I could probably turn around and sell it for the same, or slightly less, in four months.

 

[z970]

Photoshop CS5

CS6 will run in 10.6.8, on a 64-bit machine.

 

[eyoungren]

CS6 will run in 10.6.8.

Is that on a 64-bit Mac?

My 17" MBP is 32-bit only.

 

[z970]

Is that on a 64-bit Mac?

My 17" MBP is 32-bit only.

Actually, yeah, it's 64-bit only...

But it can run.

 

[swamprock]

ML is beautiful on a Macbook4,1 with an SSD and 6gb of RAM. There are some minor graphics glitches, however, but nothing game-breaking. One thing to be aware of is that MPF 2.x doesn't install the kexts correctly for ML, so it's best to use 1.0.1 if you do end up getting ahold of ML.

 

[Adamscomputerrepair]

ML is beautiful on a Macbook4,1 with an SSD and 6gb of RAM. There are some minor graphics glitches, however, but nothing game-breaking. One thing to be aware of is that MPF 2.x doesn't install the kexts correctly for ML, so it's best to use 1.0.1 if you do end up getting ahold of ML.

THANK GOD FOR YOU. I HAVE TRIED MAKING THE FREAKING INSTALLER EVERY DIFFERENT WAY I COULD THINK OF

 

[Adamscomputerrepair]

THANK GOD FOR YOU. I HAVE TRIED MAKING THE FREAKING INSTALLER EVERY DIFFERENT WAY I COULD THINK OF

Edit: Thanks to that awesome advice, it's finally finished. I found my old copies of iLife 11, Photoshop, Premiere, Office, Final Cut, you get the idea. This MacBook screams on an SSD. Note to Mods, you can mark this as resolved now. Thanks to all who helped!