Hi John, If you are running Snow Leopard, your computer has to be Intel not PowerPC, you need the Intel version of Adobe Reader.
Are you downloading the Intel version from here: <http://get.adobe.com/reader/> Not the Update to Adobe Reader, & not the Power PC version. Cheers, Ronni On 19/04/2010, at 2:56 PM, John Daniels wrote: > > Hi Daniel > I downloaded the update from Reader 9 Power PC to 10.6.2 but the error report > was "unable to open on this type of Mac". > I had added Rosetta from the disc. > I then downloaded 9.3 with the same result "cannot open on this Mac". > I have updated S/N to 10.6.3 but no improvement. I have decided to abandon > Reader and just use Preview which I think does the same job. > > iWork now operates OK since I added Rosetta. > > Thanks for your help > Cheers > John > > > > On 17/04/2010, at 10:51 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote: > >> >> >> >> >> On 17/4/10 8:16 PM, "John Daniels" <jdani...@westnet.com.au> wrote: >> >>> >>> Hi all >>> Can anyone tell me what version of Adobe Reader is compatible with Snow >>> Leopard. I tried version 9.3 but it won't open. >>> >>> Also I have iWork 06 which will not open. Can I assume I need to buy iWork >>> 09 >>> or is there a way around it? >>> Thanks >>> John >>> >> >> >> Hi John >> >> Adobe Reader 9.3.2 is the latest and will work in Snow Leopard. (You have to >> download 9.3 then run the Auto Update to get it to 9.3.2), so not sure why >> yours isn't working. >> You can download it from here:- >> <http://get.adobe.com/reader/?promoid=BUIGO> >> Make sure you're running the right one as they have one for PPC and one for >> Intel. (Though if you're running Snow Leopard then you'd have to be getting >> the Intel one) :o) >> Same for iWork '06. I'm pretty sure that it should work under Snow Leopard >> as well. (Quick google search showed it should do). >> >> Does it give an error message at all, or just bounce then not open in the >> Dock? >> May need Rosetta installed perhaps for those versions. (Which can be found >> in Optional Installs on the Snow Leopard DVD). >> >> If not working, and giving error messages then please reply back to list >> with the extra info. >> >> Hope that helps. >> >> Kind Regards >> Daniel >> --- >> Daniel Kerr >> MacWizardry >> >> Phone: 0414 795 960 >> Email: <daniel @ macwizardry . com . au> >> Web: <http://www.macwizardry.com.au> >> >> >> **For everything Macintosh** >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
