Wednesday, September 21, 2011

How to change a classic app to an OS X app?

I play StarCraft, and StarEdit, (the app used as the Campaign editor) is a classic app, so I can't use it on my Intel mac with Leopard. I was wondering if it was possible to switch a Classic app to an OS X app.



Please help,

kylerjtHow to change a classic app to an OS X app?
No. You would have to completely reprogram (redo all the internal code) from the bottom up. The whole internal way the OS works is different; the OS X version use a Unix kernal, rather than the old way. This is why you cannot use Classic any more, and Leopard has too many changes beyond just the underlying unix, so that Classic is not supported. Also Classic doesn't run (as you know) on Intel Macs; the hardware architecture is too different.

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