Install Leopard applications on Tiger?


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Hello. I want to know if it is possible, by some modifications of *.plist, to install Leopard application on Tiger?

Actually I want to install The Sims 3 (which requires at least Leopard) on my Mac, but I am still using Tiger. I want to know if there is any way to modify the *.plist file(s) so that the application will be installed without checking or bypass the OS version?

Thanks for reading.

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I would imagine that that means The Sims 3 is using APIs that were put in place for Leopard... Apple changes and updates their APIs often, with little regard for older versions because the vast majority of users seem to upgrade with every iteration (and accept the need to).

It allows good change :)

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Yeah, sorry mate. Like windows programs, you'd probably not be able to run it even if it did install as it'd use API's that aren't present in Tiger. :/

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Yeah that's the dark side of Apple, I am a mac user and unlike Microsoft with Windows, when apple released a new OS, the previous version will still be supported for closed to a year after the new OS, then is over. Your previous OS is basically useless with new software in the market.

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Yeah that's the dark side of Apple, I am a mac user and unlike Microsoft with Windows, when apple released a new OS, the previous version will still be supported for closed to a year after the new OS, then is over. Your previous OS is basically useless with new software in the market.

It's not always a bad thing to move forward. Look at how much time Microsoft spends at supporting legacy software which could also be used for other things.

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Yeah that's the dark side of Apple, I am a mac user and unlike Microsoft with Windows, when apple released a new OS, the previous version will still be supported for closed to a year after the new OS, then is over. Your previous OS is basically useless with new software in the market.

that's not always the case, I find OSX developers to be actually pretty good at supporting older platforms. Lots of apps are still 10.3 compatible

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