spore for mac so i recently switched over to a mac. really enjoying it but it's still somewhat foreign to me. especially when it comes to troubleshooting. so, getting straight to the point. i pop the disc in. the spore icon appears on the desktop. trying to open up the Sporeinstaller.app leads to this message popping up. You can't open the application "Sporeinstaller.app" because it is not supported on this architecture. can anyone help me out?
normally i would have as per the "read before posting for troubleshooting" thread but i only saw for vista and xp. could you help me out with how to go about running a dxdiag on a mac, please? yeah you've guessed it, i'm pretty much clueless haha.
i hope these are the specs you were asking for because it's all i could find. not sure how much of that will help. Hardware Overview: Model Name: iBook G4 Model Identifier: PowerBook6,7 Processor Name: PowerPC G4 (1.2) Processor Speed: 1.42 GHz Number Of CPUs: 1 L2 Cache (per CPU 512 KB Memory: 1 GB Bus Speed: 142 MHz Boot ROM Version: 4.9.3f0 Serial Number: 4H532071SE6 Sudden Motion Sensor: State: Enabled Version: 1.0 ATA Bus: MAT****ADVD-R UJ-845E: Model: MAT****ADVD-R UJ-845E Revision: DMP2 Serial Number: Detachable Drive: No Protocol: ATAPI Unit Number: 0 Socket Type: Internal Low Power Polling: Yes TOSHIBA MK8025GAS: Capacity: 74.53 GB Model: TOSHIBA MK8025GAS Revision: KA023B Serial Number: 557L0408T Removable Media: No Detachable Drive: No BSD Name: disk0 Protocol: ATA Unit Number: 0 Socket Type: Internal Low Power Polling: No Mac OS 9 Drivers: No Partition Map Type: APM (Apple Partition Map) S.M.A.R.T. status: Verified Volumes: the wopper: Capacity: 74.41 GB Available: 28.37 GB Writable: Yes File System: Journaled HFS+ BSD Name: disk0s3 Mount Point: / Built In Sound Card: Devices: Texas Instruments TAS3004: Inputs and Outputs: Internal Microphone: Controls: Left, Right Playthrough: No PluginID: TAS Headphones: Controls: Mute, Left, Right PluginID: TAS Internal Speakers: Controls: Mute, Left, Right PluginID: TAS Formats: PCM 16: Bit Depth: 16 Bit Width: 16 Channels: 2 Mixable: Yes Sample Rates: 32 KHz, 44.1 KHz, 48 KHz PCM 24: Bit Depth: 24 Bit Width: 32 Channels: 2 Mixable: Yes Sample Rates: 32 KHz, 44.1 KHz, 48 KHz Apple Bluetooth Software Version: 2.1.0f17 Hardware Settings: Nick Woppenkamp’s iBook G4: Address: 00-11-24-b4-10-43 Manufacturer: Cambridge Silicon Radio Firmware Version: 3.1965 (3.1965) Bluetooth Power: On Discoverable: Yes HCI Version: 3 ($3) HCI Revision: 1965 ($7ad) LMP Version: 3 ($3) LMP Subversion: 1965 ($7ad) Device Type (Major Computer Device Type (Complete Macintosh Portable Composite Class Of Device: 3154188 ($30210c) Device Class (Major 1 ($1) Device Class (Minor 3 ($3) Service Class: 385 ($181) Requires Authentication: No Services: Bluetooth File Transfer: Folder other devices can browse: ~/Public Requires Authentication: Yes State: Enabled Bluetooth File Exchange: Folder for accepted items: ~/Documents Requires Authentication: No When other items are accepted: Ask When PIM items are accepted: Ask When receiving items: Prompt for each file State: Enabled Incoming Serial Ports: Serial Port 1: Name: Bluetooth-PDA-Sync RFCOMM Channel: 3 Requires Authentication: No Outgoing Serial Ports: Serial Port 1: Address: 00-17-84-18-B4-77 Name: Nick-1 RFCOMM Channel: 1 Requires Authentication: No Serial Port 2: Address: Name: Bluetooth-Modem RFCOMM Channel: 0 Requires Authentication: No Power On Self-Test: Last Run: 25/10/08 9:18 PM Result: Passed MAT****A DVD-R UJ-845E: Firmware Revision: DMP2 Interconnect: ATAPI Burn Support: Yes (Apple Shipping Drive) Cache: 2048 KB Reads DVD: Yes CD-Write: -R, -RW DVD-Write: -R, -RW, +R, +RW Write Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, DVD-DAO Media: Insert media and refresh to show available burn speeds FireWire Bus: Maximum Speed: Up to 400 Mb/sec ATI Mobility Radeon 9550: Chipset Model: ATY,M12 Type: Display Bus: AGP VRAM (Total 32 MB Vendor: ATI (0x1002) Device ID: 0x4e56 Revision ID: 0x0080 ROM Revision: 113-xxxxx-117 Displays: Color LCD: Display Type: LCD Resolution: 1024 x 768 Depth: 32-bit Color Built-In: Yes Core Image: Hardware Accelerated Main Display: Yes Mirror: Off Online: Yes Quartz Extreme: Supported Display Connector: Status: No display connected DIMM0/BUILT-IN: Size: 512 MB Type: Built-in Speed: Built-in Status: OK Manufacturer: Unknown Part Number: Unknown Serial Number: Unknown DIMM1/J7: Size: 512 MB Type: DDR SDRAM Speed: PC2700U-25330 Status: OK Manufacturer: Unknown Part Number: Unknown Serial Number: Unknown pci106b,4318: Type: Other Network Controller Driver Installed: Yes Bus: PCI Slot: SLOT-B Vendor ID: 0x14e4 Device ID: 0x4318 Subsystem Vendor ID: 0x106b Subsystem ID: 0x4318 Revision ID: 0x0002 Battery Information: Charge Information: Charge remaining (mAh 2075 Charging: No Full charge capacity (mAh 2110 Health Information: Cycle count: 333 Battery Installed: Yes Amperage (mA 0 Voltage (mV 16631 System Power Settings: AC Power: System Sleep Timer (Minutes 0 Disk Sleep Timer (Minutes 10 Display Sleep Timer (Minutes 90 Dynamic Power Step: No Reduce Processor Speed: No Automatic Restart On Power Loss: No Wake On AC Change: No Wake On Clamshell Open: Yes Wake On LAN: Yes Wake On Modem Ring: Yes Display Sleep Uses Dim: Yes Battery Power: System Sleep Timer (Minutes 120 Disk Sleep Timer (Minutes 10 Display Sleep Timer (Minutes 120 Dynamic Power Step: Yes Reduce Processor Speed: No Automatic Restart On Power Loss: No Wake On AC Change: No Wake On Clamshell Open: Yes Wake On Modem Ring: No Display Sleep Uses Dim: Yes Reduce Brightness: Yes Hardware Configuration: Clamshell Closed: No UPS Installed: No AC Charger Information: AC Charger (Watts 50 Connected: Yes Charging: No USB Bus: Host Controller Location: Built In USB Host Controller Driver: AppleUSBOHCI PCI Device ID: 0x0035 PCI Revision ID: 0x0043 PCI Vendor ID: 0x1033 Bus Number: 0x1b USB Optical Mouse: Version: 43.01 Bus Power (mA 500 Speed: Up to 1.5 Mb/sec Manufacturer: Logitech Product ID: 0xc018 Vendor ID: 0x046d USB Bus: Host Controller Location: Built In USB Host Controller Driver: AppleUSBOHCI PCI Device ID: 0x003f PCI Revision ID: 0x0000 PCI Vendor ID: 0x106b Bus Number: 0x1a Bluetooth USB Host Controller: Version: 19.65 Bus Power (mA 500 Speed: Up to 12 Mb/sec Manufacturer: Apple, Inc. Product ID: 0x8207 Vendor ID: 0x05ac (Apple Computer, Inc.) Apple Internal Trackpad: Version: 0.80 Bus Power (mA 500 Speed: Up to 12 Mb/sec Manufacturer: Apple Computer Product ID: 0x030b Vendor ID: 0x05ac (Apple Computer, Inc.) USB High-Speed Bus: Host Controller Location: Built In USB Host Controller Driver: AppleUSBEHCI PCI Device ID: 0x00e0 PCI Revision ID: 0x0004 PCI Vendor ID: 0x1033 Bus Number: 0x5b
The reason why you can't run Spore on your iBook is because Spore was written only for Intel based processors in the Macintoshs.