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Opera 10.53 on PowerPC = DISASTER!
I upgraded to Opera 2.53 as suggested and now I cannot start not only Opera 2.53, but not even previous versions on Mac G4 PowerPC!I removed all Opera files, installed older versions, nothing. Now I'm using Firefox and Safari. You managed to make the worst Opera version ever, the most f@cked up version, congratulations!!!
Are you getting a crash report? Please provide us with this report along with any information posted to /Applications/Utilities/Console.app
You could try to reset Opera by deleting:
~/Library/Application Support/Opera/
~/Library/Caches/Opera/
~/Library/Preferences.com.operasoftware.Opera.plist
~/Library/Preferences/Opera Preferences/
Opera 10.53 is compatible with Mac OS 10.4 and newer on Intel and PowerPC.
You could try to reset Opera by deleting:
~/Library/Application Support/Opera/
~/Library/Caches/Opera/
~/Library/Preferences.com.operasoftware.Opera.plist
~/Library/Preferences/Opera Preferences/
Opera 10.53 is compatible with Mac OS 10.4 and newer on Intel and PowerPC.
If you have a clean backup of all the stuff Danaleks mentions above, you might try deleting all of that (or renaming it by adding "OLD", ditch the software, reinstall the old one… and import all your clean stuff in it from the back up.
If you do not have a clean backup, you can always try renaming all the stuff listed above "OLD-Opera-whatever", ditch the app', reinstall the old version, and try importing what you need from these "old" folders in your library.
If they haven't been tampered with by the update, it may well work.
At the very least, you'll get your bookmarks back, and your address book if you use the mailer (Opera M2).
I might even try that myself!
If you've got loads of mail in there, it might not work quite so well…
Not sure I want to try it with years worth of mail.
I went IMAP rather than POP to get my archives back.
"Best of British luck", as they say ;-)
If you do not have a clean backup, you can always try renaming all the stuff listed above "OLD-Opera-whatever", ditch the app', reinstall the old version, and try importing what you need from these "old" folders in your library.
If they haven't been tampered with by the update, it may well work.
At the very least, you'll get your bookmarks back, and your address book if you use the mailer (Opera M2).
I might even try that myself!
If you've got loads of mail in there, it might not work quite so well…
Not sure I want to try it with years worth of mail.
I went IMAP rather than POP to get my archives back.
"Best of British luck", as they say ;-)
Plenty more time where it comes from...
Fixing Opera 10.53 'Not Working!' problem with 10.4.11 PPC
Fixed it like this!
Open the Opera Universal .DMG file and DO NOT DRAG THE OPERA PROGRAM TO THE 'APPLICATIONS' FOLDER instead DRAG IT TO YOUR 'DESKTOP'!
'Double click' on this to Run it, to prove that it works.
I then found that if I moved it to the 'Applications' folder it would not work, so place it in the 'Utilities' folder and then make an alias of it.
Move the alias to the 'Applications' folder now use the alias or the 'Dock' item and it should Run.
This would seem to suggest some permission problem with 10.53 for the Mac
Fixed it like this!
Open the Opera Universal .DMG file and DO NOT DRAG THE OPERA PROGRAM TO THE 'APPLICATIONS' FOLDER instead DRAG IT TO YOUR 'DESKTOP'!
'Double click' on this to Run it, to prove that it works.
I then found that if I moved it to the 'Applications' folder it would not work, so place it in the 'Utilities' folder and then make an alias of it.
Move the alias to the 'Applications' folder now use the alias or the 'Dock' item and it should Run.
This would seem to suggest some permission problem with 10.53 for the Mac
I have to agree... Opera 10.53 on OS X 10.5.8 on a PPC is an unmitigated disaster. Crash crash crash.
I used to love Opera; now I'm so frustrated with all the crashes that I just want to ditch it and not look back.
And I mean really... Why should I have to jump through all the hoops and follow all the ridiculously complicated steps listed above in order to get Opera to (hopefully) function properly? It should just work!
This really makes me quite sad, frankly. Opera was different, Opera was the best. But this version is absolutely terrible. I hope they fix it soon, because I'm not sure how much longer I want to wait.
I used to love Opera; now I'm so frustrated with all the crashes that I just want to ditch it and not look back.
And I mean really... Why should I have to jump through all the hoops and follow all the ridiculously complicated steps listed above in order to get Opera to (hopefully) function properly? It should just work!
This really makes me quite sad, frankly. Opera was different, Opera was the best. But this version is absolutely terrible. I hope they fix it soon, because I'm not sure how much longer I want to wait.
…and how do we reproduce these crashers?
Add comments in the crash logger, or send us a bug report. We cannot fix what we cannot see.
Add comments in the crash logger, or send us a bug report. We cannot fix what we cannot see.
22. May 2010, 00:03:48 (edited)
10.53 on 10.3.9 on a G4 won't even open so how can we supply crash reports? Elsewhere the same is being reported for 10.4.11. It has ruined a perfectly good working system with no warning. With not apparent access to earlier versions on your site, I've found a local back up of 9.64, which runs fine, but all my history, tabs, settings, passwords, etc., seem to have gone. Thanks guys.
You need to remove the exhortations to enable auto update, and and the matching ones to go immediately to 10.53 - very alienating now.
> send us a _bug_report_.
Broken link...
You need to remove the exhortations to enable auto update, and and the matching ones to go immediately to 10.53 - very alienating now.
> send us a _bug_report_.
Broken link...
Originally posted by DiMac1:
10.53 on 10.3.9 on a G4 won't even open so how can we supply crash reports? Elsewhere the same is being reported for 10.4.11. It has ruined a perfectly good working system with no warning. With not apparent access to earlier versions on your site, I've found a local back up of 9.64, which runs fine, but all my history, tabs, settings, passwords, etc., seem to have gone. Thanks guys.
You need to remove the exhortations to enable auto update, and and the matching ones to go immediately to 10.53 - very alienating now.
> send us a _bug_report_.
Broken link...
I am experiening the same thing.
I have to try to start Opera 4 or 5 tmes before it will finally open.
Typing in a text box makes the computer show the beach ball for awhile before I can begin typing.
And when I want to shut down the computer I have to force quit the app because it falls to respond.
I hope the developers figure out what happened and fix it in the next version.
G4 Ti laptop, OS X 10.4.11 Opera 10.53.
I had the same problem, but just copied Opera to my home dir instead of applications and it opens fine... However the constant crashing is giving me the sh!ts. I have sent 20 odd crash reports so far and will continue to do so...
I get the feeling though that as PPC's are a dying breed, most developers are simply ignoring us.
Jazqas.
G4 1.42Ghz OS10.5.8 Opera 10.53
I get the feeling though that as PPC's are a dying breed, most developers are simply ignoring us.
Jazqas.
G4 1.42Ghz OS10.5.8 Opera 10.53