marangata Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 Hi, I have a really strange problem, I have a Hackintosh 10.6.3 iAtkos on a PC with motherboard Gigabyte GA-G31M-S2L and intel Quad Core 6600. When i try to start the PT9 installation a message comes: Incompatible System - Pro Tools 9.0 is not compatible with your Macintosh PowerPC computer and cannot be installed. Press "Close" to terminate this installation. Any ideas how to fix this thing? Thanx p.s. same with Pro Tools 8.0.3 Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/247754-cant-install-pro-tools-9-on-intel-quad-core/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruger42 Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 Hi, I have a really strange problem, I have a Hackintosh 10.6.3 iAtkos on a PC with motherboard Gigabyte GA-G31M-S2L and intel Quad Core 6600. When i try to start the PT9 installation a message comes: Incompatible System - Pro Tools 9.0 is not compatible with your Macintosh PowerPC computer and cannot be installed. Press "Close" to terminate this installation. Any ideas how to fix this thing? Thanx p.s. same with Pro Tools 8.0.3 Check the smbios.plist file in folder /Extra (assuming you have one) to see what the value of SMproductname is... In 'About This Mac' does the processor show up as Intel? Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/247754-cant-install-pro-tools-9-on-intel-quad-core/#findComment-1639155 Share on other sites More sharing options...
marangata Posted February 13, 2011 Author Share Posted February 13, 2011 Check the smbios.plist file in folder /Extra (assuming you have one) to see what the value of SMproductname is... In 'About This Mac' does the processor show up as Intel? Thanks for the quick reply, I don't have /Extra folder in Library. In 'About This Mac' : Processor 2.4 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/247754-cant-install-pro-tools-9-on-intel-quad-core/#findComment-1639160 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruger42 Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 Thanks for the quick reply, I don't have /Extra folder in Library. In 'About This Mac' : Processor 2.4 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon The Extra folder won't be in Library, it would be in the root of your main drive... Open up System Profiler and let me know what is says in the title bar of the window. Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/247754-cant-install-pro-tools-9-on-intel-quad-core/#findComment-1639162 Share on other sites More sharing options...
marangata Posted February 13, 2011 Author Share Posted February 13, 2011 The Extra folder won't be in Library, it would be in the root of your main drive... Open up System Profiler and let me know what is says in the title bar of the window. It says "Mac Pro" (no Extra folder in the main drive) Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/247754-cant-install-pro-tools-9-on-intel-quad-core/#findComment-1639166 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruger42 Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 It says "Mac Pro" (no Extra folder in the main drive) What does it say for Model Identifier? MacPro4,1? Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/247754-cant-install-pro-tools-9-on-intel-quad-core/#findComment-1639170 Share on other sites More sharing options...
marangata Posted February 13, 2011 Author Share Posted February 13, 2011 What does it say for Model Identifier? MacPro4,1? MacPro3,1 Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/247754-cant-install-pro-tools-9-on-intel-quad-core/#findComment-1639172 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruger42 Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 MacPro3,1 Well, that blows my theory... MacPro3,1 is the identifier for the 8 core Intel Xeon (Harpertown/Penryn) Mac Pro which is on the compatibility list for Pro Tools 9, can't imagine why the installer thinks it's a PowerPC... I'll poke around some more and see if I can figure out what the problem is. If anyone else has a possible solution please chime in... Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/247754-cant-install-pro-tools-9-on-intel-quad-core/#findComment-1639181 Share on other sites More sharing options...
marangata Posted February 13, 2011 Author Share Posted February 13, 2011 Well, that blows my theory... MacPro3,1 is the identifier for the 8 core Intel Xeon (Harpertown/Penryn) Mac Pro which is on the compatibility list for Pro Tools 9, can't imagine why the installer thinks it's a PowerPC... I'll poke around some more and see if I can figure out what the problem is. If anyone else has a possible solution please chime in... Thanks! I really appreciate your concern! I hope to find the way out soon. Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/247754-cant-install-pro-tools-9-on-intel-quad-core/#findComment-1639190 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dellmantt Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 Is it a pkg installer? Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/247754-cant-install-pro-tools-9-on-intel-quad-core/#findComment-1639191 Share on other sites More sharing options...
marangata Posted February 14, 2011 Author Share Posted February 14, 2011 Is it a pkg installer? It's a *.mpkg Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/247754-cant-install-pro-tools-9-on-intel-quad-core/#findComment-1639330 Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingDavid Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 Hi all, friend of mine has the same problem. Pro tools installs but wount start. He had iAtkos distro installed before, so i helped him to install retail osx ( which im still trying to get working fully) after installation we tried to install pro tools 9. Guess what it worked his mb is asus pk5-e, and the cpu is quad. David Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/247754-cant-install-pro-tools-9-on-intel-quad-core/#findComment-1639341 Share on other sites More sharing options...
marangata Posted February 19, 2011 Author Share Posted February 19, 2011 !!! Finally i got it !!! The problem was in the kernel version. The only working kernel from the iAtkos 10.6.3 install on my PC was PCJ Kernel. After that I installed Legacy Kernel 10.6.3 from kexts.com and now I have access to the Pro Tools 9 installer! Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/247754-cant-install-pro-tools-9-on-intel-quad-core/#findComment-1642227 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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