Odds and Ends: BBC Radio on Intel-based Macs -- another instance of plug-in mixing; Knowledge Base updates

BBC Radio on Intel-based Macs -- another instance of plug-in mixing MacFixIt reader Joseph recently described issues loading a BBC radio show on an Intel-based Mac.

"I had no luck contacting BBC and getting programs to load."

This is yet another case of an issue we've reported on several times -- a result of a PowerPC plug-in operating under a Universal application.

Problems with plug-ins occur when an application is run natively in the Intel environment, but some of its plug-ins have not yet been updated and attempt to run in PowerPC (Rosetta) mode. When this happens, Mac OS X is unable to separate the tasks and simultaneously run the application in native Intel-mode alongside the plug-in in Rosetta.

If you need to make use of the plug-ins, you can tell Mac OS X to force a Universal application to run in the Rosetta emulation environment. When this option is selected, only the PowerPC code will run.

This can be accomplished by accessing the Get Info pane for an application (select the application in the Finder, go to the File menu and choose Get Info or press Command-I), then clicking the checkbox labeled "Open using Rosetta." One such scenario where forcing an application to run in Rosetta is necessary involves Safari.

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