MacOS – How to run a Tiger 10.4.11 virtual machine

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I need to access some .omf files, which were originally created in an old version of AVID DV. As far as I know, this software only ran on Tiger PPC Macs. The PowerMac PPC G5 I originally used is on it's very last legs & will not reliably start up. An AVID rep told me that these old files would not be accessible with a current version of AVID and I have discovered that these files cannot be accessed with Final Cut Pro. What is my best option for getting this software running so I can access these OMF files in an AVID DV timeline?

What I have to work with:

  • a white Intel Santa Rosa Macbook [3,1 – Build 9L31a] running Leopard
  • the original MacBook Leopard install discs
  • a variety of non-bootable disk image clones of a PPC G5 Tiger drive w/ AVID DV installed
  • the dongle required for AVID DV to run
  • the original G5 PPC Tiger install discs
  • the original AVID DV install discs
  • a Mountain Lion / Yosemite dual-boot Mac Mini
  • a 2TB blank external USB drive
  • a 1TB external Firewire drive that I can erase & reformat if necessary
  • Parallels & Fusion for Mt. Lion

Best Answer

You could try using the PearPC Emulator running on Linux or Win32 (Bootcamp?) to emulate a PPC and boot your drive images.

http://pearpc.sourceforge.net/installmacos.html