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title: "Can the Retina Display MacBook Pro run Mac OS X software written for the PowerPC processor?"  
description: "Can the Retina Display MacBook Pro run Mac OS X software written for the PowerPC processor?"  
author: "Cox elliott"  
published: 2018-10-30  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/51659/can-the-retina-display-macbook-pro-run-mac-os-x-software-written-for-the-powerpc-processor  
category: "gadgets"  
tags: ["macbook"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Can the Retina Display MacBook Pro run Mac OS X software written for the PowerPC processor?

Can the Retina [Display MacBook](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/51675/what-are-all-the-differences-between-the-13-inch-and-15-inch-early-2013-retina-display-macbook-pro-models) Pro run [Mac](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/12464/what-is-mac-o-s) OS X [software](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/23272/why-software-localization-is-important-for-your-business) written for the PowerPC [processor](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/1639/processor-count-in-c-sharp)?\
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