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How To Watch YouTube On A PowerPC Mac

In 2012, PowerPC Macs are slowly but surely being phased out completely. They are definitely still usable, but their functionality is becoming less and less effective in the fast moving world of consumer electronics, with any new software and operating systems phased out years ago.

PowerPC users have to rely on older software, and while many still use them, it is becoming more and more difficult. One area where that is especially apparent in browsing the internet, and specifically dealing with Flash and YouTube videos. Play them normally in Safari and depending on what machine you’re using they’re slow and laggy, and it’s difficult to watch them without problems.

However using a desktop client called MacTubes, it is possible to watch YouTube videos with a Quicktime based solution, making the experience much more smooth and pleasant. Here’s how.

1. Go to the MacTubes site to download.

2. Unzip the application folders when downloaded.

3. Move MacTubes to your application folder.

4. Open.

You’ll see when you open it that’s it’s easy to navigate, you just type in what you’re looking for in the search bar to the top right, and you can also access featured videos. Above all, the experience will be a much better one than watching a video in Safari, so you should really try it out and see what you think. I don’t think you’ll be disappointed!



About the author

Chris

I've been a passionate evangelist for Apple and the Macintosh throughout my working life, my first love was a Quadra 605 working with a small creative agency in the south of Norfolk UK in the mid 1990's, I later progressed to other roles in other Macintosh dominated industries, first as a Senior graphic designer at a small printing company and then a production manager at Guardian Media Group. As the publishing and printing sector wained I moved into Internet Marketing and in 2006 co-founded blurtit.com which grew to become one the top 200 visited sites in the US (according to Quantcast), at its peak receiving over 15 million visits per month. For the last ten years I have worked as an Affiliate and Consultant to many different business and start ups, my key skill set being online marketing, on page monetisation, landing page optimisation and traffic generation, if you would like to hire me or discuss your current project please reach out to me here.

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  • Actually, not the case anymore. Thanks to some software genius, there is now an unofficial port of flash 16 for PowerPC. Or at least it makes websites think it is a newer version. Anyone who owns a dual or greater g5 knows how fast they are and only became obsolete because of issues with size & heat in laptops & iMacs. So, don’t start using your G5 as a paperweight yet!! http://www.klos.com/~john/flashppc.zip