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> dropped support for 32-bit apps and x86 Just this past week: https://www.macrumors.com/2021/06/30/os-x-lion-mountain-lion-free-to-download/ https://www.macr
by Terretta 5y ago
> dropped support for 32-bit apps and x86
Just this past week:
https://www.macrumors.com/2021/06/30/os-x-lion-mountain-lion-free-to-download/ https://www.macrumors.com/2021/06/30/os-x-lion-mountain-lion...
From the article:
Apple has kept OS X 10.7 Lion and OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion available for customers who have machines limited to the older software, but until recently, Apple was charging $19.99 to get download codes for the updates.
As of last week, these updates no longer require a fee, and can be downloaded from the OS X Lion and OS X Mountain Lion support documents on Apple's website.
Mac OS X Lion is compatible with Macs that have an Intel Core 2 Duo, Core i3, Core i5, Core i7, or Xeon processor, a minimum of 2GB RAM, and 7GB storage space.
Mac OS X Mountain Lion is compatible with the following Macs:
iMac (Mid 2007-2020)
MacBook (Late 2008 Aluminum, or Early 2009 or newer)
MacBook Pro (Mid/Late 2007 or newer)
MacBook Air (Late 2008 or newer)
Mac mini (Early 2009 or newer)
Mac Pro (Early 2008 or newer)
Xserve (Early 2009)
How much older do power-users and developers need?
- smoldesu 5y agoI don't want to run Lion or Mountain Lion though. Mojave was a mostly fine OS, I would rather they make it an LTS release or offer 32-bit support going forwards, but that seems to be fundamentally incompatible with their new target audience. Ultimately I'm not that irked since a switch to Linux was long overdue for me, but it gets under my skin watching Apple continue to ruin an OS that used to work fine for me.