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If you're building macOS apps, it's common to want to test them on all system versions you support. Especially so considering Apple's attitude towards backwards

If you're building macOS apps, it's common to want to test them on all system versions you support. Especially so considering Apple's attitude towards backwards compatibility.

JumpCrisscross 2y ago
Are there any Macs that can run 13.4 but can't run 13.5?
- fwip 2y ago
  I don't think so, but no Mac before 2016 can run 13.x: https://everymac.com/systems/by_capability/maximum-macos-supported.html https://everymac.com/systems/by_capability/maximum-macos-sup...
  - wtallis 2y ago
    Virtualizing an older ARM version of macOS was never going to be sufficient to QA x86 applications running on older Intel Macs. For that, you'll always want real x86 hardware.
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alanfranz 2y ago
And yet Monterey is EOL. Very few apps still support it. I wonder if it's just something that wasn't tested exactly for that reason.
- grishka 2y ago
  EOL or no, there are many people who still use older OSes because they own older computers, can't afford an upgrade or don't want one (it works just fine!), and can't be bothered with figuring out running a newer OS on officially unsupported hardware. Case in point: I built a macOS app that implements Google's Nearby/Quick Share (an AirDrop-style file sharing thing on Android). Multiple people tried running it on Catalina and were disappointed that it wanted a newer OS. So I did end up backporting it to Catalina.
- 1over137 2y ago
  >Very few apps still support it Citation? I use Monterey at work and every app I need works on it still.