AW: Support for Mac OSX 10.5

Tiemo Hollmann TB toolbook at kestner.de
Wed Feb 26 11:32:27 EST 2014


Hi Matthias,
thats what I did, and the installer of snow leopard told me, my hardware is
out of date and incompatible.
Tiemo

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> von Matthias Rebbe | M-R-D
> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 26. Februar 2014 17:21
> An: How to use LiveCode
> Betreff: Re: Support for Mac OSX 10.5
> 
> 
> Hi Tiemo,
> 
> i did a quick search and found this here
> 
> https://discussions.apple.com/message/19930525#19930525
> 
> So it seems you have to contact Apple Sales to order an SL upgrade dvd for
> your MacBook 2007.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Matthias
> 
> 
> 
> Am 26.02.2014 um 17:12 schrieb Tiemo Hollmann TB <toolbook at kestner.de>:
> 
> > Hi Richard,
> >
> > it is a standard MacBook (not pro) with a 2.2Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo from
> > beginning 2007 which was at least over here pretty popular for
> > standard users.
> >
> > The search for updates doesn't offers me any updates anymore and a
> > manual try to install 10.6 is refused by the installer because of
> > "hardware incompatibility" (I have no idea which piece of hardware is
> invompatible).
> >
> >> Having the current version of LC remain available, as older versions
> >> are
> > right now, would allow those who need to continue deploying to OS X
> > 10.5 to do so.
> >
> > Yes, thats what I have to do, because I can't afford to develop and
> > distribute in two versions. But my kickstarter investment is gone and
> > I have to pay 500 bucks every year just that runrev doesn't shut off
> > my old license.
> >
> > Tiemo
> >
> >
> >>
> >> It would indeed be a shame if Apple limited the useful lifespan of
> >> their products by rendering them unsafe after just 7 years.
> >>
> >> But which 2007 models aren't upgradeable to 10.6?
> >>
> >> I have a 2007 MBP (it might even be earlier, I'd have to check), and
> >> it's running 10.6.8, which is still getting updates from Apple and
> >> Adobe, and
> > LC
> >> will continue to support it with at least the next two versions.
> >>
> >> AFAIK the big restriction with OS upgrades from Apple was introduced
> >> with 10.7, since it requires a 64-bit CPU.  I know of no such
> >> restrictions
> > moving
> >> from 10.5 to 10.6.
> >>
> >> If there are Macs made in 2007 which can't be upgraded to 10.6 I'd be
> >> interested to know which ones those are.
> >>
> >> --
> >>  Richard Gaskin
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