iMac Forced Obsolescence

[jamn4jc]

The minimum required MacOS for FM9-Edit has been 10.13 for quite a while. I wonder how long it can hang on?

My trusty "late 2013" 27" iMac with Catalina 10.15.7 is seeing more and more of my favorite applications no longer supported. Looking to maybe go with a Mac Mini and dual-monitors when Apple releases an M4 version.

 

[madrigal77]

I would say 11 years out of a computer is a pretty good run! If you're a little tech savvy, you could install Open Core Legacy Patcher and update it to the latest OS. Just do a Time Machine backup first so you can revert if you need to.

 

[GlennO]

The minimum OS only changed to 10.13 a couple of months ago. Amazingly, the minimum was 10.7 for many years before that. It's hard to say how long 10.13 will be the minimum, but in the past 18 months, Apple has been instituting policies that make it more difficult to maintain a development machine that supports an old SDK. It's probably time for you to move on from that old iMac.

 

[pima1234]

There are reasons why their stock is going up, particularly right now.

 

[sprint]

I have a trusty 2012 Mac Mini that's been rock solid since purchased new. Though there's nothing wrong with it physically, I can't really complain about it's platform no longer being supported after being in service that long - I'll purchase another one soon - it's part of the way tech evolves imo, not so much a planned attack on my wallet.

 

[AlGrenadine]

You can install recent macos versions on it with opencore legacy, it's free and works perfectly

 

[Joshua_L]

I work on a 2011 iMac and yes it’s getting difficult but forced obsolence no.

I can still work with a basic iMac released 13 years ago. I think that’s pretty amazing.

 

[iaresee]

That iMac will run Linux or Windows 10 just fine.

 

[Tonedeaf]

It's crazy. The iMac I was using before the one I have now is in perfect shape with 84% of it's hard drive memory free, but it's no longer capable of surfing the net because of obsolete software. 95% of the music I bought on iTunes is on it, so its pretty much my jukebox now.

 

[MSS]

I new imac mini is like $55 a month. Just sayin…

 

[AlGrenadine]

I new imac mini is like $55 a month. Just sayin…

Oh, it's now a monthly subscription?

 

[M0JXD]

That iMac will run Linux or Windows 10 just fine.

Fractal Audio do not support Linux, and at the moment Wine is does not work perfectly with the edit applications: https://bugs.winehq.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=Axe Edit

I use Linux regardless and put up with the issues, but it is not an alternative that I would recommend for someone with no other reasons to use it.

 

[Vio]

You can install recent macos versions on it with opencore legacy, it's free and works perfectly

 

[MSS]

Oh, it's now a monthly subscription?

On the Apple card. I generally do the 12 month zero interest purchase.

 

[leagueofkruger]

There are reasons why their stock is going up, particularly right now.

Warren Buffet and Berkshire just executed a huge selloff of Apple stock.

 

[pima1234]

Warren Buffet and Berkshire just executed a huge selloff of Apple stock.

And didn't he also unload a bunch of BH stock, too? Odd times...

 

[Rick]

My iMac 27 was a beast in its time, but its time finally passed. On a Mac Studio now, and gave the iMac to my daughter… it cratered shortly thereafter. Definitely dodged a bullet on that one.

 

[Tonedeaf]

Downloaded Sonoma on my 2019 iMac yesterday and noticed it's the oldest compatible model. Which means Sonoma is it for me.