Possible to install & use Mail.app from Lion with SL?

VirtualRain

macrumors 603

Original poster

• Mar 22, 2011

• #1

Is it possible to try the new mail.app on snow leopard? Has anyone done this? Any speculation as to whether it would even run?

 

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larkost

macrumors 6502a

• Mar 22, 2011

• #2

The built-in app in MacOS X almost always are built against the API for that version of MacOS X, so will not run on previous versions.

 

IIeBoy

macrumors member

• Mar 29, 2011

• #3

larkost said:

The built-in app in MacOS X almost always are built against the API for that version of MacOS X, so will not run on previous versions.

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Might there be any way around that? Has anyone actually tested this?

 

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aardwolf

macrumors 6502

• Mar 30, 2011

• #4

I'll check... I have Lion on my MacBook Pro, and was just now Googling wanting to use Mail 5 on my Mac Pro. Replying after I can get it copied over.

 

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aardwolf

macrumors 6502

• Mar 30, 2011

• #5

Nope... sorry. "You have Mac OS X 10.6.7. The application requires Mac OS X 10.7 or later."

 

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Cougarcat

macrumors 604

• Mar 30, 2011

• #6

aardwolf said:

Nope... sorry. "You have Mac OS X 10.6.7. The application requires Mac OS X 10.7 or later."

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It might be possible to edit the plist file to bypass the version check. Doubt it would function properly, though.

 

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aardwolf

macrumors 6502

• Mar 30, 2011

• #7

Cougarcat said:

It might be possible to edit the plist file to bypass the version check. Doubt it would function properly, though.

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I tried... It still didn't work. It's akin to trying to run an iOS app in OS X.

 

IIeBoy

macrumors member

• Mar 30, 2011

• #8

That's a real bummer but thanks anyway for trying. I'm just concerned Lion isn't stable enough to use yet as it stands.

When is the next beta version due?

 

calderone

Cancelled

• Mar 30, 2011

• #9

IIeBoy said:

That's a real bummer but thanks anyway for trying. I'm just concerned Lion isn't stable enough to use yet as it stands.

When is the next beta version due?

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But Mail is? Lol.

 

IIeBoy

macrumors member

• Mar 30, 2011

• #10

One slightly unstable but irresistible new app is better than a whole beta OS.

 

roadbloc

macrumors G3

• Mar 31, 2011

• #11

IIeBoy said:

That's a real bummer but thanks anyway for trying. I'm just concerned Lion isn't stable enough to use yet as it stands.

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That would be because it is a developer preview. Why not just wait until Lion is released?

 

IIeBoy

macrumors member

• Mar 31, 2011

• #12

roadbloc, it's not uncommon for people to get excited about Apple products before they are released. That's why!