Getting SL onto an 2010 MB Pro

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THAT was very helpful. Thank you for detailing your experience.

Your post brought up another interesting point... thresholds.

You mentioned that a few apps require 10.9+, and some apps require 10.11+.

I know that EveryMac has a list of what OS each machine can run, however...

Has anyone developed a list of what apps require which OS to run????

Obviously, such a list is more difficult to make, due to constant app revisions and "security" updates.

On the other hand, you (and others) speak definitively about certain apps requiring certain OS's.

Does such a list or chart exist, in rough and generalized form, that offers ball park guidance in this regard?


PS... I posted in THIS thread because I wanted YOUR opinion.

 

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Your post brought up another interesting point... thresholds.
You mentioned that a few apps require 10.9+, and some apps require 10.11+.

Those thresholds are because of Apple pushing down their requirements on developers. Lame ones go along, install all the latest tools (XCode, Qt, wxWidgets etc.) and start compiling for the latest OS. Those that care about their customers, find workarounds and make their apps compatible with many older systems.

Apple changed a lot in 10.9, hence the big threshold around that time. The next one was around 10.13.

Quite often the added "features" in many apps only coincide with the move to the next OS. Smart developer could have introduced them without that move.

Has anyone developed a list of what apps require which OS to run????

That's almost impossible task. You have to find it out by yourself. Readme files, developer websites and so on. Or use tools that can report system requirements.