iPhones have been 64-bit exclusively since the release of the 5S, do you believe that Apple was wrong to remove Rosetta and that Macs to this day should still have the ability to run PPC applications?
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32-Bit Apps No Longer Supported in iOS 11
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iPhones have been 64-bit exclusively since the release of the 5S, do you believe that Apple was wrong to remove Rosetta and that Macs to this day should still have the ability to run PPC applications?
This will be an interesting exercise to see how many devs have abandoned ship.
As much as moving to 64-bit helps, this does hurt to some extent. Here's some big-name apps I use that still need an update:
- Monkey Island 1 and 2 games
- Toyota Roadside Assistance
- Holiday Inn Express
- Florida State Fair
- Lending Club
- Disney Gift Card
- Legoland Florida
- Florida State Parks
Just to name a few. Those aren't small start ups... they are larger entities. People are going to be in for a shock come this fall.
- Monkey Island 1 and 2 games
- Toyota Roadside Assistance
- Holiday Inn Express
- Florida State Fair
- Lending Club
- Disney Gift Card
- Legoland Florida
- Florida State Parks
Just to name a few. Those aren't small start ups... they are larger entities. People are going to be in for a shock come this fall.
It's in the pipeline, posted about 7 weeks ago:
"With that, Google Earth is now a lot more interesting for students and globetrotters of all ages. You can try it by visiting earth.google.com in Chrome or by grabbing the Android app. The new version will be available in other browsers as well as iOS soon."
https://thenextweb.com/apps/2017/04...e-guided-tours-of-our-planet-to-your-browser/
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Or this could light a fire under them companies to update. I think the Monkey Island games may be done and dusted so that's a shame. But the other apps, if they're popular enough/valuable enough to the companies they'll get an update.
Double checked. For some reason, I also had an older version on my phone, which did not get overwritten by the latest version. Phew.
Small world...I do as well! Use this app almost daily, and I'm really not excited to see that this probably won't be usable going forward.
I also use an app called BallroomPlayer, and it has tempo manipulation among other features, but it wasn't designed with the same feature set as TempoSlow.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ballroom-player/id1150810858?mt=8
It's free
Any app that lacks 64-bit support means it hasn't been updated in 2-4 years - which also means it should run fine on older devices.
If you NEED the old app, you're going to have to get an older device to keep using it. The iPhone 5C should last a while. It has the newer LTE radio of the iPhone 5S, and even takes the "larger capacity" iPhone 5S battery. It's the most "up to date" 32-bit iPhone.
If you NEED the old app, you're going to have to get an older device to keep using it. The iPhone 5C should last a while. It has the newer LTE radio of the iPhone 5S, and even takes the "larger capacity" iPhone 5S battery. It's the most "up to date" 32-bit iPhone.
Whats the difference between setting up a hotspot and streaming from your phone? Your phone is using your allotment as well?
HotSpot has a limited GB / Mo, Cellular Data is unlimited and unthrottled. I don't feel like paying $20 a day to watch Netflix on my apple tv.
Ouch, I have 45 apps that are not compatible, and many of them are favourite apps
Not sure if I will upgrade to iOS11.
Yes, they are removing tons of paid apps that continue to be downloaded because... somehow they will make more money by not having these apps available? Seems legit /s
Progress is good, even if some people choose to stay behind.
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Well, I guess I will finally have to say goodbye to the good old AppShopper app.
I'm still running the old, old AppShopper app from iOS 6. The one that has the "What's New" tab and lets you filter by price drops to zero so I can quickly see what apps are now free. Apple kicked that one out of the store years ago since I guess it was costing them money.
Oh well, guess I'll just save a web link to my phone instead.
Large entities are likely to update their apps before the switch over or shortly there after when their own people realize what happened. It's the older apps that haven't been updated in years that will just go poof and be ignored. I have an app that was released as a 1.0 in 2011 and never updated since. Pretty sure that won't be updated. Anything from a major studio or with branding support is likely to get an update as it's not a significant process to switch over from 32 to 64 bit most likely.
Also, no one is forcing you to update to iOS 11 when it comes out. If you like your apps and iOS you can keep your apps and iOS.
Um... no. The 2018 sunset is for macOS. For iOS, iOS 11 marks the end of 32-bit support and it is definitely 64-bit only.
I don't think anyone is going to go to such great lengths. And I don't think "modifying" an IPSW that's void of 32-bit code is even possible. It's honestly time to move on ... or don't update.
exactly, it is still very useful even till today and will still be for the next few years.
watching video on it is still great. or i could hand it over to someone that need it but can't afford.
Whew, just one app on my iPhone doesn't make the cut and it's not one I use very often. It's the iPad ones I dread sorting through. Especially on the iPads the kids use and my one old iPad mini...all of those old games. There are going to be some sad goodbyes. But we were way overdue to spring clean our iPads anyway.
I run enough legacy stuff on my old computers. I'm fine with updating the devices I should be keeping current for daily use anyway.
I run enough legacy stuff on my old computers. I'm fine with updating the devices I should be keeping current for daily use anyway.
Quite the cynical outlook. If the dev are long gone, then these apps were going to break at some point anyway. Even if iOS didn't go 64-bit, there would be inevitable changes in the APIs that would eventually have affected them. This is, as Apple has often done, just an enforced sunset for dead and dying technologies. Think about the iMac eschewing the floppy drive, and then later generations of all their hardware dropping internal optical drives. And we're on the cusp of Apple leaving all internal mechanical storage behind.
Sometimes change is more painful than we'd like, but that doesn't make it wrong or unnecessary. Roll with it, and you'll see the benefits in short order.
If the oldies still mean that much to you, keep an older device around you can use them on... which reminds me, I need to find a new needle for my turntable
As a side note, I have 151 apps on my iPhone that are marked for death. Of them, only about 10% are really used, and I expect at least half of those to be updated before the iOS 11 final release. Will I miss the ones that are lost? Some of them, but I'll get over it... or, again, around it by keeping an old device just for them.
I would assume the requirements to ship 32-bit binary programs drops if you're iOS 11 compatible. So some apps that support as far back as they can will maybe stay at ios 10 compatibility and others will drop 32-bit first thing.