Apple Notifying Customers Using Older Pro Apps About Incompatibilities With macOS High Sierra

[Black Tiger]

How exactly does Apple know who is using those apps? It gathers what is supposed to be completely anonymized usage data, which would tell them how many people are using these apps, but not who.

If they used any user-submitted analytics data, they're in clear violation of their own privacy policy.

Perhaps they go out and speak to professionals in these industries directly?
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Unless there is a security vulnerability, older apps should just work on new releases of the OS.

Why not?

There are several reasons:
- private APIs are removed; Apple apps sometimes and continue to use APIs that ordinary developers aren't supposed to use
- Apple doesn't want to test older apps to assure they still work properly with new OS releases
- older apps sometimes have workarounds to deal with older OS defects. Apps would require further investigation to get them working properly with the new OS.

In other words, conservation of developer and testing resources.

It's really a shame that the OS couldn't retain older functionality these apps require. Unless the changes are due to fixing security vulnerabilities.

True. A (not perfect) workaround is to partition and have an older OS when that app is require or using something like Parallels to run the app etc. An app like Aperture, while perhaps disappointing for not receiving updates, is just as functional today as it was when it was discontinued I would think.

 

[bfChris2]

What am I missing??
Do people understand what actually PRO- Users mean?

To me, pro users are the ones using the tools for a business that generate money.
They reinvest in newer tools and technology.

Businesses pay for the tools. Period.

Those of you who have a job - please tell me - does your company still use Windows 95 on your daily PC or Mac os 9?
Common guys.... Seriously.

What you're missing is that Pro users use pro applications for their work, and when the operating system is updated, the pro apps need to stay compatible. While it is possible to switch from Final Cut Pro video editing—as the vast majority did—to Adobe Premiere or Final Cut Pro X or Avid Media Composer, it is not possible to switch from DVD Studio Pro to anything else. There is no DVD Studio Pro X; if you find it, PLEASE let me know…I'm serious about that! There is no Adobe DVD authoring platform. While Adobe used to have Encore, it was unfinished software and lacked the professional features required for real DVD authoring, so they killed it a few years ago. And please don't respond that DVDs are dead. If DVDs were dead, I wouldn't continue to get requests from my boss to author DVDs; as long as they pay me to make them, I'll keep doing so. And I'll pray that my Snow Leopard virtual machine keeps working with High Sierra.

 

[v3rlon]

Apple treats its Pro customers like DIRT and that's why many have already switched to Winblows out of disgust.

When I bought my 1st Mac Pro, I had Final Cut Pro, Compression, Motion, and Logic Pro installed with Mavericks.

All incompatible with Yosemite update. They all still work if I boot Mavericks. But Apple forced Pro customers to pay a "Yosemite price" and re-pay for all the apps. This kind of stuff leads to people leaving the platform.

If you bought FCP X, all your updates are free, never mind the software itself can be had for less than some plugins. Thank you Apple for making it more affordable. For all than people griped about it on release, it is MUCH MUCH better now.

Sorry, Apple will not run your now ancient 32 bit applications. That 30 year old architecture has limitations, like the ability to address only 4GB of memory. If you are still editing DV and running Lotus 1-2-3 on your DOS box, I am not sure if you are the professional ANY software company is targeting.

Logic Pro at $199 is a no brainer for anyone on a Mac looking for a good music program.
Yosemite: $0
FCPX $299
Motion: $50
Compressor: $50
Logic Pro X: $199
Total Price: $598
All with free updates these last 4 years and easy to transfer software

Compare that to 4 years of creative cloud at $50 a month.
Adobe Creative Cloud 4 years $2400
No notification of compatibility issues
Miss a payment and be locked out of your own content
Licensing hell


Yeah, I'm feeling REALLY bad about Apple sending me a note on software I bought and registered with them (and no longer use) not working if I update.

Ask users of pro software that stopped working with no warning after an update how much they appreciate this.