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Discontinued Apple Software Returns to 'Purchased' Tab in Mac App Store
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Most of the software had to be paid for. So people have the right to complain there. Pulling the software was a stupid move from Apple.
I can understand when they pull it from the store but not from my purchases.
I can understand when they pull it from the store but not from my purchases.
Eh, nonsense. Macs have not increased in price in the past 10+ years and Mac users used to pay for OS X and it was $129 back in the day. Fast forward today and now OS X is free. It's not included in the price of a Mac.
Are the people defending this change of heart the same people who were ok with the original software removals - or is it the other way around? The apologies fly so fast around here that I just can't tell anymore.
I think it should be available for as long as the hardware which requires it still runs.
Show me where anyone so far is defending Apple? I haven't seen one post. But on the flip side your post along with a few others isn't any better not giving the benefit of the doubt that it could've been just a glitch.
Remember the Xcode disaster from last week because developers did not download from the official App Store? What about having to download an OS from an untrusted source because Apple took down the official link.
They should have just sent a notification to their customers. It's 2015: doesn't cost that much ;-)
They should have just sent a notification to their customers. It's 2015: doesn't cost that much ;-)
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They could just let people download the .dmg of older SW instead of auto installing it. If folks have the .dmg then there's no need for continual hosting.
16GB on a 4K-capable iPhone, with Live photos enabled by default and only 5GB iCloud storage is a crime against humanity.
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I'm afraid they'll have to keep it forever, or give the customer the possibility to "download-and-archive" for unsupported legacy use.
If you bought software on optical media, you also keep it forever. Who's stopping you from installing Mac OS 9 on a PowerPC G4? Many simply like nostalgia.
If downloading the app and archiving it (using the built-in OS X tool) is the 100% solution to the backup, then that is fine.
So, in the store (and via email) you are informed over the upcoming removal from the Mac App Store (30 days), that gives you the possibility to download and archive.
After that Apple can remove the legacy software from MAS.
Good god I hope you don’t really believe that.
If they still sell it (for $19.99) then you should still be able to download it. Your response is the arrogant one here
OS X 10.7 Lion
http://www.apple.com/shop/product/D...97350166f308140f9084038620bc803368ece431d274b
OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion
http://www.apple.com/shop/product/D...97350166f308140f9084038620bc803368ece431d274b
Oh geez, what exactly is wrong with Apple just leaving the downloads up? Not everyone wants or can use the latest version of all software. Or is it the Apple way to make users keep an HDD full of backups of software?
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I agree. I understand it somewhat regarding aperture, but what do you care if the rest was removed? You'll never use them anyway.
That's the funniest bit of sarcasm I've ever heard, very clever.
Other than the pro apps, how many people are still relying on old versions of software like iPhoto? (Other than people simply not willing to opt in to the newer versions of the software).
I can understand the need to have a sort of legacy support for pro apps.
I don't really see a point in keeping old unsupported legacy software.
On the other hand, I'm guessing Apple could've moved the old software into the classic download-from-a-site model.
I can understand the need to have a sort of legacy support for pro apps.
I don't really see a point in keeping old unsupported legacy software.
On the other hand, I'm guessing Apple could've moved the old software into the classic download-from-a-site model.
Largely free? Well Aperture was definetly not free and even if it was, it is like someone coming to my house and take a CD he gifted me away just because..... I mean free does not mean you can take it away ..... i still "purchased it" as it states on the recipt the Store sent me (even if it was stated as free of charge i still got a recipt so it is MINE!)
Now that they do not support it is fine by me and it was stated before, but to take it away is another matter, I can still install Windows XP on a old PC (not that i would want to even touch windows) if i want to, sure i know it won't be safe and such but no one will take that possibility away.
Will Aperture work on future OS X? may be not, but i want to be able to redownload and install it on the supported os as much as i want to..... heck i have some G4 iMac still running and with the right software they still serve a purpose.
As of backups, i tought one cool feature of buying from a store like this was the fact that i didn't t need to back it up...
Apparently it was a mistake from Apple, either they took it down by mistake or they mistakenly tought they could get away with it.... as per their 180 turn, apps are back online that must mean something....
This is the kind of arrogance from mac users that is the reason why I distance myself from the mac community... also part of the reason why non-apple 'fanboys' see so many of you as smug.
If all those apps were free then that's understandable. But paid apps should always be available no matter what. And if Apple decides to remove them , then they should refund users their money.