[doublepost=1544148561][/doublepost]Well this really upsets me .I just sold my mid 2011 21 inch last year in perfect working order to buy a mid 2011, 27 inch upgraded the ram to 20gb of ram hooked up a ssd .And on top of it all I am now disabled on disability low income and will not be able to afford any new or used apple computer.Also my 1st gen iPad is worth nothing also .I am done with apple I have owned iPhones from the start and liked them and bought several Mac mini,s then bought a iMac.I would like to see them sell cars then stop selling gas.
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macOS 10.14 Mojave Drops Support for Many Older Machines
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technically NOT impossible but you have to do some hacking, so it's up to you and what you want to do, but possible nonetheless.....
[doublepost=1544151314][/doublepost]All you need is the Mojave Patcher, but read on your model because you can and will have a few hurdles and or graphics settings to decide on for some models...
http://dosdude1.com/mojave/
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I'm not real pleased that Mojave ended support for so many Macs either. But at the same time? I don't think you really have a lot to be upset about, considering it sounds like you upgraded a good Mac to a much better configuration? Your money was spent on things that matter, like more screen space and the huge speed increase an SSD brings over a regular spinning hard drive. Those are advantages you can enjoy every time you use it, no matter which version of OS X you're running on it.
My mom is in the same boat. I just visited her over the Xmas break, and upgraded her 21" iMac to OS X High Sierra from Sierra. It can't go to Mojave either. But realistically? There's nothing I can think of in Mojave that even matters to her. Mostly, Apple just took selected things out of iOS and brought them to the Mac desktop, like ability to use the "Home" app that controls HomeKit devices. (She doesn't have any!) It does the background wallpaper that changes by time or day or night -- but really, so what? Third party apps can add that to an older Mac, if you want it.
And a first generation iPad? No offense, but that's ANCIENT compared to almost any of the iPads you still see in active use anyplace. It's worth nothing because the technology in it is too old to even run the newer versions of iOS properly if you wanted to. Most of them out there have already died thanks to batteries that wore out or even exploded in them, screens that started failing, etc. That's best to keep as a museum piece if it's still in nice condition at this point.
I don't think you're going to find that you get a whole lot more out of changing over to Windows products, as far as "longevity" is concerned? There was a time when you could keep updating older computers (Windows or Mac) and keep them running newer operating systems even though they were 10+ years old. Nobody's really doing that anymore, unless you run open source Unix type OS's like BSD or Linux.
My mom is in the same boat. I just visited her over the Xmas break, and upgraded her 21" iMac to OS X High Sierra from Sierra. It can't go to Mojave either. But realistically? There's nothing I can think of in Mojave that even matters to her. Mostly, Apple just took selected things out of iOS and brought them to the Mac desktop, like ability to use the "Home" app that controls HomeKit devices. (She doesn't have any!) It does the background wallpaper that changes by time or day or night -- but really, so what? Third party apps can add that to an older Mac, if you want it.
And a first generation iPad? No offense, but that's ANCIENT compared to almost any of the iPads you still see in active use anyplace. It's worth nothing because the technology in it is too old to even run the newer versions of iOS properly if you wanted to. Most of them out there have already died thanks to batteries that wore out or even exploded in them, screens that started failing, etc. That's best to keep as a museum piece if it's still in nice condition at this point.
I don't think you're going to find that you get a whole lot more out of changing over to Windows products, as far as "longevity" is concerned? There was a time when you could keep updating older computers (Windows or Mac) and keep them running newer operating systems even though they were 10+ years old. Nobody's really doing that anymore, unless you run open source Unix type OS's like BSD or Linux.
updated to HS, to find it broke my xcode, guess what the xcode at appstore is only for mojave, guess what 2011 mac can't upgrade to mojave, do they really think that force me to buy a new mac, lol nope.
[doublepost=1565813435][/doublepost]that's fine if they stop making new os for old machine
whats not ethical is to have software compatible with os not on store or at the minimum at an archive(if they dontwant to maintain fine) , eg xcode
xcode in store only works with mojave but cann't update
HS broke xcode, if known, I would have just stayed at Sierra
[doublepost=1565813435][/doublepost]that's fine if they stop making new os for old machine
whats not ethical is to have software compatible with os not on store or at the minimum at an archive(if they dontwant to maintain fine) , eg xcode
xcode in store only works with mojave but cann't update
HS broke xcode, if known, I would have just stayed at Sierra
What prevents you from downloading any previous version of Xcode you'd like?
Kindly provided by Apple right there: https://developer.apple.com/download/more/
What prevents you from just installing Sierra again?
Apple doesn't, that's for sure.
Meanwhile the oh so evil Apple that oh so badly wants everyone to buy a new Mac continues to support all 2012 models (except Mac Pro) with Catalina this Fall.
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Like @MrUNIMOG said, just register for a free developer account at apple and enjoy any old version of manual XCODE installer plus a bunch of other valuable resources.
I have an early 2011 MBP with 16G and 500G SSD. Works like a new machine (with a better keyboard). I'll live with High Sierra for the time being and then move to Linux, as I spend most of my time in browsers.
Used to care, but I actually cannot remember which version of OS X my most-used Mac is on. I've dropped way down on my priority level as to trying to keep up with exactly what version supplies what great new feature.
I just checked. It is on El Capitan.
As longs as I can still sync my current iPhones, but a few songs on iTunes, run VMWare Fusion, and am secured at the OS level; I'm not going to worry about upgrading the OS. At that point, it will be to a slightly newer OS X, but not to the latest.
I do keep copies of the installations of all the latest versions... Just in case.
I just checked. It is on El Capitan.
As longs as I can still sync my current iPhones, but a few songs on iTunes, run VMWare Fusion, and am secured at the OS level; I'm not going to worry about upgrading the OS. At that point, it will be to a slightly newer OS X, but not to the latest.
I do keep copies of the installations of all the latest versions... Just in case.
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