Life cycles for Mac computer models is a totally different issue and was not referred to in your original post. The case referred to previously in this discussion about Snow Leopard getting an Apple App Store update was I suspect to both address a security issue and more importantly to ensure Snow Leopard could still access the App Store so as to be able to download an update to e.g. Based on this trend which has applied for the last few versions of OS X it would imply that once macOS Sierra is released updates for Mavericks will cease.Ĭurrently the average is for a new version of OS X nee macOS once a year, this therefore means a supported life-span of three years for each version. Therefore with the current version being El Capitan, the previous version being Yosemite, the previous - previous version would have been Mavericks and anything older than that is not going to get updates. Older versions are unlikely to get security updates and will not get bug fixes.The previous - previous version also gets security updates and is unlikely to get bug fixes.The previous version of OS X also gets security updates and might get some bug fixes.The current version of OS X (obviously) gets updates to address security issues and bugs.Ditching serial/parallel/SCSI for the first USB, Firewire, Lightning. From 68k to PPC, from classic OS 9 to Unix OS X, from PPC to Intel, now from Intel to M1. Apple has made some dramatic changes that had big consequences for their user base. However in general the following seems to apply. when Macs went from the PowerPC chip to Intel. What is the support life cycle for OS-X versions?Īpple has never published an official answer to this and I suspect they never will as this gives them more control and flexibility. Software are announced to go into non-support before the time arrives. Help desk level supportin place, then you will get pre-announcements of which products & The latest official Apple release of macOS Computer Processor: 1.5 GHz Intel based Mac 2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo or above Computer Memory: 4 GB 8 GB or more Screen Resolution: 1024x768 pixels 1920x1080 pixels Graphics: OpenGL 3.2 OpenGL 4. If you have a business relationship with Apple due to being certified as a technician or have Who report information from the official sources usually after major release events. To keep tabs on regular or probable announcements, one can frequent those sites Things are up to now (El Capitan) support in Mac OS X based hardware, from OWC. I've pointed out a fair site to see how Not that would be a closer idea of how things have been, to then extrapolate a pathĪhead based on previous methodology. ![]() Supported, there are other considerations.Įven if or when there is no word at all, that is a default communication.įor a futuristic answer without speculation one may seek a crystal ball or mystic incantation. ![]() When part of the open-ended discussion (as viewed by yet unknown parties, at later date)Ĭould include other users, whose fairly new or aging product could include those presently
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