Check Apple’s 7-year hardware service and that extends from when the product was last sold. That would cause serious problems for Mac Pro Late 2013 users, as that model was sold for 6 years, meaning that anyone who bought one in December 2019 would only have had one year left of Apple’s macOS support at the time of purchase. I’ve not heard of after-sales service which is based not on when the product was made, or when you bought it new, but on the basis of when the product was first introduced. I think that’s pretty compelling evidence that Apple has never had such a policy, not in my lifetime anyway. For example, the iMac G5 20-inch, which was sold between October 2005 and March 2006, was last supported by OS X 10.5.8 which was released in August 2009, only just over three years after many were bought new.” “Look back a little further to the last architecture transition, and you’ll find even younger orphans. My Mac Pro 8-core (then the top-end Mac), which was sold between April 2007 and January 2008, was last supported by OS X 10.7.5 in September 2012, and those who bought the MacBook Late 2008, which was sold as late as January 2009, suffered the same fate, just over three years after many had bought them brand new.” “When Apple made the transition to 64-bit, several recent Macs were caught out and orphaned very early. – Mac Pro Early 2009, sole to August 2010, unsupported by 10.12 after 6 years 1 month.Īs I have written previously here, Apple has stopped support in new versions of macOS much earlier too: – Mac mini Late 2009, sold to June 2010, unsupported by 10.12 after 6 years 3 months, Not only that, but your claimed example of Sierra doesn’t even pass that test: I have never seen anything like that in a written document from Apple, and I can’t imagine how it would express that in words without making its lawyers have apoplexy. However, at best your claim about 7 years of new versions of macOS is rumour. You don’t need to confirm Apple’s hardware support policy – it’s available in writing from Apple. It’s going to be a substantial change for me, when I move to Monterey, since I haven’t updated in three years and am looking forward to it. Regardless, now I can finally move on to the latest version of macOS. I just know that I got it for a good price and couldn’t justify the spending so much for the 27-inch. Yes, LG canceled this model over two years ago, so I’m not exactly sure where this technological leprechaun has been and why it was unopened. I managed to get my hands on a brand new sealed boxed LG 21.5-inch UltraFine, the smaller brother to the current 27-inch. It’s finally time to retire that monitor. The text in Catalina and Big Sur give me a physical headache when using my 17 year old Dell monitor (which happens to use the same panel as the Cinema Displays of that era). However, the biggest issue for me is the way that newer versions of macOS handle font rendering on standard definition monitors. That changes now because of security updates coming to an end for Mojave, as well as compatibility issues with some computer games requiring newer versions of macOS. I’m still running Mojave on my 2018 Mac mini because there weren’t any compelling reasons to move to Catalina or Big Sur. That’s almost identical to my original list.ĪirPlay to Mac, allowing you to send content to and from a Mac, is only available for an even more limited list of models:Īll of a sudden, my first wild guesses look generous, and I can see many users becoming confused as to just what is supported by their Mac. iMac 2017 onwards, and 5K Retina 27-inch Late 2015,.Universal Control, which lets you use one keyboard and mouse/trackpad across your Mac and devices, is only available on: Some are only available on M1 Macs, but two of the biggest advances will only be available for a list more similar to my original. However, there are some important exceptions buried in the footnotes concerning the most exciting features in Monterey. I have put asterisks where I am gloating at my speculative accuracy. I’m delighted to report that Apple’s confirmed list of supported models is considerably more generous: That was based on patterns of firmware versions, updates, and Intel chipsets. You may recall my rather pessimistic speculation as to which models might be supported by macOS 12 last week, which ran: Full details of new and enhanced features are given here. Yesterday Apple announced the next major version of macOS, which is due to ship in the autumn/fall, alongside the next versions of iOS and all the other OSes.
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