With the release of macOS 12 Monterey yesterday, macOS 10.14 Mojave is no longer supported by Apple for updates. Apple supports only their last three major versions, anything older no longer gets software updates. Maybe sooner if they run out of parts.Įvery fall, Apple releases a new major version of macOS. For the hardware, Apple stops providing repair services for a model after 7 years (notebook battery replacements up to 10 years). Today, it’s difficult to keep a Mac for more than 7 years and still install the most advanced software. When you put together the support periods for Apple and Adobe software, some things become clear. This fortunately is only my travel laptop. I have a perfectly good 2009 MAC but I'm stuck on an old version of the MACOS so can only run Lightroom 6. I don't think I'm cheap, just frugal, but am feeling I'm getting caught up in a retail practice to artificially force upgrades to HW and SW. It works, does what I need but yes, I have some apps that no longer run on it. That or reduce their support coverage costs.įull disclosure, I use a hand-me-down iPhone 6. Without that, it seems like there is a conspiracy between HW and SW vendors to EOL products to force users to upgrade. Personally, if I understood why an older OS/version needs to be dropped, it would make having to upgrade a bit more tolerable. I have to disagree with Bampton in that, even though 11 years is an eternity in computing, it is frustrating that the hardware still works, but either a vendor or software provider have dropped support for an older release, many times without an explanation. Microsoft's evaluation tool for Windows 11 now also says my Intel CPU is not supported but not why it is not supported. I suspect part of the problem is the on-board Intel disk controller which Intel has end-of-lifed. On my main Windows desktop, I went through hell last year upgrading to Windows 10 on a 2014 Dell.
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