![]() ![]() Alternatively, we could continue building on our old 10.6 build server and code sign as a separate step, but that would complicate our build process and also tie us to an aging build server.Īpple has introduced certain new features in the tools which are actually desirable. Building against a 10.6 sdk on a newer build machine might be possible, but it is difficult. Unfortunately Apple's releases are out of our control, and between several new features of their newer OS's and high market penetration of those versions, it makes most sense for us to drop 10.6.8.Ĭode signing is one feature which has changed: in order to deploy to 10.9.5 and beyond, we need to codesign on a build machine running 10.9 or later. I know that you are not alone in preferring 10.6.8 to newer versions of the OS - I myself dislike many of the "features" of the Apple's newer OS versions, and certainly other of our own developers here feel even more strongly than I do. ![]() It is something we were not able to justify given the number of customers we believe we have who still use that OS version. I am not certain it would be impossible for us to continue supporting 10.6.8, but it would not be easy. ![]() In any case, I expected better from your organization. It seems to me that the only reasonable "reason" would be something like, "We could not implement feature 'X', an absolutely essential feature to our new and improved Crossover 14!" It works.īy the way, if Adobe can do it (see:, Version XI (11.0.09) System requirements Mac OS (Intel) 10.5.8 - 10.10), you guys, who are tackling a much more challenging problem (emulation), should certainly have been able to continue support for Snow Leopard. I created a test project in Xcode that runs on Mac OS 10.5 - 10.10, and it's not just a UNIX command line script. Thus, I'd really like to know why you had to drop Snow Leopard support with version 14? I have developed applications for Apple platforms since 1977, and don't understand today's race away from vetted operating systems. Yes, Gatekeeper and some other new technologies have been added to later versions of Mac OS, but the core UNIX functionality embodied in Snow Leopard along with Rosetta makes it Apple's Windows XP. Moreover, in my opinion, Snow Leopard was, and is the best implementation of Mac OS. There is a large number of users that have remained on Mac OS v10.6.8, mainly because of it's support for expensive, legacy applications. I just wonder why developers are dropping support for Snow Leopard. Could you be more specific as to what Yosemite requires that breaks Snow Leopard? Do the Apple tools (XCode) environments intentionally break Snow Leopard when creating a project for Yosemite? Are you using Apple tools to develop Crossover (of course you are., I strongly believe). ![]()
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