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Originally Posted by Clark Kent
Is there any reason why the latest build does not work on older,systems anymore? I‘m still an 10.9.5 and can’t update because of several reasons…
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The Launcher is bundled with QT 5.15 for better compatibility with newer systems such as macOS 11. On the flip side, Qt 5.15 has a minimum macOS version of 10.13 (not entirely unreasonable, since Apple also have dropped support for older releases).
It doesn't really make sense to use an older version of Qt to make it work on 10.9 if the consequence is that it does not work as well on the current, supported and maintained macOS versions.
That being said, it is still possible to build a version which works fine on macOS 10.9, so there are still several other options:
- I might provide an additional version for older systems. It is somewhat more feasible now compared to earlier due to automated builds (but the support burden is there anyway of course).
- Same as above, but only for main releases.
- Provide easy-to-follow instructions for letting people build their own version for older operating systems.
- Same as above, but encourage volunteers to test and provide the builds for older operating systems.
Note; the current minimum version of 10.13 only applies to the new builds of the Launcher. The FS-UAE emulator builds require macOS 10.9 or higher.