M4 Macs can't virtualise older macOS

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176 points Brajeshwar | 2 comments | 16 Nov 24 16:12 UTC | HN request time: 0.513s | source

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doomlaser ◴[16 Nov 24 16:38 UTC] No.42157271[source]▶

Come on, Apple. What are you doing? I was thinking just the other day that Apple should virtualize older iPhones within the latest iPhone system software, so you could seamlessly open old apps and games (32-bit, anyone?) in their own containerized environments. I can't think why they haven't added this feature for any reason other than money grubbing.

You could even customize the containers to be completely closed off from the rest of the iPhone—no contacts, no Internet access (or high security Internet access), etc.

Come on, Apple. Do something good for once. Oh and bring back the headphone jack.

-Mark

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1. GeekyBear ◴[16 Nov 24 17:23 UTC] No.42157560[source]▶

>>42157271 #

It's probably worth finding out whether this is a bug or an intentional decision before making assumptions.

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2. moffkalast ◴[16 Nov 24 18:14 UTC] No.42157944[source]▶

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For Apple Hanlon's razor rarely holds, they're both too competent and anticonsumer for this sort of thing to not be intentional malice in an attempt to sell more stuff. Maybe not, but very unlikely and even if it's a bug they'll probably call it a feature and keep it.

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