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M4 Macs can't virtualise older macOS

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176 points Brajeshwar | 1 comments | 16 Nov 24 16:12 UTC | HN request time: 0.514s | 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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jsheard ◴[16 Nov 24 16:51 UTC] No.42157360[source]▶
For better or worse it's never been Apples MO to keep software working forever, that's Microsoft's schtick. PPC OSX software is gone, x86-32 OSX software is gone even on hardware that could still run it natively, AArch32 iOS software is gone, and if history is any indication it's only a matter of time before x86-64 OSX software is gone too.
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1. dunham ◴[16 Nov 24 17:37 UTC] No.42157653[source]▶
Yeah, that's just their MO. I think it's easier to run old windows games on a mac than to run old mac games.

And architecture aside, at one point I had to install an old version of iWork (I thin it was '09) to update a file so the latest iWork could read it. They had code on hand that could read those older files, but decided not to integrate it. They don't prioritize backwards compatibility.