Re: [Q] Control over the "You cannot use the application ... with this version of Mac OS X" string
Re: [Q] Control over the "You cannot use the application ... with this version of Mac OS X" string
- Subject: Re: [Q] Control over the "You cannot use the application ... with this version of Mac OS X" string
- From: Michael Ash <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2009 17:58:03 -0500
On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 1:44 PM, Sean McBride <email@hidden> wrote:
> On 2/4/09 10:24 AM, Joar Wingfors said:
>
>>> When launching an application which requires a newer version of the
>>> OS, the OS displays the string:
>>>
>>> "You cannot use the application "XXX" with this version of Mac OS
>>> X."
>>>
>>> I was just wondering if there was any way to control what appeared
>>> here so it wasn't so curt - it would be nice to mention what the
>>> minimum version of the OS was, for example.
>>>
>>> I'm guessing there isn't...
>>
>>
>>Please file bug reports if you're not happy with the current behavior!
>
> Eric, please do file. But be ready to wait years. I filed this exact
> request in 2004. <rdar://problem/3807111>.
And even if by some miracle they fixed it tomorrow, you'll *still*
have to wait years.
- 10.5: broken
- 10.6: fixed
- 10.7: first time you can ship software that activates the fixed
message on 10.6
- 10.8: first time you can activate the fixed message on 10.6 if you
follow the common "n-1" pattern of OS support
Mike
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