Re: Testing in different versions of OS X
Re: Testing in different versions of OS X
- Subject: Re: Testing in different versions of OS X
- From: Stephen Northcott <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 05 May 2011 23:18:44 +0800
That's not allowed under the OS X licensing terms.
And in any case, testing on a VM is not necessarily going to give you valid results.
On 5 May 2011, at 22:43, Vyacheslav Karamov wrote:
> Is it possible to use VM for this purpose?
>
> 05-May-11 17:27, Ken Thomases пишет:
>> On May 5, 2011, at 8:59 AM, Vyacheslav Karamov wrote:
>>
>>> How to test Application in different versions of OS X if I have single Mac?
>> You can partition your drive and/or add an external drive, and install other versions of Mac OS X to those additional partitions/drives. Then, you can boot from whichever you like by holding down the Option (a.k.a. Alt) key at the boot chime.
>>
>> However, there's an important caveat: you can't boot a version of Mac OS X that's older than the hardware. If you have a brand new Mac, you can't boot Tiger or Leopard. Those earlier versions of the OS don't include the necessary drivers for the hardware.
>>
>> So, you may need to buy an older Mac to support this testing scenario.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Ken
>>
>>
>>
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