I have done a lot of research into the Mac and its software. What I found out was that unless you have the latest macOS installed, then when you try to download apps from the Apple Appstore, you either can't download them or can't run them. I found out about this using a Toshiba Satellite Hackintosh with High Sierra installed. I even found out where the settings were that said which version of macOS was required. I think this was in the plist files. I changed these settings to match High Sierra, but these programs still didn't run. From what I've heard, unless I was running the latest macOS Big Sur, I heard about a job training course for designing a UI. It said that I must own a Mac to do this and use particular software, but I can't remember the name of this software at the moment. AFAIK, I was only able to download XCode, and Keynote from the Apple App Store, because I'm running macOS Big Sur. Even If I was running Catalina I may not have been allowed to download this software. For older versions of macOS I've heard that users have to pay Apple $99 per year to access the Developers' section where they can download older versions of the software which will run on their macOS version.
I really don't know what is the latest version of macOS which can be run on a Mac from 2008. What kind of software do you run on it? Where do you get this software from? I've heard of Macintosh Repository, Macintosh Garden, and Oldversion.com, but none of these sites seem to have any software like old versions of popular office and productivity software by Apple. SInce posting my last message, I've watched some more videos about upgrading Macs. One of them showed how to replace soldered RAM on a MacBook Air from 2012, but my MacBook Air is from 2014. I assume the RAM is similar. From what I saw, the chips look nothing like I've ever seen before and the type of soldering is nothing like I've seen before either! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjFAr5nM4YU I watched another video saying that the MacBooks from 2012 were the last ones which Apple made easy to upgrade, but I the RAM wasn't soldered in on that MacBook Pro. So far, things are going OK with my 4Gb MacBook Air, except for the few messages saying that memory is low, so I should close some apps. I've achieved my original goal of owning a Mac which can run Logic Pro. This is even a later version of Logic Pro than was used in the recording studio! Apart from this, I have never owned a computer with more than 4Gb RAM fitted. I've been uisng LInux OS for several years, but if I'd been using a recent version of WIndows then I'd probably have been forced to upgrade. On Tue, 30 Mar 2021 at 16:02, 'Skyvalley Higher Praise' via iMac Group < imaclist@googlegroups.com> wrote: > Same here. 2008 iMac. Just recently replaced the HD with an SD and > cleaned out the inside. Hoping to keep it running another 1 to 2 years > before retiring the unit. > Experimented with installation of Linux on the unit, but faced an issue > with the graphics card not being fully supported. > > On Monday, March 29, 2021 at 11:06:38 PM UTC-7 Dennis Faulkner wrote: > >> I am still using an Apple IMac from 2008 >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Mar 29, 2021, at 9:04 PM, Bruce Johnson <joh...@pharmacy.arizona.edu> >> wrote: >> >> Honestly this is the last LowEndMac Google group running, afaik. I >> haven’t gotten any post from any of the others in a long time. >> >> >> The list of Macs that run Big Sur is pretty straight forward >> https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211238 and it does go back quite a >> way; The machine I’m writing this on is a 2014 MBA with 4 MB of ram, >> running Big Sur. That said it’s not my main system; I haven’t used it as >> such for a while. But with 4GB you’ve always had to balance how many apps >> you’re running with what you’re doing. This works well as email/web >> browsing/text editing/photos system. >> >> Honestly I’ve been down the same Hackintosh and ‘hacked OS’ macs path >> and it’s been more trouble in the end, than it was >> worth. I found I was spending more time working ON my computer than >> working WITH it. >> >> Find a Mac you can afford on that list above move on. >> >> >> On Mar 29, 2021, at 10:46 AM, PaulBX <paul.l...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Unfortunately I haven't used this group for some time, but have still >> been getting emails from it. >> >> >> In 2012 I bought a Blueberry iMac G3 (1999) and not long after that I got >> a Mac Pro G4 "Quicksilver" Mac free of charge from Freecycle. My motive for >> getting both of these Macs was to find out more about the Mac in general, >> especially as I was doing some free music recording sessions in a studio >> where the sound engineer/producer was using Logic Pro 9. I think the Mac in >> the studio was a desktop Mac Pro with an Intel Xeon CPU, but whatever model >> it was it had a silver mesh case. >> >> >> Unfortunately what I found out was that these Macs had virtually nothing >> in common with the Mac in the studio and wouldn't even run Safari! I no >> longer own either of these Macs. >> >> >> After this experience I decided to create a Hackintosh laptop, by >> installing hacked versions of macOS from the website Hackintosh Zone. >> Unfortunately the two or three times I did this it was with limited >> success. There were problems with the graphics and one installation refused >> to boot up without the USB installer being plugged in. Each time I was only >> able to use the Hackintosh for a few weeks. >> >> >> Eventually I decided to buy a new/old MacBook, which could run the latest >> macOS Big Sur. I now own a MacBook Air 13 inch (early 2014). I don't think >> this group is suitable for someone who owns this type of Mac so I am >> looking for another group which would support it. My MacBook Air has 4Gb of >> RAM and I’ve started getting reports that my memory is low, so I should >> close some apps. >> >> >> One idea of mine is to buy whichever old MacBook Air or MacBook Pro I can >> afford, which has at least 8Gb RAM fitted, then install a patched version >> of macOS Big Sur. >> >> >> I have looked on the website lowendmac.com as well as on Google Groups >> to try and find another group which would be more suitable for me in my >> current situation, but I can't see a list of groups on lowendmac.com and >> as for Google groups all I can say is groups that I am a member of or have >> read using Google Chrome. 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