I am aware that OS X 10,7.5 is no longer supported by PMS. I lost my server app and cannot even get a working legacy version anywhere. I stopped my Plex Pass when I discovered that the OS was legacy. I have an older version that will not even log in properly and cannot use PMS of any sort on my Mac. I do use it with Ubuntu 16.04 but that’s not solving what I need to do.
Where can I get the last WORKING legacy version of the server for OS X 10.7.5? Not in the archives here that I an see.
OS X 10.7 isn’t even supported by Apple anymore. Nor is 10.8. Apple abandoned 10.7 years ago, it’s time for its users to as well.
In the perfect world, that would probably be right and true, however, the hardware, in some instances, does not cooperate.
The system that I run Plex on is an old white MacBook.
It runs Win 10, 64 bit without a flaw…yucch…I do not keep it on the machine. I run every flavor of 64 bit Linux without a flaw. I just like some of the features of even 10.7.5, which is the last supported version on this machine.
Sure, the iMac runs all…but I dedicate the MacBook to Plex,when I’m up on OS X. I usually stay in the latest LTS release of Ubuntu.
Oh yes, most OS X developers STILL have legacy archives available dating back to Snow Leopard, 10.6. Many of the staple os x utilities still support 10.6.8 in their current release. I tend to use these, even on the iMac running the latest permutation of OS X. I steer clear of the ‘bells and whistles’. Been in systems since before the Apple I and have my workhorse machines. The white Macbook is one of these. Proof is in the pudding. A fast and efficient (:::gulp) win 10, 64 bit installation…it does it. I mean as fast as I’ve seen around. This hardware is still quite capable.
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@sremick said:
OS X 10.7 isn’t even supported by Apple anymore. Nor is 10.8. Apple abandoned 10.7 years ago, it’s time for its users to as well.
I concur
Apple has abandoned OS X 10.7. Henceforth, Apple has abandoned/deprecated/retired Apple hardware that cannot go beyond OS X 10.7 (officially, Apple has retired hardware much newer than even that, as far as service centers are concerned). Whether you or others still use it is of no consequence. You’re using outdated, abandoned, no-longer-supported hardware. If Apple abandoned it years ago, Plex is in every right to do so as well.
OS X versions below 10.8 have serious library limitations that have an adverse effect on developers who need to allocate the limited resources of time and money for what is reasonably supported and common. A 10.7 or 10.6 user will find they can’t use many websites, because these sites require the latest version of Adobe Flash, which will also not install on these antiquated OS X versions. The latest Chrome doesn’t even work on 10.8 anymore.
When you bought into the Apple world you bought into an inherent agreement to keep your hardware current. If you don’t do so, you will lose out on increasingly more and more, be pushed to the outskirts of support, and your computer will become a security liability to both yourself, your family, and everyone else on the internet due to lack of security updates.
It’s time for a new Mac.
When hardware gets old (yours is probably more than 6 years old, right?) you are going to face this kind of issues. I don’t know what are the reasons behind Apple stopping support (is it performance? is it greed? I don’t care) but I think in the past there were tools to trick the Mac and install at least 10.8 or newer on this kind of machines. Is it a wise thing to do? Probably not, the wise option is to stick with your hardware and use an OS that support it (like Linux), or let’s see if someone has a copy of PMS for Mac to send to you. What is the latest known working PMS for 10.7.5?
Like this: http://forums.macrumors.com/threads/os-x-el-capitan-on-unsupported-macs.1889851/ but with a lot of caveats
