[Elecraft] 32 bit Elecraft Utility Apps

[Raymond Sills]

HI Bill:


/rant


It's nice that people are getting a warning.... but IMO, I'd just as soon stay at a lower level OS where all the applications that I need will still work just fine.   I got viciously snagged by an OS upgrade, which rendered my entire Time Capsule backup useless.  So, all the files that I wanted to keep simply are unavailable to me after my older iMac's HD tanked, and I bought a new iMac, ASSUMING (bad idea) that I could restore them to the new machine.  Nope.  So, that's left a bitter taste in my mouth.  And, I'm a long time Mac user.   This is the first time I've been seriously burnt by an OS "upgrade".


So have a number of professional colleagues who depended on their apps running properly on High Sierra... who sadly discovered that their income stream ground to a halt, since they no longer to use their computers for professional audio and video post-production.  Eventually, their apps will be supported by HS... but for many, this is a big deal.  Fortunately, some of them were able to "downgrade" back to the OS that works.... but not all were able to do that.


So, for now... I do not upgrade an OS unless and until I know that my apps will run properly.


/end rant


-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Frantz <frantz at pwpconsult.com>
To: elecraft <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sat, Apr 14, 2018 9:44 pm
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] 32 bit Elecraft Utility Apps

When I launched the K3 utility, I got a message saying in 
essence, that it was using obsolete technology. It referenced 
<https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208436> which says that soon 
32 bit applications will not run. To quote:

"Starting with macOS High Sierra 10.13.4, apps that have not 
been updated to use 64-bit processes produce a one-time alert 
when opened. This gives users advance notice that they are 
running 32-bit software, which will not be compatible with macOS 
in the future."

They don't say when the change will be effective, but the clock 
is ticking.

73 Bill AE6JV

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