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tokyobreakfast 8 hours ago

TLDR it replaces an expired certificate, no software is being "updated" here.

Wake me when old versions of OS X can access the App Store again.

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apparent 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I cannot remember ever installing something from the App Store onto a Mac. What software do people install that way?

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Telaneo 8 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

What versions can't access the App Store anymore? I've tried Catalina recently, and that still worked fine, but it only stopped getting security updates in 2022, so it's only been a few years.

Also, I've barely ever used the OSX/MacOS app store anyway, and from what little I've heard from other people, it's not really all that great nor popular a place to get your software from.

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rtpg 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

There's a problem with older Macbooks on older MacOS/factory reset where they can't access the App Store, so they can't directly download newer MacOS, you gotta go sidecar it

Of course this is completely opaque to people who have to do this, it just ends up prompting you to login and things like that.

I think newer MacOS avoids this stuff by not having OS updates be linked to the App Store

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tokyobreakfast 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> Also, I've barely ever used the OSX/MacOS app store anyway, and from what little I've heard from other people

Thanks for the advice.

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ezfe 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

10.12 appears to have issues

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giancarlostoro 8 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Cant you technically access the old jailbreak app stores on a 5? I would assume these phones were jailbroken far more commonly than modern iPhones. I feel like I dont hear about anyone jailbreaking them anymore.

	▲	jsbisviewtiful 7 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Yeah a lot of the features people jailbroke for are generally available these days.

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vlovich123 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I’m honestly surprised how they kept track that the certificate for an old version of the OS and deprecated hardware was expiring in the first place AND the executives approved cutting a release to roll it.