Installing Affinity on an older iMac, High Sierra, Version 10.13.6

[Amy H]

I just purchased Affinity software for my older iMac (Mid 2010, with High Sierra, Version 10.13.6).  I can not upload to Catalina 10.15 - Apple articles are saying this older computer of mine can not support the newer operating system. However, upon trying to open Affinity on my computer, a message is saying I need to be running an OS that is 10.15 or later. I'm stuck! Is there a slightly older Affinity Version I can download so I can use this software on my older Mac?

[MikeTO]

25 minutes ago, Amy H said:

I just purchased Affinity software for my older iMac (Mid 2010, with High Sierra, Version 10.13.6).  I can not upload to Catalina 10.15 - Apple articles are saying this older computer of mine can not support the newer operating system. However, upon trying to open Affinity on my computer, a message is saying I need to be running an OS that is 10.15 or later. I'm stuck! Is there a slightly older Affinity Version I can download so I can use this software on my older Mac?

Hi Amy, Affinity v2 requires macOS 10.15 Catalina or later so it won't work on 10.13 High Sierra.

While Affinity v1 would have worked on your computer it is no longer available for sale. You'll need to move to a different computer or request a refund. If you purchased v2 from the Mac App Store then you would contact Apple, or if you purchased it directly from Serif you'd need to email Serif, I believe at affinityreturns@serif.com.

You're going to find less and less software available for your Mac given it's almost 13 years old. There have been major underlying changes to macOS and it isn't practical for developers to continue supporting very old computers. Sorry.

[Amy H]

Thank you so much for the timely response. I do apprecite it.  Sigh.

[v_kyr]

Hi and welcome!

Well I assume you bought V2 apps which do need >= MacOS Catalina, in contrast to V1 apps (which are probably no longer sold by Serif) which should have run fine under MacOS High Sierra.

Beside what above was already said, there's also the adventures way of installing MacOS Catalina on older MacOS hardware, but doing so depends overall on your MacOS user skills. Meaning here, if you aren't much knowledged with MacOS Software installs ... etc. you probably would need somebody to help you here, or let it be.

• https://dosdude1.com/catalina/
• How to run Catalina on an older Mac (see down the article page, they also talk and give hints about Catalina)

The MacOS Catalina Patcher  supports ...

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Early-2008 or newer ... iMacs:

• ...
• iMac8,1
• iMac9,1
• iMac10,x
• iMac11,x (systems with AMD Radeon HD 5xxx and 6xxx series GPUs will be almost unusable when running Catalina.)
• iMac12,x (systems with AMD Radeon HD 5xxx and 6xxx series GPUs will be almost unusable when running Catalina.)
• ...

In cases you will try that, then make first whole backups of your current MacOS High Sierra and also build some High Sierra Bootable recovery USB-Stick in order to reinstall your actual High Sierra setup/image.

[Amy H]

Thank you for this workaround. I will think about trying that. I fear I will probably just run into another road block. Best Regards!

[panamahat]

On 1/13/2023 at 3:01 PM, MikeTO said:

You're going to find less and less software available for your Mac given it's almost 13 years old. There have been major underlying changes to macOS and it isn't practical for developers to continue supporting very old computers. Sorry.

Like Amy I'm on High Sierra. There are lots of good reasons people operate on older Macs and operating systems, with no real need to upgrade. Browsers work, email works, Word works, all the basics many people need work just fine. The upgrade path for both hardware and software can be beyond the financial means of many people.

I accept that it is impractical for developers to continue to 'support' legacy versions of their software. But that doesn't mean they shouldn't make them available to people who cannot afford the latest & greatest Mac environment.  With the small disclaimer that "unfortunately we cannot offer support for this product", let people download the old versions and have a play with it.  Encourage people into the Affinity family, don't just lock them out by telling them they need to upgrade - it's bad PR.

For what it's worth my most used and favoured software is Macromedia Freehand - and I keep an old Snow Leopard iMac specifically to run it!

George

[PaoloT]

Leaving V1 on sale "as is" would have been a nice move for people who can't upgrade. I wonder why this couldn't happen.

In any case, Mac minis cost a reasonable price, and have been heavily discounted during this time of very low sales for Apple.

At the same time, it may also be the right time to reconsider if staying with a Mac, or switching to something else. Apple has forced the user's computers into a rapid obsolescence, and it seems it will continue doing the same. The UI and hardware design have slipped into ugliness. Maybe it's time for a switch. After 35 years with Apple, I’m personally considering it.

Paolo

 

[Claudio63]

Ciao è semplice vai su youtube e ti informi per attivare su Mac non supportati così attivi il sistema operativo Sonoma 14 ma devi scaricare OpenCore Legacy Patcher e seguire istruzioni dettagliate. Così potrai installare tutti gli aggiornamenti e software 2024