2025-04-01, 02:59 AM
I'm running an iMac 12,1 - mid 2011 that Apple permanently locked down to prevent upgrades beyond High Sierra 10.13.6
I tried many versions of JF working backwards until I found that 10.8.13 installs, loads and runs. Nothing newer than that will run.
I can't update my OS because Apple says "NO! THROW AWAY YOUR OLD BUT STILL WORKING COMPUTER AND BUY A NEW COMPUTER!"
That would be great expect that over the past few months my retirement has been vaporized because of (actually I shouldn't mention why at risk of violating policies). Yeah, I had plenty of money, I was set for a comfortable retirement but then POOF! All gone! Now at just months away from 65 I'm gonna have to go grovel for some crummy part time job at Walmart for chump change that won't cover my utilities. Second job waiting tables at iHop I suppose.
New computer? Not in my future. Not unless someone un-vaporizes my retirement. My old iMac is old but it still works. I get my Brit telly fix that I watch with Jellyfin. There's nothing at all wrong with my iMac. Outside forces have made the decision that they will slowly shut me out of my computer by forced obsolescence. I drive a 20 year old mini-van. The paint is peeling but it still runs great. So far no one has tried to force me to buy a new one. It's very analog but it runs and I'm fine with that. I can't afford $50,000 for a new vehicle. I can't afford $20,000 for a used one either. I'll drive it until the engine blows up. I would use my Mac for another 20 years, if outside forces would allow me to.
It's all I got. It's all I can afford now, because it's long since paid for. Food first, computers last.
I tried many versions of JF working backwards until I found that 10.8.13 installs, loads and runs. Nothing newer than that will run.
I can't update my OS because Apple says "NO! THROW AWAY YOUR OLD BUT STILL WORKING COMPUTER AND BUY A NEW COMPUTER!"
That would be great expect that over the past few months my retirement has been vaporized because of (actually I shouldn't mention why at risk of violating policies). Yeah, I had plenty of money, I was set for a comfortable retirement but then POOF! All gone! Now at just months away from 65 I'm gonna have to go grovel for some crummy part time job at Walmart for chump change that won't cover my utilities. Second job waiting tables at iHop I suppose.
New computer? Not in my future. Not unless someone un-vaporizes my retirement. My old iMac is old but it still works. I get my Brit telly fix that I watch with Jellyfin. There's nothing at all wrong with my iMac. Outside forces have made the decision that they will slowly shut me out of my computer by forced obsolescence. I drive a 20 year old mini-van. The paint is peeling but it still runs great. So far no one has tried to force me to buy a new one. It's very analog but it runs and I'm fine with that. I can't afford $50,000 for a new vehicle. I can't afford $20,000 for a used one either. I'll drive it until the engine blows up. I would use my Mac for another 20 years, if outside forces would allow me to.
It's all I got. It's all I can afford now, because it's long since paid for. Food first, computers last.