TerryinToronto
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Q: When will support for Lion be discontinued ?

I am one of the happy Macpro users with a 2007 or earlier unit that apparently can not be upgraded. How long should I expect Apple will be supporting OS 10.7?

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.5)

Posted on Dec 5, 2013 8:15 PM

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Q: When will support for Lion be discontinued ?

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  • by steve359,

    steve359 steve359 Dec 5, 2013 8:17 PM in response to TerryinToronto
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    Dec 5, 2013 8:17 PM in response to TerryinToronto

    I still get security and other assorted updates for SnowLeopard.

  • by Lanny,Helpful

    Lanny Lanny Dec 5, 2013 9:17 PM in response to TerryinToronto
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    Dec 5, 2013 9:17 PM in response to TerryinToronto

    Plus, no one in these forums would know. Your guess would be as good as anybody's guess.

  • by steve359,

    steve359 steve359 Dec 5, 2013 9:19 PM in response to Lanny
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    Dec 5, 2013 9:19 PM in response to Lanny

    True, that.  I can only guess myself.

  • by FatMac>MacPro,

    FatMac>MacPro FatMac>MacPro Dec 6, 2013 9:22 AM in response to TerryinToronto
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    Dec 6, 2013 9:22 AM in response to TerryinToronto

    TerryinToronto wrote:

     

    I am one of the happy Macpro users with a 2007 or earlier unit that apparently can not be upgraded. How long should I expect Apple will be supporting OS 10.7?

    As another Lion user, I think "support" comes in different flavors. Adding great new features pretty much stopped when OS 10.8 was released (Mountain Lion was the great new feature). Still, as steve359 points out, security support continues, at least for now (e.g., the XProtect malware list was last updated 10/8/13).

     

    But security is becoming a full-time issue requiring active efforts to harden browsers and Internet connections (see this and this for steps to take) as well as elevated caution when surfing. Apple can help, but the buck stops at the keyboard.