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How do I determine which software uses Legacy system extensions?

How do I determine which software uses Legacy system extensions?

iMac 27″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Sep 22, 2020 1:27 PM

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Posted on Sep 22, 2020 2:51 PM

Hold down the Option key and go to the  menu and select System Information. In the sidebar under Hardware looks for Legacy Software.


That will give you a list of such software. FWIW I checked and have none. Got rid of them when I updated to 64 bit apps for Catalina. There's really nothing you need to do as the developers will be updating their software to work with Big Sur and following systems.


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Sep 22, 2020 2:51 PM in response to mcando

Hold down the Option key and go to the  menu and select System Information. In the sidebar under Hardware looks for Legacy Software.


That will give you a list of such software. FWIW I checked and have none. Got rid of them when I updated to 64 bit apps for Catalina. There's really nothing you need to do as the developers will be updating their software to work with Big Sur and following systems.


Sep 22, 2020 2:50 PM in response to mcando

I think Apple did a very poor job of explaining this. But hopefully they handle it better once it happens.


You should always wait a few iterations of a new OS to get the bugs worked out, that's likely a year from now!


No need to worry, but to see them, just don't upgrade to 10.16 or iOSXi, or whatever Big Sur is if the developers don't have updates...


About this Mac>System Report>Software>Extensions, click on Obtained from Header, all that aren't Apple are Legacy.

How do I determine which software uses Legacy system extensions?

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