Is there a way to block these pop-up windows pushing that I update the computer's MacOSX to Mavericks?

artisticforge wrote:

Hello

I will have to look at the screenshot because I do not remember it.

OK! [suitably cleaned up for publication]

christopher rigby1 wrote:

In fact, the only thing I am sad about, is the latest Mail version, which looks much nicer than the version I'm tied to in Snow Leopard.

You could partition and install Mavericks and Mail in that partition, but admittedly, dual-booting is a pain! 😕

christopher rigby1 wrote:

I rather suspect that Apple are getting a bit fed up that a sizeable minority of users still run Snow Leopard, and have started to target them to upgrade, but without warning them what they might lose.

I personally do not think it is as nefarious as that, but once made aware of the problem, which Apple has been, early and often, they could reform the dialog box as to be a bit more informative of the dangers of upgrading for "free" or place them in the DETAILS link.

They probably are getting fed up with propping up ancient technology, even their own, for a small

User base. But that is business. There will be hacks and work arounds ( like Michael

Lax's virtualisation suggestion) for some time yet until the old hardware dies out and new software is all that can be installed on the Macs. Rosetta is dead. Long live the New OSXs!

Pete

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Not a warning in sight! 😠

FREE UPGRADE - prominently posted!

Nicely done, artisticforge, to bring this to our attention!

I just sent an Apple feedback highlighting this problem...

Agreed Michael. This is not the way we expect Apple to promote its' interests.

petermac87 wrote:

They probably are getting fed up with propping up ancient technology, even their own, for a small

User base. But that is business. There will be hacks and work arounds ( like Michael

Lax's virtualisation suggestion) for some time yet until the old hardware dies out and new software is all that can be installed on the Macs. Rosetta is dead. Long live the New OSXs!

Pete

I'm not sure that Snow Leopard is all that ancient, and it's not 'technology' - it's software ... which runs quite happily on my far-from-ancient Core i5 iMac. I'm also not sure that the SL user base is all that small; a minority certainly, but still quite sizeable. There are still plenty of software designers who state the minimum requirement is 10.6, so it's far from dead yet. And since SL, subsequent OS's have given the user progressively less control, possibly assuming that 'switchers' who are used to iOS want an OS that's similar in use, rather than one that retains elements of geekiness.

It's a similar story over at Microsoft, who find an amazing number of Windows users still run XP - which is not only more 'ancient' than Snow Leopard, it's as old as OS X itself.

There is a small, but vocal minority of users on this forum that preach that whatever Apple has to offer today is the gospel! And they tend to criticize any departure from that belief!

Continuing to support the use of Snow Leopard (whether natively in those Macs that will boot and run it, or virtually, in those Macs that cannot) has obvious validity for those who need to, or otherwise chose to, run Snow Leopard.

For those who have successfully migrated to Mavericks, I wish them well, but they waste everyone's time when they come to a thread where an OP has a valid reason to continue to use Snow Leopard and decry its continued use.

One of these posters has actually admited that he setup a Snow Leopard iMac so that his kids can continue to run their PowerPC games! 😁

I predict that we will hear from one of them soon... very soon! 😁

christopher rigby1 wrote:

petermac87 wrote:

It's a similar story over at Microsoft, who find an amazing number of Windows users still run XP - which is not only more 'ancient' than Snow Leopard, it's as old as OS X itself.

Yes and all support for Windows XP was dropped as from today.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-au/windows/end-support-help

Things move on. Snow Leopard was a very stable OSX but will lack the features to be even slightly competitive in a world where IT is changing and advancing every day. Unfortunate, but fact.

Cheers

Pete

petermac87 wrote:

christopher rigby1 wrote:

petermac87 wrote:

It's a similar story over at Microsoft, who find an amazing number of Windows users still run XP - which is not only more 'ancient' than Snow Leopard, it's as old as OS X itself.

Yes and all support for Windows XP was dropped as from today.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-au/windows/end-support-help

Things move on. Snow Leopard was a very stable OSX but will lack the features to be even slightly competitive in a world where IT is changing and advancing every day. Unfortunate, but fact.

Cheers

Pete

Oh really? I wonder what 'features' you mean. I certainly don't miss them. Yet I can run Facebook and Twitter quite merrily in SL, and blog if I want, not to mention use YouTube and Vimeo and iPlayer without any lack of smoothness, so I'm no dinosaur. And much of the software sold today still insists the minimum requirement is 10.6.

If by 'mildly competitive' you mean iOS, OS X is not, and never has been, a competitor for that.

Cheers.

christopher rigby1 wrote:

Yet I can run Facebook and Twitter quite merrily in SL, and blog if I want, not to mention use YouTube

Ummm.... yes.....alll those vital aspects of using a computer. I thought you had more to offer, but I see now that you are more suited to Snow Leopard.

Good Luck

Pete

petermac87 wrote:

Ummm.... yes.....alll those vital aspects of using a computer. I thought you had more to offer, but I see now that you are more suited to Snow Leopard.

Good Luck

Pete

Have you no shame!

He has already told us in a prior post that one of the reasons he uses Snow Leopard is for its access to a remote control for his Mac due to his disability!

Yet, you continue to belittle him for using Snow Leopard!?!

Have you no sense of decency?

Agreed again, Michael. Particularly in respect of petermac87's comment.

It is important to realise that writing in the forums is not just an expression of one's personal experience. It is understanding the needs of the other person, and this peterMac87 singularly failed to do.