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Originally Posted by tomsem
If you have 32 bit apps, you can install VirtualBox in 5 minutes and then install an older macOS version, and your apps, in there. VB has preset configurations for 10.6 — 10.13.
You can do this prior to upgrade to make sure it works.
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Thanks, but I have limited space on my SSD these days. If I upgrade to Catalina I will use my Mac mini (late 2014) with High Sierra for 32-bit apps.
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Originally Posted by pwalker8
It looks like Catalina is coming today. Apple rolled out the Gold Master of the beta yesterday. It's pretty snappy.
There are actually a lot of different ways to handle the older version of the Mac OS. I have an old 32 bit mac mini that I keep at Sierra for some programs that don't work with High Sierra. I also have an external solid state hard drive with Sierra installed on it, so I can simply plug that in, then boot off that. It works with both my iMac and 2018 macbook pro. Using virtual machines works as well.
The last 32 bit mac was discontinued almost a decade ago. Developers have been putting out 64 bit apps for longer than that. The problem is when you have old hardware or specialize hardware where mac support is spotty. The manufacturer of my weather station dropped their support for the software a while back. Fortunately, a third party supports the hardware with their software.
I probably need to purge my iMac of some of the old software that I haven't used in years.
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Unfortunately a few of the 32-bit apps I have are use fairly often and there really are no 64-bit apps to take their place yet, at least at an affordable amount. I really don't like having to jump through hoops to run them, so I'll probably stay at Mojave for now. My security camera system is still 32-bit because the company hasn't bothered to write it in 64-bit yet. Third-party apps will work, but cost oo much money, and I really don't won't to mess with switching apps right now anyway. Hopefully Amcrest will put out a 64-bit app soon rather than continuing to update their 32-bit app.