Sigil & Apple

Notjohn · 11-22-2015, 12:46 PM

Is there a version of Sigil that will work for OS X 10.8.5?

Thanks!

eschwartz · 11-22-2015, 01:08 PM

An old one? Sigil doesn't support old OSes past a certain point.

http://sigil-ebook.com/get/

Quote:

Originally Posted by Get Sigil

Mac OS X binaries are typically 1 version behind the current release. This means that today 10.10 is the current release so it should run on the 10.9 (with the latest updates installed).

Notjohn · 11-22-2015, 01:12 PM

Yes, evidently I am not the only person attached to obsolete programs (WordStar 7d, Word 2000, etc.). I nearly lost my fingernails when Windows XP was torn from my grasp.

KevinH · 11-22-2015, 01:16 PM

Hi,

Apple keeps dropping earlier versions for its XCode compiler. I have not updated to XCode 7 yet, just to keep Mac OS X 10.9 still buildable on Mac OS X.

If someone has access to a Mac OS X 10.8.5 system with its version of XCode, there is no reason why they could not build a version of Sigil that runs on Mac OS X 10.8.5.

I only have access to one Mac OS X box capable of building anything, and so when I upgrade to the latest tools, we will lose support for earlier version of Mac OS X (probably including 10.9). Many developers specifically keep old Mac OS X boxes around to make builds for earlier versions, but I unfortunately do not have the time or boxes availalbe to do that.

If you could find someone with an earlier box and compiler tools, I would be happy to talk them through making their own builds on that version of Mac OS X.

Kevin

Notjohn · 11-22-2015, 02:29 PM

Thank you, Kevin, but I'm afraid that that would be above my payscale, not to mention his!

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