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Topic: Poll: Mac OSX users, what version are you running? (Read 1419 times)

legendary
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Any reason you don't want to run the latest Xcode that Apple provides for free in the App Store?
Probably not so much these days - used to be that some things didn't support Xcode 4.  Also you need Xcode 3 to build for old OS X versions.

Now, we may be getting to the point where everyone starts moving to Xcode 4 and dropping OS X 10.5 support - that's presumably the reason behind Gavin's question.  But, the fact that Gavin is asking this question means, I think, that like many open source projects Bitcoin is currently still building with Xcode 3.  That's as good a reason for me as any to stay with 10.6 so I can still use Xcode 3. (Xcode 3 won't run on 10.7.)

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You can always setup dual boot (Mountain Lion & Snow Leopard) if you want to run older software.
Because repartitioning my disk would be a pain.  And it's a laptop so adding an additional disk isn't really an option.

roy

You can remove the optical drive and put another HD in...
hero member
Activity: 563
Merit: 500
Any reason you don't want to run the latest Xcode that Apple provides for free in the App Store?
Probably not so much these days - used to be that some things didn't support Xcode 4.  Also you need Xcode 3 to build for old OS X versions.

Now, we may be getting to the point where everyone starts moving to Xcode 4 and dropping OS X 10.5 support - that's presumably the reason behind Gavin's question.  But, the fact that Gavin is asking this question means, I think, that like many open source projects Bitcoin is currently still building with Xcode 3.  That's as good a reason for me as any to stay with 10.6 so I can still use Xcode 3. (Xcode 3 won't run on 10.7.)

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You can always setup dual boot (Mountain Lion & Snow Leopard) if you want to run older software.
Because repartitioning my disk would be a pain.  And it's a laptop so adding an additional disk isn't really an option.

roy
hero member
Activity: 563
Merit: 500
OS X 10.6, because upgrading would lose me the ability to run XCode 3.

roy
sr. member
Activity: 288
Merit: 251
Does this have anything to do with September's announcement?
sr. member
Activity: 408
Merit: 261

And before somebody asks: yes, signing the Bitcoin-Qt app so it plays nicely with 10.8's "Gatekeeper" is near the top of the TODO list.


Thank you Gavin for not forgetting about us fellow fruit heads.
full member
Activity: 184
Merit: 100
upgrade people Smiley
member
Activity: 61
Merit: 10
10.6.8 here too
hero member
Activity: 811
Merit: 1000
Web Developer
10.6.8 snow leopard

planning to upgrade to 10.8 sometime next year
Running 10.6.8 as well.  You are planning to upgrade to 10.8 sometime next year? 10.9 will probably release soon after.
legendary
Activity: 1610
Merit: 1004
10.6.8 snow leopard

planning to upgrade to 10.8 sometime next year
legendary
Activity: 1652
Merit: 2301
Chief Scientist
If you're running Bitcoin-Qt on a Mac, what version of OSX are you running?

I'm trying to get an idea of how many people are still running 10.5, because supporting that version of OSX is starting to become painful (it is almost 5 years old now...).

And before somebody asks: yes, signing the Bitcoin-Qt app so it plays nicely with 10.8's "Gatekeeper" is near the top of the TODO list.
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