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Matthew S.'s avatar
Matthew S.
New member | Level 1
10 years ago

End of support for OS X 10.4 and 10.5

Why pull support and remove functionality? Why not just drop support -- just stop updating the app but still allow basic functionality? There are still a lot of legacy machines that are still in use ...
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John W.6's avatar
John W.6
New member | Level 1
10 years ago

I've just received 'the e-mail' informing me that on May 18th, my Dropbox client on the PowerPC OSX 10.6.8 will no longer be supported and that I will be signed out on that machine, a 12" PowerBook G4 which has NEVER let me down. It's rock solid - as long as you don't Update the Java.

Can I add my voice to the others here? Dropping support for PowerPC and OSX 10.5.8 is terrible, truly terrible. Is it really necessary? What can justify this move? It works, it ain't broke, don't ditch it!

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