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

I am quite thankful that dropbox supported us (powerpc) until now but I would like to ask that you keep supporting us. It is quite difficult to believe that there is a technical reason that allows dropbox to execute in 10.6 but not in 10.5. May be it is better to say that it is a pain to maintain a version for few old users. It that case let me tell you that:
1. We are not so few
2. It is not us who does not want to upgrade, it is Apple who does not allow us to upgrade.
3. The link you provide to upgrade to 10.6 is incorrect. Actually the instructions are quite easy. Drop your working computer to the trash and expend $2000 in a new mac just to do exactly what you were doing before.

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