---------- Original message ---------- Subject: Re: Updates for Mac OS X? Date: Wednesday, 11. July 2012 From: Kyle Hansen <[email protected]> To: [email protected] > That is pretty normal. Mac OS 10.2 was released almost exactly one DECADE > ago. The Software Update servers usually only hold updates from the last > few years. After that you have to navigate to Apple and do it manually. It > is a huge burden on a company to support things back over a decade, so I > am just happy that Apple is cool enough to even have the updates available > in it's downloads page. It is in all of our best interests that Apple does > NOT overburden itself with support for legacy products. They have more > important things to be doing. ;)
I don’t know… It doesn’t seem such a burden to keep a working update structure online?!? Correct me if I’m wrong but the Software Updater simply downloads a list and compares it with what’s installed already. It is an automated way to tell which updates are available and in which order they should be applied. Keeping this list available cannot be such a burden for Apple! Also, the files are still available though the download pages from Apple Support. So they are still hosted, which is good, yes. But where is it that Apple has more important things to do, when what they do is to remove a simple list (which is what they apparently did) for older Mac OS versions? Cheers, Andreas aka Mac User #330250 -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
