Can’t we just keep using Freeway 7 until Apple implements a new OS that will no longer work with Fwy 7? And then (or before) install a Virtual Machine on your computer and keep running Fwy 7 on the Virtual Machine with the latest OS that worked? It seems that would be a permanent solution for those who don’t want to leave Freeway. (or perhaps VM poses problems I’m not aware of)
freewaytalk mailing list
email@hidden
Update your subscriptions at:
Yes, that has already been proposed as a solution. Apple regularly locks new Macs that it builds to a minimum of whatever version is current when that machine is made. But virtual machines don’t impose those limitations, and Apple’s software license specifically allows VM installation. If you can get an installer image for El Capitan or Yosemite, and preserve it somehow with backups, you should be able to use it and the current Freeway 7 for many many years, on increasingly modern hardware.
Walter
On Aug 16, 2016, at 10:19 PM, Jim Feeney email@hidden wrote:
Can’t we just keep using Freeway 7 until Apple implements a new OS that will no longer work with Fwy 7? And then (or before) install a Virtual Machine on your computer and keep running Fwy 7 on the Virtual Machine with the latest OS that worked? It seems that would be a permanent solution for those who don’t want to leave Freeway. (or perhaps VM poses problems I’m not aware of)
freewaytalk mailing list
email@hidden
Update your subscriptions at:
Information for existing FreewayTalk / Groups.io users - Site Feedback - Softpress Talk
freewaytalk mailing list
email@hidden
Update your subscriptions at:
https://freewaytalk.softpress.com/person/options
There is a specific trick to doing this with Parallels Desktop. For whatever nonsensical reason, Desktop does not allow you to copy over an existing non-active startup volume from a drive or the current startup volume. Plus, you can’t just take an OSX install disc and run it on the virtual machine (something that is normal for their Windows virtual machines).
What you have to do is have your legacy startup volume up and have it running on a separate Mac, create an empty Mac virtual machine within Desktop, connect the two acs via a cable, then import the startup volume from the second Mac to the first Mac. It is a huge headache, as it requires two machines, plus there is the issue that an OS X install is tailored to the specific machine on which it is being installed. For best results, you need two identical machines.
It’s a pain in the neck, but Parallels has not yet accepted the idea that creating virtual Macs should be as easy as creating virtual PCs.
freewaytalk mailing list
email@hidden
Update your subscriptions at: