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Re: Mojave in a VM?

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On 2018-10-02, David Empson <dempson@actrix.gen.nz> wrote:
> JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> wrote:
>
>> On 2018-10-01 09:59, David Empson wrote:
>> 
>> > I will not have any sympathy if someone misuses this to stick their head
>> > in the sand and ignore the problem.
>> 
>> The warnings on individual apps that come out "randomly" are not a means
>> to know if you should or shouldn't upgrade.
>> 
>> The "Applications" tab in the System Profiler will list ALL 32 bit apps
>> (if you sort it by the bitness column) and that would be the only
>> comprehensive list of apps you need to consider.
>
> System Information (it hasn't been called System Profiler since Snow
> Leopard).
>
> And there is an even easier method: Mojave adds a "Legacy Software"
> category in System Information.
>
>> Remember that an app that is important but which you only use
>> irregularly may not be shown in the output from
>> defaults read com.apple.coreservices.uiagent
>
> I'm not concerned about applications I have now, but new ones I happen
> to run in the next year. I'm not going to go individually checking every
> new app I install, so this warning is very useful in that case because
> it draws my immediate attention to the fact that the new application
> won't work in future.
>
>> This is why I feel those random warnings are really useless. What Apple
>> should have done is generate a complete list of apps that are 32bits
>
> They have, in System Information > Legacy Software.
>
> It is even mentioned on the web page explaining the situation with
> support for 32-bit applications, which you get to read if you click the
> Learn More button in the alert that pops up when you run a 32-bit app
> for the first time (or the first time after 30 days since the last
> warning in Mojave).

He's been told this umpteen times by several people. 
He doesn't read.

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  Re: Mojave in a VM? dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2018-09-28 09:18 +1200
    Re: Mojave in a VM? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2018-09-28 17:42 +0000
      Re: Mojave in a VM? dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2018-09-29 11:59 +1200
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  Re: Mojave in a VM? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2018-09-28 17:30 +0000
    Re: Mojave in a VM? dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2018-09-29 11:59 +1200
      Re: Mojave in a VM? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-09-28 20:06 -0400
        Re: Mojave in a VM? dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2018-09-29 12:43 +1200
          Re: Mojave in a VM? dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2018-10-01 13:15 +1300
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            Re: Mojave in a VM? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2018-10-01 13:22 +0000
              Re: Mojave in a VM? dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2018-10-02 02:59 +1300
                Re: Mojave in a VM? Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> - 2018-10-01 10:08 -0400
                Re: Mojave in a VM? JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2018-10-01 13:37 -0400
                Re: Mojave in a VM? dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2018-10-02 13:30 +1300
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