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Re: Mavericks compatibility

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In article <l0a79e$p9i$1@news.albasani.net>, PhillipJones
<pjonescet@comcast.net> wrote:

> >>> Does anybody have any information, rumors, or speculation about whether
> >>> Mavericks bruises or breaks any older but commonly used applications,
> >>> drivers, or other software? The RoaringApps chart
> >>> <http://roaringapps.com/apps:table> doesn't have a column for Mavericks
> >>> yet. I'm mainly interested in MS Office 2008 and 2011, but (almost) all
> >>> responses are welcome.
> >>
> >> The only thing I can say<1> is that 10.9 runs on every single machine
> >> that 10.8 runs on. You can take that as you will.
> >>
> >> <1> No, really, since it's been widely reported, I can say it.
> >
> > he wasn't asking about which machines will run mavericks, but rather
> > which apps may have issues when running under mavericks.
> >
> > how many apps and which ones have issues may affect how soon he decides
> > to upgrade. he no doubt has a machine that can run it, otherwise he
> > probably wouldn't be asking.
> >
> > once mavericks ships, there will no doubt be a *lot* of compatibility
> > information posted. i don't expect too many problems for recent apps,
> > but older ones could have issues. it's not any different than other
> > releases. most stuff works but a small number of apps don't.
> > eventually, nearly all will be fixed, although it may require a paid
> > upgrade.
> >
> There use to be a website you could go to and it would tell you what 
> apps would work , which need update, and which would never work. Its 
> been so long I have forgotten the name

that site was mentioned in the original post and quoted above.

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Mavericks compatibility nmassello@yahoo.com (Neill Massello) - 2013-09-04 06:49 -0600
  Re: Mavericks compatibility Salvatore <sal@yojimbo.hack.invalid> - 2013-09-04 14:26 +0000
  Re: Mavericks compatibility billy@MIX.COM - 2013-09-04 15:49 +0000
  Re: Mavericks compatibility Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-09-04 21:40 +0000
    Re: Mavericks compatibility nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-09-05 07:08 -0400
      Re: Mavericks compatibility PhillipJones <pjonescet@comcast.net> - 2013-09-05 11:17 -0400
        Re: Mavericks compatibility nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-09-05 11:25 -0400
          Re: Mavericks compatibility Phillip Jones <pjonescet@comcast.net> - 2013-09-05 11:47 -0400
      Re: Mavericks compatibility JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2013-09-05 14:34 -0400
        Re: Mavericks compatibility Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-09-06 15:00 +0000
          Re: Mavericks compatibility Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2013-09-06 08:34 -0700
          Re: Mavericks compatibility nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-09-06 17:29 -0400
      Re: Mavericks compatibility nmassello@yahoo.com (Neill Massello) - 2013-09-05 12:37 -0600
        Re: Mavericks compatibility Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2013-09-05 15:15 -0700
        Re: Mavericks compatibility dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2013-09-06 12:13 +1200
          Re: Mavericks compatibility nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-09-05 21:20 -0400
            Re: Mavericks compatibility dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2013-09-08 16:33 +1200
          Re: Mavericks compatibility nmassello@yahoo.com (Neill Massello) - 2013-09-06 01:02 -0600
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