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Software that is incompatible with Mac OS X, OS X, macOS

grahamperrin

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To tell what's listed by Apple:
  1. at the Mac, running Apple's operating system
  2. launch Terminal
  3. enter this one-line command:
defaults read /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/SystemMigration.framework/Versions/A/Resources/MigrationIncompatibleApplicationsList

Hint: to select the line, triple-click.​

With build 16A319 of Mac OS X 10.12, my installed IncompatibleSoftwareListVersion is 10.12.155.

Related

Apple's list of incompatible apps for El Capitan

macOS Sierra 10.12: Compatible Apps
 
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Thanks Graham. Is it too long to post here? Or maybe pastebin?

Would be interested in seeing the list if you don't mind. :)
 
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Sierra

Too many characters for a post, so here's an attachment and http://pastebin.com/u004uRhN set to expire after two weeks.

I don't have the most recent golden master candidate, but this 10.12.155 was extracted (with Pacifist) to my desktop after downloading very recently (01:26 Saturday) from the URL given in the software update catalogue for releases.

A shortlist; each line must be read in the context of the fuller list that appears on your own machine:

Code: 
sh-3.2$ defaults read /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/SystemMigration.framework/Versions/A/Resources/MigrationIncompatibleApplicationsList | grep IncompatibleSoftwareListVersion
    IncompatibleSoftwareListVersion = "10.12.155";
sh-3.2$ defaults read /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/SystemMigration.framework/Versions/A/Resources/MigrationIncompatibleApplicationsList | grep Application\ Name | sort --ignore-case
            "Application Name" = "10.5 Software Update";
            "Application Name" = "3D Weather Globe Screensaver";
            "Application Name" = "Adobe Creative Cloud";
            "Application Name" = "Adobe Creative Cloud";
            "Application Name" = "Adobe Creative Cloud";
            "Application Name" = "Adobe Creative Cloud";
            "Application Name" = "Adobe Creative Cloud";
            "Application Name" = "AJA IOHD Driver";
            "Application Name" = "Antidote HD";
            "Application Name" = "Antidote HD";
            "Application Name" = "Antidote RX";
            "Application Name" = "App Tamer";
            "Application Name" = "AT&T Laptop Connect Card";
            "Application Name" = "Avast Mac Security";
            "Application Name" = "Avast!";
            "Application Name" = "Avast!";
            "Application Name" = "Avid CoreAudio Plugin";
            "Application Name" = "Belkin Router Monitor";
            "Application Name" = "Best Youtube Downloader";
            "Application Name" = "Billings Pro";
            "Application Name" = "Box Sync";
            "Application Name" = "Canon UFRII";
            "Application Name" = "Canon UFRII";
            "Application Name" = "Default Folder X";
            "Application Name" = "Disk for iPhone";
            "Application Name" = "ESET Cyber Security";
            "Application Name" = "ESET Cyber Security";
            "Application Name" = "FastCut Threshold Plugin";
            "Application Name" = "Final Cut Server Preference";
            "Application Name" = "Google Japanese IM";
            "Application Name" = "Hear Plugin";
            "Application Name" = "iStat Menus";
            "Application Name" = "iStat Menus";
            "Application Name" = "iStat Server";
            "Application Name" = "LabTech Agent";
            "Application Name" = "LaCie USB 3.0 Driver";
            "Application Name" = "launch2net Drivers";
            "Application Name" = "Line6 TonePort Driver";
            "Application Name" = "Litecoin Ticker";
            "Application Name" = "Little Snitch";
            "Application Name" = "Little Snitch";
            "Application Name" = "Little Snitch";
            "Application Name" = "M-Audio Driver";
            "Application Name" = "McAfee Internet Security";
            "Application Name" = "McAfee Security";
            "Application Name" = "McAfee VirusScan 8.6";
            "Application Name" = "MyBook RAID Manager";
            "Application Name" = "Net Nanny";
            "Application Name" = "Norton AntiVirus";
            "Application Name" = "Norton Internet Security";
            "Application Name" = "Norton Internet Security";
            "Application Name" = "Opswat Gears";
            "Application Name" = "Parallels 2.5";
            "Application Name" = "Parallels Access";
            "Application Name" = "Pen Tablet Preference";
            "Application Name" = "Printer Software";
            "Application Name" = "Pro Tools";
            "Application Name" = "Qmaster Preference";
            "Application Name" = "QuickBooks 2009";
            "Application Name" = "QuickBooks 2010";
            "Application Name" = "QuickBooks 2011";
            "Application Name" = "QuickBooks 2012";
            "Application Name" = "QuickBooks 2013";
            "Application Name" = "QuickBooks 2014";
            "Application Name" = "QuickBooks 2015";
            "Application Name" = "Quicken Essentials";
            "Application Name" = "Razer Mamba 2012";
            "Application Name" = "Razer Mamba 2012";
            "Application Name" = "Screen Sharing";
            "Application Name" = "Seagate Maxtor NotificationExec";
            "Application Name" = "SecureVault LexarFilter";
            "Application Name" = "Smith Micro Internet Cleanup";
            "Application Name" = "Smith Micro Internet Cleanup";
            "Application Name" = "SMS Widget";
            "Application Name" = "Snapz Pro X";
            "Application Name" = "Sogou IM";
            "Application Name" = "Sonnet Qio";
            "Application Name" = "Sony Palm 6 Sync Driver";
            "Application Name" = "Sony Palm 6 Sync Driver";
            "Application Name" = "Sophos AntiVirus";
            "Application Name" = "Sophos AV";
            "Application Name" = "Sophos Endpoint";
            "Application Name" = "Sophos Home";
            "Application Name" = "SRS iWOW";
            "Application Name" = "Suitcase Fusion";
            "Application Name" = "SuperDrive Update 2.1";
            "Application Name" = "Switcher Maestro";
            "Application Name" = "Sxs Memory Card Driver";
            "Application Name" = "Symantec Endpoint Protection";
            "Application Name" = "Symantec Endpoint Protection";
            "Application Name" = "Trend Smart Surfing";
            "Application Name" = "Trim Enabler";
            "Application Name" = "Trusteer Endpoint Protection";
            "Application Name" = "Videobox TAAVPlugin";
            "Application Name" = "VMWare Fusion";
            "Application Name" = "VMWare Fusion";
            "Application Name" = "Wacom Tablet Preference";
            "Application Name" = 1Password;
            "Application Name" = 3ivx;
            "Application Name" = ADmitMac;
            "Application Name" = AirDisplay;
            "Application Name" = AJA;
            "Application Name" = Asepsis;
            "Application Name" = Bark;
            "Application Name" = Camouflage;
            "Application Name" = CHUD;
            "Application Name" = Clusters;
            "Application Name" = CosmoPod;
            "Application Name" = DAVE;
            "Application Name" = DisplayLink;
            "Application Name" = DisplayPad;
            "Application Name" = DivX;
            "Application Name" = DoubleCommand;
            "Application Name" = Dropbox;
            "Application Name" = eID;
            "Application Name" = FinderPop;
            "Application Name" = Flip4Mac;
            "Application Name" = FortiClient;
            "Application Name" = Genieo;
            "Application Name" = GlimmerBlocker;
            "Application Name" = Glims;
            "Application Name" = GPGMail;
            "Application Name" = Growl;
            "Application Name" = Growl;
            "Application Name" = Gutenprint;
            "Application Name" = InstantOn;
            "Application Name" = Kanbox;
            "Application Name" = KasperskyAV;
            "Application Name" = KeyMagic;
            "Application Name" = KinemeCore;
            "Application Name" = LazyMouse;
            "Application Name" = Macspoofer;
            "Application Name" = Magican;
            "Application Name" = Mou;
            "Application Name" = MoveMediaPlayer;
            "Application Name" = Parallels;
            "Application Name" = Plaxo;
            "Application Name" = Printopia;
            "Application Name" = QQInput;
            "Application Name" = QQMacMgr;
            "Application Name" = QTDesktopVideoOut;
            "Application Name" = Rapport;
            "Application Name" = Rapport;
            "Application Name" = Rubbernet;
            "Application Name" = Shake;
            "Application Name" = SophosAutoUpdate;
            "Application Name" = SourceTree;
            "Application Name" = SugarSync;
            "Application Name" = SugarSync;
            "Application Name" = SynergyKM;
            "Application Name" = TabExpose;
            "Application Name" = TelldusCenter;
            "Application Name" = TorchUpdater;
            "Application Name" = TotalFinder;
            "Application Name" = TotalSpaces;
            "Application Name" = Transmit;
            "Application Name" = Undercover;
            "Application Name" = Virtru;
            "Application Name" = VirusBarrier;
            "Application Name" = Visor;
            "Application Name" = Vodafone;
            "Application Name" = WDDriveManager;
            "Application Name" = WDSmartWare;
            "Application Name" = XtraFinder;
            "Application Name" = ZEVO;
sh-3.2$
 

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Thanks for the post. Interesting to see so many of those "Internet security" suites and AV apps on there. I think those are the source of many of the OS update issues people have from prior releases.
 
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@Weaselboy if you're interested in Apple's lists for Mavericks, Yosemite and El Capitan, you can:
  1. browse the relevant .sucatalog.gz software update catalogue
  2. download the four IncompatibleAppList.pkg files
  3. I guess, use pkgutil(1) to --expand to temporary paths
  4. read the MigrationIncompatibleApplicationsList files.

There are two for 10.11 (04/62/031-39656 and 09/24/031-40361 in the download URLs) – I don't know why.
 
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grahamperrin said:
Sierra

Too many characters for a post, so here's an attachment and http://pastebin.com/u004uRhN set to expire after two weeks.

I don't have the most recent golden master candidate, but this 10.12.155 was extracted (with Pacifist) to my desktop after downloading very recently (01:26 Saturday) from the URL given in the software update catalogue for releases.

A shortlist; each line must be read in the context of the fuller list that appears on your own machine:

Code: 
sh-3.2$ defaults read /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/SystemMigration.framework/Versions/A/Resources/MigrationIncompatibleApplicationsList | grep IncompatibleSoftwareListVersion
    IncompatibleSoftwareListVersion = "10.12.155";
sh-3.2$ defaults read /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/SystemMigration.framework/Versions/A/Resources/MigrationIncompatibleApplicationsList | grep Application\ Name | sort --ignore-case
            "Application Name" = "10.5 Software Update";
            "Application Name" = "3D Weather Globe Screensaver";
            "Application Name" = "Adobe Creative Cloud";
            "Application Name" = "Adobe Creative Cloud";
            "Application Name" = "Adobe Creative Cloud";
            "Application Name" = "Adobe Creative Cloud";
            "Application Name" = "Adobe Creative Cloud";
            "Application Name" = "AJA IOHD Driver";
            "Application Name" = "Antidote HD";
            "Application Name" = "Antidote HD";
            "Application Name" = "Antidote RX";
            "Application Name" = "App Tamer";
            "Application Name" = "AT&T Laptop Connect Card";
            "Application Name" = "Avast Mac Security";
            "Application Name" = "Avast!";
            "Application Name" = "Avast!";
            "Application Name" = "Avid CoreAudio Plugin";
            "Application Name" = "Belkin Router Monitor";
            "Application Name" = "Best Youtube Downloader";
            "Application Name" = "Billings Pro";
            "Application Name" = "Box Sync";
            "Application Name" = "Canon UFRII";
            "Application Name" = "Canon UFRII";
            "Application Name" = "Default Folder X";
            "Application Name" = "Disk for iPhone";
            "Application Name" = "ESET Cyber Security";
            "Application Name" = "ESET Cyber Security";
            "Application Name" = "FastCut Threshold Plugin";
            "Application Name" = "Final Cut Server Preference";
            "Application Name" = "Google Japanese IM";
            "Application Name" = "Hear Plugin";
            "Application Name" = "iStat Menus";
            "Application Name" = "iStat Menus";
            "Application Name" = "iStat Server";
            "Application Name" = "LabTech Agent";
            "Application Name" = "LaCie USB 3.0 Driver";
            "Application Name" = "launch2net Drivers";
            "Application Name" = "Line6 TonePort Driver";
            "Application Name" = "Litecoin Ticker";
            "Application Name" = "Little Snitch";
            "Application Name" = "Little Snitch";
            "Application Name" = "Little Snitch";
            "Application Name" = "M-Audio Driver";
            "Application Name" = "McAfee Internet Security";
            "Application Name" = "McAfee Security";
            "Application Name" = "McAfee VirusScan 8.6";
            "Application Name" = "MyBook RAID Manager";
            "Application Name" = "Net Nanny";
            "Application Name" = "Norton AntiVirus";
            "Application Name" = "Norton Internet Security";
            "Application Name" = "Norton Internet Security";
            "Application Name" = "Opswat Gears";
            "Application Name" = "Parallels 2.5";
            "Application Name" = "Parallels Access";
            "Application Name" = "Pen Tablet Preference";
            "Application Name" = "Printer Software";
            "Application Name" = "Pro Tools";
            "Application Name" = "Qmaster Preference";
            "Application Name" = "QuickBooks 2009";
            "Application Name" = "QuickBooks 2010";
            "Application Name" = "QuickBooks 2011";
            "Application Name" = "QuickBooks 2012";
            "Application Name" = "QuickBooks 2013";
            "Application Name" = "QuickBooks 2014";
            "Application Name" = "QuickBooks 2015";
            "Application Name" = "Quicken Essentials";
            "Application Name" = "Razer Mamba 2012";
            "Application Name" = "Razer Mamba 2012";
            "Application Name" = "Screen Sharing";
            "Application Name" = "Seagate Maxtor NotificationExec";
            "Application Name" = "SecureVault LexarFilter";
            "Application Name" = "Smith Micro Internet Cleanup";
            "Application Name" = "Smith Micro Internet Cleanup";
            "Application Name" = "SMS Widget";
            "Application Name" = "Snapz Pro X";
            "Application Name" = "Sogou IM";
            "Application Name" = "Sonnet Qio";
            "Application Name" = "Sony Palm 6 Sync Driver";
            "Application Name" = "Sony Palm 6 Sync Driver";
            "Application Name" = "Sophos AntiVirus";
            "Application Name" = "Sophos AV";
            "Application Name" = "Sophos Endpoint";
            "Application Name" = "Sophos Home";
            "Application Name" = "SRS iWOW";
            "Application Name" = "Suitcase Fusion";
            "Application Name" = "SuperDrive Update 2.1";
            "Application Name" = "Switcher Maestro";
            "Application Name" = "Sxs Memory Card Driver";
            "Application Name" = "Symantec Endpoint Protection";
            "Application Name" = "Symantec Endpoint Protection";
            "Application Name" = "Trend Smart Surfing";
            "Application Name" = "Trim Enabler";
            "Application Name" = "Trusteer Endpoint Protection";
            "Application Name" = "Videobox TAAVPlugin";
            "Application Name" = "VMWare Fusion";
            "Application Name" = "VMWare Fusion";
            "Application Name" = "Wacom Tablet Preference";
            "Application Name" = 1Password;
            "Application Name" = 3ivx;
            "Application Name" = ADmitMac;
            "Application Name" = AirDisplay;
            "Application Name" = AJA;
            "Application Name" = Asepsis;
            "Application Name" = Bark;
            "Application Name" = Camouflage;
            "Application Name" = CHUD;
            "Application Name" = Clusters;
            "Application Name" = CosmoPod;
            "Application Name" = DAVE;
            "Application Name" = DisplayLink;
            "Application Name" = DisplayPad;
            "Application Name" = DivX;
            "Application Name" = DoubleCommand;
            "Application Name" = Dropbox;
            "Application Name" = eID;
            "Application Name" = FinderPop;
            "Application Name" = Flip4Mac;
            "Application Name" = FortiClient;
            "Application Name" = Genieo;
            "Application Name" = GlimmerBlocker;
            "Application Name" = Glims;
            "Application Name" = GPGMail;
            "Application Name" = Growl;
            "Application Name" = Growl;
            "Application Name" = Gutenprint;
            "Application Name" = InstantOn;
            "Application Name" = Kanbox;
            "Application Name" = KasperskyAV;
            "Application Name" = KeyMagic;
            "Application Name" = KinemeCore;
            "Application Name" = LazyMouse;
            "Application Name" = Macspoofer;
            "Application Name" = Magican;
            "Application Name" = Mou;
            "Application Name" = MoveMediaPlayer;
            "Application Name" = Parallels;
            "Application Name" = Plaxo;
            "Application Name" = Printopia;
            "Application Name" = QQInput;
            "Application Name" = QQMacMgr;
            "Application Name" = QTDesktopVideoOut;
            "Application Name" = Rapport;
            "Application Name" = Rapport;
            "Application Name" = Rubbernet;
            "Application Name" = Shake;
            "Application Name" = SophosAutoUpdate;
            "Application Name" = SourceTree;
            "Application Name" = SugarSync;
            "Application Name" = SugarSync;
            "Application Name" = SynergyKM;
            "Application Name" = TabExpose;
            "Application Name" = TelldusCenter;
            "Application Name" = TorchUpdater;
            "Application Name" = TotalFinder;
            "Application Name" = TotalSpaces;
            "Application Name" = Transmit;
            "Application Name" = Undercover;
            "Application Name" = Virtru;
            "Application Name" = VirusBarrier;
            "Application Name" = Visor;
            "Application Name" = Vodafone;
            "Application Name" = WDDriveManager;
            "Application Name" = WDSmartWare;
            "Application Name" = XtraFinder;
            "Application Name" = ZEVO;
sh-3.2$
Click to expand...

Interesting post but a bit odd. Little Snitch listed 3 times with no version number to differentiate? It was indeed incompatible in the first beta but the dev responded with a beta very quickly and it's been fine since. I feel like that list is not quite the whole picture.
 
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:D time for me to repeat what I emphasised above the shortlist:
  • each line must be read in the context of the fuller list that appears on your own machine
 
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