I've been managing to use Macs from the beginning without having an AppleID account. --What really hurts is the decline of the software-writing community, particularly for single-function utility widgets.
A brief list of 32bit software that don't have IMO adequate 64bit versions:
Meanwhile, I have a Pop! OS Linux distro on a USB external that will boot almost anything I attach it to, and is as close yet to a truly hardware-independent OS as I've seen. (The existence of suchlike being the real ulterior motive of Apple and Windows "security"-laden machines making it excessively difficult to external-boot now.)Apple will abandon us - that is inevitable but we'll soldier on, just as many of us have with our PPC and even 68K machines.
I just compile the software myself and presto I’ve got any binary I need. I even do this on my PowerBook, though compiling even a moderately complex package can take days with a G4. 😅
I know how frustrating thiat can be.....
"The software could not be verified. It may have been corrupted or tampered with during downloading" is a BS warning that means a time-expiration period has elapsed.
Intel Mac Pro Herę! Was able to do one perfect back up encoding of a DVD I own and then made the mistake of upgrading to latest Vs. of Handbrake and all of a sudden this started happening See below. Ive reinstalled a couple of times and tried to get settings to default but nothing seems to work. Any ideas?
i would reinstall the older version if possible or fiddle with the dpi, settings and maybe a PRAM zap.
MBAir2010 ,Right thanks - went back to Vs. 1.5.1, the thing is I partioned my Trash Can so was trying this using Big Sur although as I said was able to get one perfect encode but think i may have overlooked deleting a preference file somewhere on the re-install. I could maybe try an an older MBP still on Mojave. And thanks for the MKV tip. Cheers.
It's interesting that you say this because when I first ran into this, in my mind I was thinking it was some bull akin to having to set your clock back appropriately to match macos certs in order to install later flavors or macos like setting your clock back to before 10-2019 in order for the el cap package to install for example. Then again there could be no relation at all but I did start to go down that rabbit hole before discovering the fix notated above.
So MKV totally worked! Then used Handbrake and got a good encode - Thanks again.
ouch, I would never put Sonoma on my enemies MacBook.....
Yeah, I'm not using it too much anymore. One of the fans died about two years ago so it gets really hot. And it only has 4GB of ram. But right now, it's showing me what I would be going through with installing Sonoma on my MacPro and later in late September on my Late '09 Mini. The MacPro has 32GB ram and the Mini has 8GB so it shouldn't be too bad for those two.
what happened with the fan?
I was visiting my sister during Christmas. I heard weird noises while I was using the Mac and then they stopped. This is December in Seattle so there's snow and the furnace in the place we are staying at is trying to keep up. So, there wasn't a whole lot of heat at the time.
Re your previous mention of Sonoma on late 09 Mini - it'll be faster than that Macbook, but not much. Not terribly usable. Ran patched Catalina pretty well, though! Mine has a 256GB SSD and a terabyte spinner replacing the ODD.
That particular Mini is primarily used as a 'boredom alleviation device'. It's in the garage and my only intent when out there is to either be working on InDesign files or browsing the net/YouYube. I've never used it or intended to use it for anything serious, so short of it just being a flat out sluggard it should not matter too much.
Yup that's wot on the the Partition, might jus go back to that prefer the GUI.
