{"id":6900,"date":"2011-10-12T00:33:05","date_gmt":"2011-10-12T07:33:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/37prime.wordpress.com\/?p=6900"},"modified":"2011-10-12T00:33:05","modified_gmt":"2011-10-12T07:33:05","slug":"icloud-what-about-mac-os-x-snow-leopard-users","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/37prime.com\/news\/2011\/10\/12\/icloud-what-about-mac-os-x-snow-leopard-users\/","title":{"rendered":"iCloud: What about Mac OS X Snow Leopard users?"},"content":{"rendered":"

UPDATE (2011-11-21):<\/p>\n

VMware clarifies<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Running Mac OS X client in a virtual machine continues to require Lion (purchased from the Mac App Store or a USB thumb drive.)\u00a0 Users should always ensure they remain in compliance with any applicable software license agreements.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It seems that the next update will restrict installations of Mac OS X Snow Leopard or older to Server and OS X Lion.<\/p>\n

UPDATE:<\/strong>
\nVMware has just released VMware Fusion 4.1 and allowed installation of Mac OS X Leopard and Snow Leopard client in virtual machine.
\nAs long as you have Mac with 64-bit processor, you can now install OS X Lion while keeping Mac OS X Leopard and Snow Leopard in the virtual machine.
\nIt is a good time to buy VMware Fusion 4<\/a> now if you haven’t already.<\/p>\n

Apple has just opened iCloud to OS X Lion 10.7.2 and iOS 5 users. What about Snow Leopard users? For those who own any Macs with 64-bit capable processors (Core 2 Duo or newer) should upgrade to OS X Lion before moving<\/a> their MobileMe<\/a> account to iCloud<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Before I go on, let’s recall that Mac OS X Leopard is the last Operating System from Apple to run on PowerPC Macs. They are out of the pictures.<\/p>\n

Apple sold quite a lot of Core Duo Macs and some Core Solo Mac minis. Those Macs do not meet the system requirements to run OS X Lion. Thus iCloud is not supported on those Macs. I am still using a MacBook Pro Core Duo from January 2006. I can only use iCloud through iCloud.com<\/a>. In the meantime Apple is committed to run MobileMe service until June 30, 2012. By that time Apple would hope that Mac users would have at least an iOS 5 device or a Mac running OS X Lion.<\/p>\n

If you already are a MobileMe user, you do not have to hurry moving your account to iCloud. If you do not have any iOS 5 devices and\/or Macs running OS X Lion, please refrain from moving your MobileMe account to iCloud. If you are still using a non-OS X Lion compatible Mac or a non-iOS 5 compatible devices (iPhone, iPhone 3G and older iPod touch), Apple would hope you would buy a new one.<\/p>\n

UPDATE:
\nSomeone reminded me the lack of Rosetta support in OS X Lion, another reason to stay with Mac OS X Snow Leopard.<\/p>\n

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UPDATE (2011-11-21): VMware clarifies: Running Mac OS X client in a virtual machine continues to require Lion (purchased from the Mac App Store or a USB thumb drive.)\u00a0 Users should always ensure they remain in compliance with any applicable software license agreements. It seems that the next update will restrict installations of Mac OS X … <\/p>\n

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