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lapfog_1

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1. software programmers are like male dogs

Reply to question everything (Original post)

Sat Jul 22, 2017, 03:44 PM

Jul 2017

and existing software is their fire hydrant.

They feel compelled to lift a leg.

(I speak as a software development manager and architect with 35 years in the industry.)

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So they "update" software and eventaully I cannot use them [View all] question everything Jul 2017 OP

software programmers are like male dogs lapfog_1 Jul 2017 #1

How old is your iMac? forgotmylogin Jul 2017 #2

Since 2011. question everything Jul 2017 #3

I am on a 2011 Mac laptop and run the latest Mac OS sierra (10.12) emulatorloo Jul 2017 #5

It says Mac OS X Version 10.6.8 question everything Jul 2017 #8

We need the model name of your iMac, like emulatorloo Jul 2017 #10

Oh, it is Tiger question everything Jul 2017 #11

Ok from the 'iMac 11,2" I beleive you have an iMac Mid-2010 . Does this look right? emulatorloo Jul 2017 #12

Precisely! The smaller screen 21.5" question everything Jul 2017 #13

Sounds like the last revision of Quicken 2007 was for 10.7 (Lion) However these folks say it emulatorloo Jul 2017 #14

Yup! Got Time Machine and always (almost) backing question everything Jul 2017 #15

... emulatorloo Jul 2017 #16

So you are stuck at Snow Leopard... forgotmylogin Jul 2017 #6

Using such an old OS Big Blue Marble Jul 2017 #4

Oh, that's good to know question everything Jul 2017 #9

Another suggestion for a used Mac neeksgeek Jul 2017 #7