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Apple recently released a new version of its Mac operating system, OS X Yosemite (version 10.10). Like last year with the release of Mavericks, Apple chose to continue supporting all the same Macs as the previous release of the operating system. This means that if your Mac was compatible with Mavericks or even its predecessor Mountain Lion, you'll be able to upgrade to Yosemite. However, some Macs are still limited to Lion (version 10.7.5), which is evidently no longer getting security patches now that Yosemite has been released; the lack of a Lion version of the recent is a harbinger of things (not) to come. In recent history, Apple has only patched operating system vulnerabilities for the current and two previous versions of OS X.

Still older Macs can't even be upgraded to Lion, meaning they'll be stuck with Snow Leopard (version 10.6.8) or some earlier version of OS X. That's not a good thing, because not only does it mean there won't be any more security patches from Apple, but many third parties have already stopped releasing updates compatible with these operating systems as well. For now, the only security-related update Apple is still releasing for Snow Leopard is its XProtect '[un]Safe Downloads List,' but there's no way of knowing for sure how much longer Apple will continue to update it. Meanwhile, the now three-generations-old Lion operating system is currently still getting both XProtect and iTunes updates. However, these will likely be just about the only things Apple continues to update for Lion over the next year. Development of OS patches costs Apple money and developer resources.

The main reason for this restriction is that, like Lion, Mountain Lion will be available only via the Mac App Store—the Mac App Store requires Mac OS X 10.6.6, and OS X 10.6.8 provides a number.

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Although the same could be said for iTunes updates, Apple has a financial incentive to keep iTunes updated: the iTunes Store and the iOS App Store, both of which are accessible via the iTunes Mac app, bring in a lot of revenue for Apple. Java applications for mac. Unfortunately, nobody knows for certain how long Apple will continue to release security patches or XProtect updates for any given operating system. Although Microsoft publicly announces its support timetables for Windows, and the Ubuntu Linux company Canonical does likewise, Apple has never given any official word to the public regarding how long each version of Mac OS X or iOS will continue to receive security updates, and Apple consistently ignores press inquiries about when levels of support will be dropped for its operating systems.

The good news is that most new Macs sold within the past several years can be upgraded to Yosemite. Following is the list of Macs that can run a supported version of OS X. If your Mac is older than the ones listed, read on for suggestions on what you can do to upgrade to a supported system. Yosemite Capable Macs Yosemite, like its predecessors Mavericks and Mountain Lion, requires one of the following Macs with at least 2 GB of RAM and 8 GB of available hard drive space: • iMac (Mid 2007 or newer) • MacBook (Late 2008 Aluminum, or Early 2009 or newer) • MacBook Air (Late 2008 or newer) • MacBook Pro (Mid/Late 2007 or newer) • Mac mini (Early 2009 or newer) • Mac Pro (Early 2008 or newer) • Xserve (Early 2009) You can do a direct upgrade from Snow Leopard v10.6.8, Lion, Mountain Lion, or Mavericks. If you still have an earlier version of OS X on your compatible Mac, you will need to download Yosemite on another compatible Mac with 10.6.8 or later, create a bootable Yosemite flash drive or external hard drive (using or the third-party tool ), and do a clean install overwriting the hard drive on your Mac—so be sure to carefully first. Lion Capable Macs (no longer supported) If your Mac isn't new enough to run Yosemite, then unfortunately it's not capable of running an Apple operating system that's still fully supported.

*It's unclear whether the computers that Net Applications identifies as 'Mac OS X 10.1,' which they say accounts for 2.69% of the Mac OS X market share, may in fact be running version 10.10 (with the trailing zero cut off, treating it like a decimal rather than a version number). It's highly unlikely that Mac OS X v10.1 suddenly had a significant resurgence in users, so I'm guessing that the mistaken dropping of the 0 at the end led to a bit of confusion in their October report. About Joshua Long Joshua Long (), Intego's Chief Security Analyst, is a renowned security researcher and writer. Josh has a master's degree in IT concentrating in Internet Security and has taken doctorate-level coursework in Business Administration and Computer and Information Security.