That left Apple with some real egg on its face, so it may be hoping to avoid a repeat of that experience with pre-emptive certificate refreshes.
However, that is far behind the nearly 12 percent who are using the 10.9 Mavericks release and the 42.6 percent running the latest El Capitan version.Īpple hasn’t released much of an official statement on the debut of the 10.6 update, and some have speculated that this could be because previous updates have caused issues with digital certificates, preventing users from using their applications.
There are quite a few users running older versions of OSX, according to Net Applications (via PCWorld), which suggests that just under five percent of all Mac users are still running Snow Leopard. Yes, you can use both Mac and Windows - here are some tips to get started Ranking the best (and worst) versions of macOS from the last 20 years This devious scam app proves that Macs aren’t bulletproof This update also lets users continue to buy and run applications from the store, which keeps those older OS users earning money for Apple and the app makers, even if they don’t choose to update. Without that, accessing the upgrade to 10.11 El Capitan would not be possible. The update refreshes the digital certificate for 10.6, which may otherwise expire, leaving users unable to access the mac app distribution system. In this case, however, the patch isn’t designed to encourage continued usage of the outdated OS version, but to make sure it’s possible for those running it to still upgrade. Apple has just recently released an update for OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, the first one it has made available since 2013. One way to encourage people to fall in line is to produce updates to the latest versions, but not every developer does that frequently. Marco/FlickrAlthough Apple, like most software developers, is keen to have everyone update their systems to the latest version all of the time, that’s rarely the case for a user base of millions.
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