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  12. Ye Macce Threade

    in GoRedwings19's Computer Help Hotline

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    Yes, I used dosdude1's installer to install macOS 10.15 Catalina on a 2008 MacBook and several other Macs.

    There are a few gotchas, but it mostly just works. Newer versions of the patchers (supporting macOS 11, 12, and 13) require OpenCore Legacy Patcher, which is slightly more complicated to do.

    Catalina Patcher: http://dosdude1.com/catalina/

    Discussion thread: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/macos-10-15-catalina-on-unsupported-macs.2183772/

  13. Ye Macce Threade

    in GoRedwings19's Computer Help Hotline

    Posted · Edited by HiWire

    You should still be seeing classical music in iTunes. I notice that Apple just updated iTunes for Windows.

    The Apple Music app was first launched on macOS Catalina (10.15) in 2019, so you'd have to update to at least that to subscribe to Apple Music (which is required to get Apple Music Classical)... if Apple updates the app. Otherwise, you can still purchase classical music through iTunes, but you can't get the other features...

    Other than being able to find music more accurately (using their metadata), the benefits of the Classical app seem to be lossless, hi-res music and spatial audio.

    There are also some limitations: you need minimum iOS 15 on your phone and it excludes users in China, Japan, Korea, Russia, Taiwan and Turkey.

     

    Also, there was a news item recently claiming that Apple is planning to remove services from older devices and operating systems: https://www.macworld.com/article/1684118/apple-services-stop-working-older-devices.html

    – iOS 11-11.2.6
    – macOS 10.13-10.13.3
    – watchOS 4-4.2.3
    – tvOS 11-11.2.6

  23. Sony money box

    in Portable Audio

    Posted · Edited by HiWire

    Yes, Sony has a very distinguished history of making great-sounding portable players (though not all of their products have been great).

    I do find their flagship pricing excessive, but these are low-volume products in 2023 and the A306 is cheaper than most of the Astell&Kern players.

    I'm still listening to my portable CD player, the Sony D-EJ2000. It drives Alessandro MS-1 headphones and Sennheiser Momentum earbuds without a problem.

    My main issues with Sony flash players has been price, battery life/replacement, and software. There are a lot of complaints about short battery life on the players, as well as operating system clunkiness and stability. Sony tried to fix that by moving to Android OS, but it's a work in progress.

    The NWZX707-B ($899.99) and NW-A306-B ($349.99) are now officially listed as available for pre-order on Sony's website. I hope they end up being quality products! We can expect to see official reviews when they become available. I doubt I will buy one myself, but I'll pick up the 707 if it is Sony's last player.

    From a value perspective, it's much easier to continue using my Apple iPod Shuffle (4GB) or my old iPhone 5S (32GB) as a portable player. They have great battery life, the 5S has a headphone jack and Bluetooth for speakers, and their quality is decent for portable use in noisy environments.

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