Hi, I received notification that MacOS 10.12 and below will no longer be supported for futures updates – why?

@mercir , @crskub Mac OS System Requirements for using updated versions of Brave Browser after BBv1.39.111 Brave Browser System Requirements info - the documentation is out-of-date re Mac OS, at the Brave Support Help Center; says: ‘OS X El Capitan 10.11.0 or later’ at: ‘ https://support.brave.c…

[image] mercir: Hi, I received notification that MacOS 10.12 and below will no longer be supported for futures updates – why? It’s no longer supported even by Apple…

“To get future Brave updates, you’ll need macOS 10.13 or later. This computer is using macOS 10.12.” The [Learn more] button opens the “How do I download and install Brave?” page, but there’s no further information. Wondering why this announcement, I looked into Chromium’s system requirements, whic…

@ElectricBrain Almost exactly what I would write. Thank you. I am currently unable to arrange for the sea change to APFS, and therefore I cannot update Brave Browser for Mac OS. The loss of advanced controls in the Brave Browser site-specific Shields(Lion icon) panels’ settings from v1 to v2, ha…

[image] 289wk: The loss of advanced controls in the Brave Browser site-specific Shields(Lion icon) panels’ settings from v1 to v2, has been a significant reduction of standards by Brave Software. Out of curiosity, what features can’t you use anymore? Although I was used to the old interface,…

Thanks @289wk , @ElectricBrain . Agreed regarding perpetual upgrade treadmill business model. The pinnacle balance of features and complexity vs stability and performance occurred over a decade ago, if not decades ago in my opinion. Been a downhill ride ever since :confused:

[image] ElectricBrain: Wondering why this announcement, I looked into Chromium’s system requirements, which still specify 10.11. Vivaldi same. …which is a potential security risk. It means you are distributing software for an abandoned OS, whose newfound vulnerabilities will never be fixed. …

So, Brave keeps on downloading its daily (?) updates, and tantalizes with an [Update] button in the upper right; but when I quit and restart Brave, it tells me again: “To get future Brave updates, you’ll need macOS 10.13 or later. This computer is using macOS 10.12.” Can anybody tell me how to tell …

The updates appear to still being applied at this point despite the warning, at least for me (on 10.12)

Unless something is changed/I’m mistaken, at this time we support macOS versions 10.11.0 and later. If you are on 10.12 you should still be good to go. Can I ask where you saw this notification?

Mac system requirement increase

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Mattches June 14, 2022, 6:07pm 15

Got it — I was not aware that this message was displaying. Thank you for bringing it to my attention. For the record, I believe it will be when we update to Chromium 104 (Brave v1.42x I think) that we will bump the system requirements up.

Older versions of Brave for Mac OS Sierra?

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