18.12.2013 09:20 Uhr, Quelle: Macworld UK

Apple signals end to OS X Snow Leopard support

Apple has apparently decided to kill support for OS X Snow Leopard, the 2009 operating system that has resisted retirement for more than a year.On Monday, Apple did not update Safari 5.1 when it patched the later Safari 6 and 7 for newer editions of OS X, including 2011's Lion, 2012's Mountain Lion and this year's Mavericks.Safari 5.1, which was last updated in September to version 5.1.10, is the most-current Apple browser for Snow Leopard.Historically, Apple has patched Safari longer than the supporting operating system, so when the Cupertino, Calif. company calls its quits for the browser, it's already decided to retire the pertinent OS.In July 2011, for example, Apple patched Safari 5.0 for the final time, updating the browser to version 5.0.6. That edition was the last that ran in OS X Leopard, which was released in October 2007.Apple provided

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