Mavericks Forever
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legacy os maintenance
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402points
196comments
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Top 4%of 2025 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
20 positive, 29 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 12 critical, out of 64 comments about the project. Thread score +0.15.
Idea: 3 for, 1 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 4 againstDocs: 3 for, 1 againstDesign: 3 for, 0 againstExecution: 1 for, 1 against
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Nostalgic Aqua and Mavericks design appreciated
From 2 comments
But even as a fan of Aqua, I think it's nice that some of these elements got toned down just a bit. Really, you could view most of the design changes from OS X 10.0 onwards as…
Wowfunhappy on HNTiger is cool! The other neat thing about the visuals is, if you think about Apple's industrial design in that era, the UI feels a perfect extension of the hardware itself. And…
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Objections
Running an unpatched old OS is a security risk
From 1 comment
> Don't you love how hackable everything is? Removing stock apps from the Applications folder is completely safe—nothing will break—and this is your computer, so you should make…
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Requests
Modern browser support on old macOS
From 1 comment
Ah, but note I said "mainstream browser engine", not "mainstream browser!" The mainstream browsers themselves dropped Mavericks some time ago, but other developers have been…
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Questions
Can newer apps or VPNs run on Mavericks
From 2 comments
I haven't used WireGuard, but it looks like the main macOS implementation uses Go. Binaries built with Go 1.19 or below will work on Mavericks if you inject some compatibility…
Wowfunhappy on HNI'm afraid the newest compatible iTerm2 is 3.0.15 from 2017 [1]. It's open source so it might be possible to build a newer version to be compatible, or to cherry pick certain…
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Alternatives named
Linux distros recreating the Mac experience
From 1 comment
Tiger is cool! The other neat thing about the visuals is, if you think about Apple's industrial design in that era, the UI feels a perfect extension of the hardware itself. And…
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