Are you still dependent on an older, 32-bit app? If so, the linked how-to from iMore should help. Pretty interesting.
How to install macOS on a VM to run your 32 bit apps
Are you still dependent on an older, 32-bit app? If so, the linked how-to from iMore should help. Pretty interesting.
I had to install Mavericks on my Mac Pro at work, inside a VM, so I could run an old Extensis Portfolio client on my Mac to manage my old server when the new server came out and required newer versions of MacOS than the old Client would support.
A friend of mine had abandoned Quicken 2007, when to iBank/Banktivity and came back to the new Quicken and LOVES it. So, you might want to try it out on an external drive or something. I can’t say as I don’t use it but she’s been effusive in her praise.
This is great as a stopgap but as I say in all of these cases one is really better off finding a new 64 bit app that satisfies their need. Yes, you will have to learn a new app but in the long run it’s the right play. Also, consider this – if a company can’t be bothered to update their app after all of the lead time Apple’s given developers 1) what’s their Mac support really like and 2) consider that you might be missing out on a better product from a company that actually cares about their Mac apps.
Last time I checked, new Quicken still hadn’t added back one or two investment-tracking features (like explicit lot assignments) that I rely upon in 2007. I’ll check again, as they’ve been fairly good about catching up. But that’s a bunch of data I’d rather not lose.
I’m resigned to the idea that I’ll likely be at the Deluxe level for an annual subscription fee. But I’m not happy about what I understand is a requirement to keep my data in their cloud.
When I first upgraded to 10.7 and lost Rosetta, my old “from when I was a graphics student” copy of Creative Suite stopped running, because it was PPC code.
I literally bought a used G5 tower to run 10.5 on because that was cheaper than buying a subscription for CStudio (for the twice a year I want to run Illustrator) – and I can do it with remoting on my local network, very nicely.
(I’d damn near suggest “buy a cheap used Mini rather than dual boot”, myself. They’re pretty cheap, and anything nobody’s ported to 64 bit is likely not exactly super powerful.
Apple’s remote access game is strong these days.)
This could be helpful, as I’m still reluctant to give up Quicken 2007. But iMore’s procedure runs the new OS in a VM, which is the opposite of what I thought the idea was.
For my example, If I’m moving on to High Sierra for most of my computing, I’ll only intend to use El Capitan for a couple of apps. I’d rather HS be the primary OS, and only dip into EC for selected tasks.
I wonder why iMore’s writer did it the other way. Or am I missing something?
It is time for Apple to let go of restrictions on macOS 10.6 virtualization. Then I could use it in a VM and access Rosetta. But no, Apple has established some sort of technical block on installing 10.6 in a VM.