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  • FeRDNYCF FeRDNYC

    The latest binaries being released by the Qt project have dropped support for macOS versions earlier than macOS 11. That's fine, but the versions that DO run on macOS 10.x apparently also have no qualms about installing updates to incompatible versions.

    (An OS version compatibility check prior to offering incompatible updates for install would've been a nice thought, but c'est la vie.)

    As a result, as of my latest Maintenance Tool update run, I now have a QtCreator binary and a Maintenance Tool binary that refuse to run on the system they're installed to.

    The currently-available Online Installer download is, naturally, also affected by this.

    Are older versions of these tools downloadable somewhere, or am I stuck now having to build & install all of Qt from source, on macOS 10.15.

    (Updating the OS is unfortunately not currently an option, believe me I would if I could!)

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    @FeRDNYC You can download old QtCreator installers here: https://download.qt.io/archive/qtcreator/ and the recent ones here: https://download.qt.io/development_releases/qtcreator/

    Qt Online Installer direct download: https://download.qt.io/official_releases/online_installers/
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    • Christian EhrlicherC Christian Ehrlicher

      @FeRDNYC You can download old QtCreator installers here: https://download.qt.io/archive/qtcreator/ and the recent ones here: https://download.qt.io/development_releases/qtcreator/

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      @Christian-Ehrlicher

      So they are, thanks! That's great.

      And the online installers are here: https://download.qt.io/archive/online_installers/ -- old versions (4.6.0 and earlier) of those seem to work as well. I just have to be careful not to let it install anything released within the last 6 months or so. (Because it will absolutely try!)

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        @Christian-Ehrlicher

        So they are, thanks! That's great.

        And the online installers are here: https://download.qt.io/archive/online_installers/ -- old versions (4.6.0 and earlier) of those seem to work as well. I just have to be careful not to let it install anything released within the last 6 months or so. (Because it will absolutely try!)

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        @FeRDNYC hi,

        It might be worth opening a ticket on the bug tracker if there's not something already about it there.

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        • SGaistS SGaist

          @FeRDNYC hi,

          It might be worth opening a ticket on the bug tracker if there's not something already about it there.

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          @SGaist Mmm, suppose it can't hurt. Done.

          Though... I mean, in a certain sense, I could understand if the ticket is summarily closed. Unsupported OS, unsupported old tool versions.

          Hopefully not, but... well, I'm aware I'm treading firmly upon the Land of No Support, I'll just leave it at that.

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          • FeRDNYCF FeRDNYC

            @SGaist Mmm, suppose it can't hurt. Done.

            Though... I mean, in a certain sense, I could understand if the ticket is summarily closed. Unsupported OS, unsupported old tool versions.

            Hopefully not, but... well, I'm aware I'm treading firmly upon the Land of No Support, I'll just leave it at that.

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            @FeRDNYC well, in the absolute, if the tool is running on an older version of macOS, it think that it being able to forbid the installation of Qt versions requiring a latter SDK would be a nice feature.

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              Alas, my prediction was close to correct. The issue was actually closed because, "The number of users, [who] will be affected by this, is rather small." (Which... fair!)

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              • FeRDNYCF FeRDNYC

                Alas, my prediction was close to correct. The issue was actually closed because, "The number of users, [who] will be affected by this, is rather small." (Which... fair!)

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                @FeRDNYC better tried than doing nothing

                Can you share the link so the ticket is easier to find ?

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                • SGaistS SGaist

                  @FeRDNYC better tried than doing nothing

                  Can you share the link so the ticket is easier to find ?

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                  @SGaist Sure, it was actually in my previous comment ("Done."):

                  @FeRDNYC said in Qt Maintenance Tool just upgraded itself and QtCreator to incompatible versions (macOS 10.15):

                  @SGaist Mmm, suppose it can't hurt. Done.

                  But it's https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTIFW-3350

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                  • FeRDNYCF FeRDNYC

                    @SGaist Sure, it was actually in my previous comment ("Done."):

                    @FeRDNYC said in Qt Maintenance Tool just upgraded itself and QtCreator to incompatible versions (macOS 10.15):

                    @SGaist Mmm, suppose it can't hurt. Done.

                    But it's https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTIFW-3350

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                    @FeRDNYC my bad ! I missed the highlighting of the word 😅

                    Thanks !

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                    • SGaistS SGaist

                      @FeRDNYC my bad ! I missed the highlighting of the word 😅

                      Thanks !

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                      @SGaist

                      See, this is exactly why the W3C recommends underlining links at all times, not just on hover. 😄 (And here, they don't even underline on hover! A "Failure of Success Criterion 1.4.1 due to creating links that are not visually evident without color vision" for sure.)

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                      • FeRDNYCF FeRDNYC

                        @SGaist

                        See, this is exactly why the W3C recommends underlining links at all times, not just on hover. 😄 (And here, they don't even underline on hover! A "Failure of Success Criterion 1.4.1 due to creating links that are not visually evident without color vision" for sure.)

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                        @FeRDNYC that's an interesting point you make ! I wonder if it's something that should be considered following the next update of the forum.

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                        • SGaistS SGaist

                          @FeRDNYC that's an interesting point you make ! I wonder if it's something that should be considered following the next update of the forum.

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                          @SGaist Looks like they do underline on hover, now, so that's already a major improvement. (And there are some pages, like our account "My Posts" lists, where links are underlined at all times. Not sure why there's a difference, but it's not a bad thing.)

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                            Huh. Actually, links in post body text are always underlined — but they're not in the edit preview, only on hover. (In the desktop interface.) That's a strange distinction.

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                            • FeRDNYCF FeRDNYC

                              Huh. Actually, links in post body text are always underlined — but they're not in the edit preview, only on hover. (In the desktop interface.) That's a strange distinction.

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                              @FeRDNYC that is something that has changed with the update :-)

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