Quicktime 7, Carbon, Ink, Apple's hardware RAID support predicted to be gone in macOS 10.15

QuickTime7, Carbon, Ink, and Apple's own hardware RAID support look to be on the chopping block for macOS 10.15, along with the removal of support for 32-bit apps.

It is anticipated Apple will be revealing the various changes it will be making in macOS 10.15 at WWDC 2019 on June 3, and in the run up to the event, leaks and rumors are surfacing with claims of what Apple will be introducing or removing in the update. While many of the reports have centered around user-oriented elements, there are some that developers may also want to be aware could occur.

According to developer Steve Troughton-Smith, macOS 10.15 will lose support for Carbon and Ink, the former being a C-based API, the latter being Apple's handwriting recognition technology introduced in Mac OS X 10.2 "Jaguar." QuickTime 7 and QuickTime plugins are also reportedly disappearing, which could affect some applications that take advantage of the technology for media output.

Dashboard isn't the only thing gone in 10.15 — so is 32-bit app & plugin support, Carbon, Ink, QuickTime 7 & QuickTime plugins, PPTP, and hardware RAID. You will get Python 3.7 and Ruby 2.6, at least
— Steve Troughton-Smith (@stroughtonsmith) April 30, 2019

The tweet advises PPTP will be removed, though Apple formally stopped support for the VPN client in macOS Sierra 10.12. It is still currently possible to use PPTP, though through third-party VPN clients.

Apple hardware RAID support extinction comes as no surprise, as the hardware needed for it hasn't been produced in many years, under the names the Mac Pro RAID Card and Xserve RAID Card. External RAID hardware and software RAID arrays generated in Disk Utility do not appear to be affected at all.

The latest list of changes is only some of the items that are expected to change in macOS 10.15, with the main confirmed item being the discontinuation of support for 32-bit applications. Apple has warned of the change since High Sierra, with macOS Mojave the last to support 32-bit apps.

Other speculated changes include the introduction of Siri Shortcuts and Screen Time, an update to allow the Apple Watch to perform more authentication-based tasks, and standalone apps for Music, Podcasts and TV.

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39 Comments

SpamSandwich 19 Years · 32917 comments

About 5 years ago

If they have no adequate replacement for QuickTime 7, then I personally just cannot see myself upgrading.

commentzilla 10 Years · 777 comments

I just bought another Apple TimeCapsule because time Machine support is so craptastic on 3rd party routers. My Netgear R8000 is a pice of sh*t!

I love the eco-system of Apple products. they need to quit killing stuff that just works.

I won't miss anything mentioned in the article except PPTP.

lkrupp 19 Years · 10521 comments

Painful ride ahead for those who don’t accept change well. I’ve been riding the Apple rollercoaster since 1982. The worst change for me was the move to Intel processors in Macs as I had bought into the RISC vs CISC propaganda and Intel was the enemy. But I got over it.

elijahg 18 Years · 2842 comments

lkrupp said:

Painful ride ahead for those who don’t accept change well. I’ve been riding the Apple rollercoaster since 1982. The worst change for me was the move to Intel processors in Macs as I had bought into the RISC vs CISC propaganda and Intel was the enemy. But I got over it.

It's not about "accepting change," some things have no alternative; perhaps you could try being less arrogant occasionally. People have setups that require things like the hardware RAID, and may have spent a lot of money for such a system. There are plenty of places still using PPTP too, and "accepting change" means those people will no longer be able to connect to PPTP VPN servers, often company ones. This again just results in a worse experience for Mac users.

bsbeamer 16 Years · 77 comments

"Apple hardware RAID support extinction comes as no surprise, as the hardware needed for it hasn't been produced in many years, under the names the Mac Pro RAID Card and Xserve RAID Card. External RAID hardware and software RAID arrays generated in Disk Utility do not appear to be affected at all."

There are tons of issues with software RAID in Mojave so if they are not fixed/addressed in 10.14.5 or 10.14.6, I would expect to see the continued decline of RAID on macOS. Moving to SoftRAID helps for most users. Hardware RAID in Mojave with Apple hardware has already been causing issues since initial betas. External hardware RAID with external controllers (that show as only one drive to macOS) are the key to look for moving forward.