[lapcat]

> This is simply how Apple does things. They provide software support for ~10 years and then they drop it.

Monterey was released in 2021 and dropped support for my 2014 MacBook Pro, so that's only 7 years.

It's fair to say that you can continue to run macOS N-1 and N-2, which would add years of life, but the author of the linked article is trying to argue that you're not safe unless you're running the latest major version.

[dangus]

But then you get a few more years of your software not being 100% current but still getting a good chunk of the security updates and generally being compatible with current software, which adds up to that full 10 years.

Your MacBook Pro is compatible with the OpenCore Legacy Patcher: https://dortania.github.io/OpenCore-Legacy-Patcher/MODELS.ht...

[kmfpl]

Well, that’s 7 years of major updates with all the security fixes. Moreover, Apple continues to release minor versions for devices that are not supported anymore, in order to fix major flaws that are actively exploited ITW (see iOS from 12.4.2 to 12.5.6, those are a lot of minors released over the years to address 0d ITW, same thing happens with macOS)