Re: Gracefully failing on unsupported OS version

FROM : Matt Neuburg
DATE : Mon Apr 18 20:31:17 2005

On Mon, 18 Apr 2005 13:43:56 -0400, John Brownlow <<email_removed>>
said:
>My app is targeted at 10.4 and better. I know that whatever I do,
>people are going to download it and try to use it on earlier versions.
>I don't want to use an installer, just the drag-to-Applications thing.
>However, as currently configured, on pre-10.4 systems the app just
>fails to launch without a word of explanation. The syslog shows that
>the cause of the crash is "failed objc_getClass(NS**tigerOnlyClass**)"
>
>What's the nicest way of catching this problem without using an
>installer? If the app won't launch in, say, 10.3, how can I tell the
>user very politely that they need to upgrade if they want to use my
>app?


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