Yasu, Cache Out X, and Leopard

10.15.07 | Cache Out X, Yasu

There’s a lot of speculation that Apple will be releasing their new operating system some time around the end of this month. That could put us just a little under two weeks from D-Day. Or should I say “L-Day.”

I’m positive many Mac users will be early adopters, and those who use Yasu and/or Cache Out X are no doubt wondering if either of the applications are going to be compatible with the new OS. Well, I have an answer for you… Sort of…

I don’t know.

Since I’m not a card-carrying, dues-paying Apple developer, I haven’t had the opportunity to get my grubby mits on the new OS to see what has or has not changed under the hood which would affect how my apps behave¹. It could be that nothing has changed and everything will work fine. I’ll do a happy dance and post it to YouTube if that’s the case. However, experience has told me it’s not going to be that simple.

Chances are there will be some significant changes, as has been the case for my apps each time Apple has released a new major version of OS X. There could even be the outside chance that both apps will need to be completely rewritten. While I plan to do that eventually, if I had to do it just for Leopard compatibility, it would probably take a while before it got done.

So my advice is this; If you plan to install Leopard, don’t run Yasu or Cache Out X on it until I am able to fully qualify the app for the new version of the OS. If you do, and catastrophic things happen to your computer — well — all I can say is, don’t say I didn’t tell you so.

1. Well, I could have. But why run the risk of Apple legal hunting me down like a dog for grabbing something off of BitTorrent? No way. ↩