Highest MacOS that supports EyeTV3

[ChicagoEyeTVguy2 0]

Highest MacOS that supports EyeTV3

I want to upgrade but I'm not willing to leave my EyeTVs behind. I understand EyeTV4 is a disaster.... My 2012 Mac Mini will support up to 10.15 Catalina. It's currently running Sierra. Am I correct that Catalina is the first OS that will not run EyeTV3? In my search I see barely any mention of Big Sur, but seems like the logical choice? Thanks.

[EYEMISSELGATO 12]

Mojave is the last system that will run EyeTV 3. 

[eaglerock 6]

macOS 10.14/Mojave can be installed as a virtualized OS on newer macOSes using middleware such as Parallels (annual subscription), VMWare Fusion (free personal license available) or Oracle's VM VirtualBox (Open Source - free). I haven't tried setting up a 64-bit macOS + virtual machine + macOS Mojave environment + EyeTV 3.6.9 combination yet due to lack of boot drive space, but it sounds like an area worth exploring.

Parallels: https://www.parallels.com/products/desktop/

VMWare Fusion: https://www.vmware.com/products/fusion.html

Oracle VM VirtualBox: https://www.oracle.com/virtualization/technologies/vm/downloads/virtualbox-downloads.html

 

[eaglerock 6]

9 minutes ago, eaglerock said:

macOS 10.14/Mojave can be installed as a virtualized OS on newer macOSes using middleware such as Parallels (annual subscription), VMWare Fusion (free personal license available) or Oracle's VM VirtualBox (Open Source - free). I haven't tried setting up a 64-bit macOS + virtual machine + macOS Mojave environment + EyeTV 3.6.9 combination yet due to lack of boot drive space, but it sounds like an area worth exploring.

Parallels: https://www.parallels.com/products/desktop/

VMWare Fusion: https://www.vmware.com/products/fusion.html

Oracle VM VirtualBox: https://www.oracle.com/virtualization/technologies/vm/downloads/virtualbox-downloads.html

 

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In addition to installing 10.14/Mojave as a virtual OS, you can install macOS 10.6/Snow Leopard Server, and all client macOSes since 10.7/Lion. I discovered this almost fifteen years ago, when setting up a Wintel laptop with VirtualBox: I discovered that 10.6 Server was an installation option in VirtualBox's VM setup pulldown menu. I tried to install 10.6 on the Wintel machine several times without success; it worked when I installed the middleware on a Mac, and then attempted to install 10.6 using VirtualBox's VM install system. Apparently, the VirtualBox user interface is the same on all platforms, which makes sense for an Open Source application.

I haven't tried this same stunt with Parallels or VMWare Fusion, but I'm guessing it will work the same way. Odds are, the user interface on the commercial applications includes OSX options when the base operating system is macOS (or the hardware is Apple hardware; there has to be some sort of platform sniffing when the middleware is installed), but the Windows/Linux versions leave macOS VM options out.

[geeji 2]

I had the same question, wanting to keep EyeTV 3 on my Apple Mac M1 (EyeTV 4 editing "capabilities" are a nightmare).

So I asked this question to Mistral AI : "Can Parallels run a Mojave virtual machine on Sequoia on an Apple Mac M1?"

Mistral short answer is NO, with more details below :
 

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Yes, Parallels Desktop allows you to run a macOS Mojave virtual machine on an M1 (or M2) Mac running macOS Sequoia. Several recent sources confirm that Parallels Desktop supports installing and running macOS Mojave 10.14.x as a virtual machine on Apple Silicon Macs, including those running macOS Sequoia 15.0.
However, it's important to note that virtualizing macOS Mojave on an M1/M2 Mac doesn't emulate an Intel processor, but rather runs in native ARM mode. This means that only ARM-compatible (or universal) applications will run correctly in the Mojave virtual machine.
If you wish to install Mojave for compatibility reasons with 32-bit software, be aware that this software will not work in a Mojave virtual machine on M1, because Rosetta 2 does not allow emulation of the x86 architecture in an ARM VM.

In summary:
• Parallels Desktop supports Mojave on Sequoia and M1/M2.
• Only ARM or universal applications will work in the VM.
• 32-bit or x86 applications will not be compatible.