Capture One certification of newly released updated macOS
2023 February 22. Capture One has been, and remains, woefully behind the computer operating system curve. To wit, the Capture One 23 release notes distributed about a month ago for version 16.0.2 state that the most recent macOS version supported is 13.1. macOS 13.1 was released by Apple on December 13, 2022. macOS 13.2 was released by Apple on January 23, 2023. The release notes for CO23 16.1 distributed today state that the software is supported up to macOS 13.2 released a month ago. macOS 13.2.1 was released on February 13, 2023; nine days ago. With the release of macOS 13.2.1 Apple distributed a document that stated that it was critical to update all systems (iMac, iPad, and iPhones) with the new operating systems that fixed a severe breach that allowed hackers to take control of the hardware. But apparently Capture One didn’t get the memo. How long are we going to have to wait before Capture One certifies the critical macOS 13.2.1 update? Capture One certification of the most recent computer operating system version DOES NOT need to be inextricably linked to the release of a new CO version. There should be an expeditious certification process where computer operating systems are certified as soon as possible and CO users immediately notified of the new certification. In the recent past, it has taken Capture One over THREE MONTHS to certify a new operating system. That is unacceptable. And that newly certified operating system was updated a very short time thereafter leaving Capture One, once again, woefully behind the computer operating system curve. I repeat: How long are we going to have to wait before Capture One certifies the critical macOS 13.2.1 update?
Tom Carroll
Davidson, North Carolina
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As a senior architect with 30 years of experience developing software solutions for some of the largest companies on the planet, I can attest that there should be no reason for these delays.
Modern DevOps solutions automate this process, and coupled with unit and integration tests, it should be an established process that can be initiated with the click of a button, if it does not already happen during a code merge on your main development or candidate branches. As Apple releases betas of upcoming OS releases, CO should have a DevOps pipeline with a full suite of regression tests, including full user automation simulation and comparisons of expected results, ready to go. The process can be completely automated, and the next day, developers can identify areas where additional work would be required. This process should be happening before the official release. Once it goes gold, then another build through the pipeline, compared with the previous results to ensure that no undocumented changes were made by Apple, and the next day, the software should be ready to go.
If CO needs help getting a process like this one set up, I'll even assist you get it done for free, since my wife depends of this software to be maintained. I'm sure many others would appreciate a more timely schedule.0 -
This is a critical issue that CO should take seriously. I have squawked this issue several times in the past only to be put on IGNORE. In the recent past it has taken CO two or thee MONTHS to bless a new Apple operating system. Frequency the operating system updates are to fix a past blunder that permits hackers to smash your system and steal all your worldly possessions. Apparently, CO expects us to sit ideally by while our systems are a risk by unscrupulous bastards ---- FOR AS MUCH AS THREE MONTHS. Capture One needs to get on e stick and sort out this issue as suggested by Darrin Tisdale. This is way past due.
Tom Carroll
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