I always thought people had to pay for every update and upgrade, this company being apple, but just yesterday I found out the upgrade from 10 to 11 is free (don’t know about an upgrade from 11 to 12, are upgrades to the newest and still supported macOS version free?)

What other applications do macOS users get for free?

Do macOS users get more free apps if they create an account with apple?

I’ve understood adobe and MS-Office are active at the mac app store. How does apple’s business model work? Do I buy the app, pay once and get free updates and upgrades indefinitely? or do I have to pay them a monthly fee?

Can LibreOffice be used on a macOS?

Is there an emulator to use ubuntu or windows based apps on a mac? Are they free of charge?

  • Snot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    9 months ago

    Instead of worrying about if you can emulate Ubuntu, I would suggest you should research UNIX, and in particular how macOS is certified UNIX so “under the hood” on the command line it works a lot like Linux since Linux is UNIX inspired (GNU literally stands for Gnu’s Not UNIX).

    • krnpnk@feddit.de
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      9 months ago

      Yeah and you can even have a Linux like experience with nix.

      But it’s a lot like Linux except when it isn’t… There’s a lot of little differences. And things like cross compiling from MacOs to non-Mach targets really sucks because it seems like often people do not really maintain such a usecase.

      • Rustmilian@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        9 months ago

        A lot of devs have abandoned the idea of supporting or using Mac because of Xcode and difficulty cross-compiling.

    • xmunk@sh.itjust.works
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      9 months ago

      MacOS is a BSD variant, right? BSD is basically Linux anyway - and it’s also where Windows stole their networking code from (specifically, it’s why Windows has a directory called etc with a file in it called hosts)