Big Sur OS Not Supporting Unison

[Bill O'Meally]

So, the battery on my 8-year-old Macbook decided it will no longer hold
a charge. Rather than replacing the battery, I decided to upgrade to a
new machine. My new Macbook is loaded with Big Sur, wheras my old one
has Catalina OS. To my chagrin, Big Sur does not seem to support my
newsreader, Unison (I am writing this on my constantly plugged-in old
computer). A quick web search appears to confirm this. Another nail in
the coffin of usenet?!

Options appear to include include:
1) Periodically firing up the old Mac to read and post on newsgroups
2) Hope that this is just a glitch with Big Sur and that Apple will
correct it with an upgrade
3) Search for another newsreader that is supported by Big Sur
4) Say, "Oh well. I guess that's it for usenet for me. It was a good run".

Any advice?

[Michael F. Stemper]

Post by Bill O'Meally
1) Periodically firing up the old Mac to read and post on newsgroups
2) Hope that this is just a glitch with Big Sur and that Apple will
correct it with an upgrade
3) Search for another newsreader that is supported by Big Sur
4) Say, "Oh well. I guess that's it for usenet for me. It was a good run".
Any advice?

Well, a quick search shows that there are other Usenet clients for Apple
devices; even Thunderbird (which I use from Linux). I know nothing of
the Apple ecosystem, however.

[Bill O'Meally]

Post by Michael F. Stemper
Well, a quick search shows that there are other Usenet clients for Apple
devices; even Thunderbird (which I use from Linux). I know nothing of
the Apple ecosystem, however.

I just spent the last 24 hours trying to get set up on (not so)
Easynews. Very frustrating. I told them to cancel my subscription
immediately.

Thunderbird sounds worth a shot. Meanwhile, just firing up the old
computer to periodically read and respond to articles appears the best
way to go.

[Paul S Person]

On Wed, 17 Feb 2021 19:53:11 -0500, Bill O'Meally

Post by Bill O'Meally

Post by Michael F. Stemper
Well, a quick search shows that there are other Usenet clients for Apple
devices; even Thunderbird (which I use from Linux). I know nothing of
the Apple ecosystem, however.

I just spent the last 24 hours trying to get set up on (not so)
Easynews. Very frustrating. I told them to cancel my subscription
immediately.
Thunderbird sounds worth a shot. Meanwhile, just firing up the old
computer to periodically read and respond to articles appears the best
way to go.

It's amazing how often old technology just keeps on truckin' while the
new stuff is mired in it's own undeniable superiority.

[Thomas Koenig]

Post by Paul S Person
On Wed, 17 Feb 2021 19:53:11 -0500, Bill O'Meally

Post by Bill O'Meally
I just spent the last 24 hours trying to get set up on (not so)
Easynews. Very frustrating. I told them to cancel my subscription
immediately.
Thunderbird sounds worth a shot. Meanwhile, just firing up the old
computer to periodically read and respond to articles appears the best
way to go.

It's amazing how often old technology just keeps on truckin' while the
new stuff is mired in it's own undeniable superiority.

The tendency in software is to increase bloat slightly faster than
computers get better, so the overall user experience gets worse.

[Nomen Nescio]

Post by Bill O'Meally

Post by Michael F. Stemper
Well, a quick search shows that there are other Usenet clients for Apple
devices; even Thunderbird (which I use from Linux). I know nothing of
the Apple ecosystem, however.

I just spent the last 24 hours trying to get set up on (not so)
Easynews. Very frustrating. I told them to cancel my subscription
immediately.
Thunderbird sounds worth a shot.

Why not Usenapp? Seems like it was actually meant to be a replacement
for Unison. Overall look is quite similar.

https://www.usenapp.com

[John W Kennedy]

Post by Bill O'Meally
So, the battery on my 8-year-old Macbook decided it will no longer hold
a charge. Rather than replacing the battery, I decided to upgrade to a
new machine. My new Macbook is loaded with Big Sur, wheras my old one
has Catalina OS. To my chagrin, Big Sur does not seem to support my
newsreader, Unison (I am writing this on my constantly plugged-in old
computer). A quick web search appears to confirm this. Another nail in
the coffin of usenet?!
1) Periodically firing up the old Mac to read and post on newsgroups
2) Hope that this is just a glitch with Big Sur and that Apple will
correct it with an upgrade
3) Search for another newsreader that is supported by Big Sur
4) Say, "Oh well. I guess that's it for usenet for me. It was a good run".

Unison is a dead product, and has been for years. Thunderbird should
work, but I can’t be sure because my system is too old for Big Sur; I’m
waiting for the next-generation Macbook Pro. But I know that Thunderbird
runs on Catalina.

[Fred Smith]

Post by John W Kennedy

Post by Bill O'Meally
So, the battery on my 8-year-old Macbook decided it will no longer hold
a charge. Rather than replacing the battery, I decided to upgrade to a
new machine. My new Macbook is loaded with Big Sur, wheras my old one
has Catalina OS. To my chagrin, Big Sur does not seem to support my
newsreader, Unison (I am writing this on my constantly plugged-in old
computer). A quick web search appears to confirm this. Another nail in
the coffin of usenet?!
1) Periodically firing up the old Mac to read and post on newsgroups
2) Hope that this is just a glitch with Big Sur and that Apple will
correct it with an upgrade
3) Search for another newsreader that is supported by Big Sur
4) Say, "Oh well. I guess that's it for usenet for me. It was a good run".

Unison is a dead product, and has been for years. Thunderbird should
work, but I can???t be sure because my system is too old for Big Sur; I???m
waiting for the next-generation Macbook Pro. But I know that Thunderbird
runs on Catalina.

Is this some sort of new palantir thingy? Didn't know they needed batteries or operating systems.

Would Sauron use a Mac or a PC?

[Thomas Koenig]

Post by Fred Smith
Would Sauron use a Mac or a PC?

Sauron uses a centralized mainframe system. He's probably sitting
in front of his Blinkenlights console in Barad-dur and waiting
for the microcode that he mislaid during the War of the Last Alliance.

In the meantime, thousands of Orcs are sitting at their 029
keypunches slavishly churning out Cobol code and JCL, while a few
Hobbits are sneaking around the corner with a PDP-11 running an
early version of UNIX.

[Louis Epstein]

Post by Bill O'Meally
So, the battery on my 8-year-old Macbook decided it will no longer hold
a charge. Rather than replacing the battery, I decided to upgrade to a
new machine. My new Macbook is loaded with Big Sur, wheras my old one
has Catalina OS. To my chagrin, Big Sur does not seem to support my
newsreader, Unison (I am writing this on my constantly plugged-in old
computer). A quick web search appears to confirm this. Another nail in
the coffin of usenet?!
1) Periodically firing up the old Mac to read and post on newsgroups
2) Hope that this is just a glitch with Big Sur and that Apple will
correct it with an upgrade
3) Search for another newsreader that is supported by Big Sur
4) Say, "Oh well. I guess that's it for usenet for me. It was a good run".
Any advice?

Get a shell account on a place with a news server/reader?
Get a unix box?

-=-=-
The World Trade Center towers MUST rise again,
at least as tall as before...or terror has triumphed.

[Paul Walker]

Post by Bill O'Meally
2) Hope that this is just a glitch with Big Sur and that Apple will
correct it with an upgrade
3) Search for another newsreader that is supported by Big Sur
4) Say, "Oh well. I guess that's it for usenet for me. It was a good run".

I think you can get slrn via Homebrew; it's a text based reader, so it
depends how much you want a GUI.

If you do want a GUI experience then Thunderbird might work, but Usenapp is
a GUI client under active development. :-)

https://www.usenapp.com/