diff --git a/docs/USER-DOCUMENTATION.md b/docs/USER-DOCUMENTATION.md index 1d661fde..d6fdaadc 100644 --- a/docs/USER-DOCUMENTATION.md +++ b/docs/USER-DOCUMENTATION.md @@ -175,8 +175,20 @@ your system in order to show a secure password prompt dialog to perform elevation. Make sure you have one installed for the desktop environment of your choice. +Running in older macOS versions +------------------------------- + +Etcher GUI is based on the [Electron][electron] framework, [which only supports +macOS 10.9 and newer versions][electron-supported-platforms]. + +You can however, run the [Etcher CLI][etcher-cli], which should work in older +platforms. + [resin.io]: https://resin.io [appimage]: http://appimage.org [xwayland]: https://wayland.freedesktop.org/xserver.html [weston.ini]: http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/wily/man5/weston.ini.5.html [diskpart]: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc770877(v=ws.11).aspx +[electron]: http://electron.atom.io +[electron-supported-platforms]: https://github.com/electron/electron/blob/master/docs/tutorial/supported-platforms.md +[etcher-cli]: https://github.com/resin-io/etcher/blob/master/docs/CLI.md