From 9086041a80a1e632bf59fa9d5759a36ebeabe074 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Juan Cruz Viotti Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2016 14:23:22 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] docs(GUI): minimim macOS supported platform (#765) Since the Etcher GUI is based on Electron, it only runs on platforms supported by Electron, which in the case of macOS, is 10.9 and newer versions. As an alternative, we propose using the Etcher CLI. See: https://github.com/electron/electron/blob/master/docs/tutorial/supported-platforms.md Fixes: https://github.com/resin-io/etcher/issues/761 Signed-off-by: Juan Cruz Viotti --- docs/USER-DOCUMENTATION.md | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) 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