Rough luck AOLers: Apple would not assistance you set up your dial-up modem anymore

Apple has a name for ending assist for tech it deems out-of-date, long ahead of other platforms do the similar: floppy disks, USB-A ports, Intel chips (ba dum tss). But every single once in a whilst, a aspect hangs on for expensive lifetime for more time than expected, and then we’re all astonished to listen to that the Mac even now did that.

In this circumstance, the “that” are macOS aid information for dial-up modems. 9to5Mac stories that the fourth developer beta for macOS Ventura will no for a longer time have the aid files for the historical way to link to the world wide web and on line providers. This does not suggest you can no for a longer time use a dial-up modem—that seem you listen to in previous 90s motion pictures when individuals require to examine their AOL mail. You can even now connect a USB modem and Apple has individuals help documents on the world-wide-web. Surely, these procedure help files do not take up much room, so why get rid of them? 9to5Mac speculates:

With macOS Ventura, Apple has rebuilt the Program Choices app (which is now termed Procedure Configurations) from scratch. This most likely points out why the organization is getting rid of references to dial-up.

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It is a harmless bet that no a single will miss out on these aid files, but if you are questioning just what the heck I’m conversing about, you can see the dial-up modem documentation for your self on the Mac if you have not upgraded to the macOS Ventura beta. In the Finder, click on on Aid in the menu bar and in the Search discipline, type “dialup.” Among the success you’ll find include, “Connect your Mac to the online working with a dial-up modem,” “Change advanced dial-up modem choices on Mac,” and “Troubleshoot dial-up modem challenges on Mac.”