I have a friend who has macos and I wanted to let him try deltachat.
Granted that I have never had a mac, when I had him download the latest version of deltachat he told me that it didn’t work.
I had him download many versions but in the end the first one that worked was very old, 1.42 from 2023.
Now looking a bit on gitbub I realized that the minimum version of macos is 10.15 while he has 10.13.
So from what I’ve read I understand that upgrading macos should be possible, the fact remains that my friend doesn’t understand much about it and I’ve never used a mac so I can’t really take the responsibility of upgrading his system.
I can understand this problem, although indeed my friend perceives it as an inexplicable obstacle since he can use the telegram client instead without any problem.
I thought that therefore the only alternative was to find a different client, I learned that the problem stems from electron, only for now I wouldn’t know what to recommend to him, it seems to me that the only alternative is delta tauri which however is not ready yet.
Any advice, what can I do?
it is not recommended to use an outdated version of Delta Chat. maybe one version older is okay for some time, but not a years old version.
this will result in all kind of problems.
also, using an 8 years old operating system that does not get security updates since 4 years is a really bad idea. not only for Delta Chat, but for everything’s done on that computer.
so, i would suggest that you recommend your friend to update their computer. maybe you can help on that, or ask others for help. then, also a recent Delta Chat version is no problem.
this is probably not the answer one likes to hear, but using hugely outdated versions and operating systems together with network is a really bad idea 
I can understand it, the fact is that it is very difficult for me to take care of this problem with my knowledge of the mac and at a remote distance.
Isn’t there even a temporary solution? At least to convince him that it is worth it?
I didn’t even let him configure that so old version, also because I don’t even know if the chatmails already supported and I wouldn’t want a lot of things not to work in the end using it.
What is the latest version that supports macos 10.13?
If they have enough money the could just buy a new Mac or get support from their nearest Apple Store.
If their Mac is new enough to support the newer OS versions, then just tell them to make a backup and then go to “system setting ->. General → Software Update”. (if there is no update visible in this menu, then the Mac is probably too old I guess, though you could also check the appstore and search online how to do it).
If they have an android or iPhone, then you can suggest that they can try delta chat on their phone.
If their Mac is too old you can try to install linux to avoid buying a new device, but for that you need to be on-site.
Thanks for the tips, I’ll see if I can do anything