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I tried to open a jpeg and after a few minutes this popped up.  It's a screen shot.  On my desktop it is a normal looking image.  I've put it into this post and it looks entirely different.  I'm wondering what you the viewer see.  A box with question mark inside or a screenshot about a bad gateway?  

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Yes, I have experience with that and I have done so in the past. It would allow me to keep using the current OS and updating it to the point my hardware will be incompatible. In fact I already have this option in the form of an older Macbook Pro and Mac Mini that both can not upgrade to Sonoma. For several reasons I think that I will not do so in this case: It is very hard to downgrade a system if the next upgrade breaks an other piece of software. In fact that is what a dual system is intended to be used for. As a temporary drive to test out a newer OS before actually using it for everyday stuff. I was already on Mac OS 14.3.1 so I thought it was pretty safe to upgrade as long as I stayed on Sonoma... Not so much... If you want to keep using 2 very different OSes on the same Mac and switch back and forth, these newer Macs might get into real security trouble if the newer system messes up security to a point that it forces you to erase the complete HD. I am happy with Mac OS 14.3.1 which I could revert to easily now. It just involved restoring my Mac data to the state of a few days ago and then adding the differences by hand. if I keep using and updating Mac OS for a while it gets very hard to revert back to 14.3.1 if something else breaks at the next update. who knows how much data I will have to fix by hand (i.e. copy over the extra changes in Finder or carefully restoring files if I know they are compatible with 14.3.1) In a perfect world  I would add a third Mac OS that works for an other issue, but that would complicate things even more. One of the things I found hard now, was actually get hold of and install a slightly older Sonoma version than the current one. Installing 14.4.1 is now very easy, can be done with App Store or other standard means, but getting to 14.3.1 involved terminal use and making a bootable installer for that specific version, then erasing my disk and do a fresh install. After that time machine refuses to restore to a point further than 14.3.1 when you use migration assistant. So after that you are on your own patching the files, preferences and catalogs to the latest state. It would take me too far to explain, but currently I have 1 main admin account and 6 normal user accounts that I use on a regular base. Restoring (resetting) all these is a PITA. First Apple assigns a nice, long and complicated 😱, password that needs to be used at first login to reset the password... When you manage to enter that correctly, you have to set up security again for things like Apple ID, Google account... Most involve 2 way security... This  takes quite some time. I think my 2019 Macbook Pro will be incompatible with the next major Mac OS upgrade anyway, so I do not mind staying on Mac OS 14.3.1 until I will upgrade my hardware. And then I will have to decide what to do with my broken 'Perpetually' Licensed C1P version. I can understand that software 'rots' and that you have to let go at some point, but Apple should make sure that what works on Mac OS 14.0 keeps working after any minor upgrade IMO, adding functionality is fine of course, but removing or breaking functionality is hard enough to deal with if it happens on a major update and by bugs in minor upgrades.   @Anbaric Without insight in the actual software issue it is hard to know who is to blame. Maybe C1P did not certify my version for MacOS 14.0 because they knew this OS would break things and I was just lucky that did not happen until now. Or Apple introduced some bugs (or at least unintended functional changes) in this latest upgrade that break it by accident. It could be worth it to keep trying the next Mac OS updates on a different partition to see if they fix the issue in C1P. I can relate to Capture One because I was once n the same position, writing software for Mac and PC. Mac was more fun, but harder to maintain in the long run because Apple takes very drastic steps causing lots of rewrites. Windows is easier on rewrites, but less consistent and less predictable. Some fundamental issues stay in Windows  for a long time because of backward compatibility... Apple is in a better position to make radical changes because they develop a larger portion of the OS and software themselves, and they can anticipate in their hardware design some changes.... Having the power to force OS upgrades on users buying new hardware also helps in making aggressive steps forward, but it is one of the reasons third party software companies push for subscription models. Having all users on the same software version helps coping with changes compared to supporting users on different perpetual versions... For the moment I am happy that C1P still offers a 'perpetual' license. That works fine for users like me who do not or can not keep up with the hardware and software 'rat race' of updates.

Sure I do.  But I don’t use live view for that sort of photography.  I use whatever tools are available, and functions of cameras that I have.  I haven’t had to “lean on the floor for a low shot”, using an M camera in live view for demonstrations or social action; but for that the tiltable Visoflex is about as good as I could do. The M cameras are pretty versatile, within the range of focal lengths for which it is best suited.  Typically, using the optical viewfinder, held to the eye.  The visoflex is a good enough option, and Fotos useful.  I do use my X2D with live view sometimes, and with the tiltable LCD, but only in limited situations.  I don’t have an M camera with an LCD for live view, and don’t miss it. What I do is hardly relevant to you, I guess.

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