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For the last 39 years, PostScript has been at the heart of the Mac, bringing desktop publishing, fonts, and the LaserWriter and other printers. It has been removed from Sonoma.

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[-] conciselyverbose@kbin.social 15 points 1 year ago

TLDR: it isn't really used, allows for code execution, and is old enough that it wasn't designed with real threats in mind.

[-] HeartyBeast@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

It's used quite a bit when people export out from vector applications like Illustrator. I found it useful to be able to open those EPS files on Preview and was a bit pissed off when that option silently disapeared from Preview in Ventura

[-] abhibeckert@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

SVG is so much better than EPS. Unfortunately you can't open them in Preview either.

[-] ultratiem@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

You can in Safari

[-] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

I like that the accidental thumbnail for this story is a low resolution raster graphic. This is perfect.

[-] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I like when people say "I like when..." ;)

[-] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago
[-] chiisana@lemmy.chiisana.net 5 points 1 year ago

I have an old Brother HL-10H from mid 90s that’s still kicking using USB to LPT adapter and postscript driver. That thing is a tank, and isn’t likely to go any time soon. Guessing with this removal, it’ll also stop working when my last system upgrades to Sonoma and beyond?

[-] bigdog_00@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

This is still how we handle printers at work, this is about to become a nightmare

[-] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Its "ur Brother"

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