No problem. When I moved to Sierra with my old MBP, it still read and engraved CDs/DVDs and you can buy an external CD player on USB connexion, which implies that Sierra can still deal with it!
Ciao, Laurent > Le 14 sept. 2017 à 13:40, Ian Wadham <iandw...@gmail.com> a écrit : > > Hi Chris, > > On 14/09/2017, at 6:10 PM, Chris Jones wrote: >>> I understand what these messages mean and I have read the Macports Wiki >>> pages >>> referred to, but I am uncertain what to do next. >>> 1. Do I need to do any cleanup of the failed run before doing anything >>> else? If so, >>> what command(s) should I use? >>> 2. I had a local ports tree that I no longer use. I have commented out the >>> reference >>> to it in sources.conf but do I need to re-run portindex? Or would that >>> have been >>> taken care of when I ran "sudo port selfupdate"? I have not found any >>> way to >>> re-index and include just the standard ports. >>> 3. Can I revert to earlier versions of apps and libraries (which could at >>> least be used >>> to keep my accountant happy)? If so, what commands should I use? There >>> are >>> scores, maybe hundreds, of ports to be reactivated and there are >>> probably lots >>> that are old but still active, because the upgrade run never got to them. >>> 4. If I stay with Lion, I understand that I have to uninstall everything, >>> make some >>> adjustments to macports.conf and then re-build from source and continue >>> to >>> do so into the future. >>> OTOH I could go down to the Apple shop and get them to upgrade me to >>> Sierra >>> and then I could re-install MacPorts apps from binaries but I would also >>> have to >>> upgrade other non-Apple software I depend on a lot every day, mainly >>> Firefox >>> and LibreOffice. >>> Either approach could take days (elapsed) and many hours of computer >>> time. >>> Which way would be best for me to go? >> >> Go with 4. Update to Sierra, it will save you most trouble in the long run. >> No need at all to go to a store to get it done though, just do it >> yourself.... Download the updater from the App Store and follow the >> instructions. Firefox and LibreOffice might also need updating, if you >> haven't kept them up to date, but both will work fine in the newer OS. >> >> cheers Chris > > If I go to Sierra, will I lose the Apple apps in Lion that play (and burn) > DVDs? I notice that new MacBook Pros with Sierra usually do not have > a CD/DVD drive… Of course Sierra will still have iTunes, but will it > still play CDs? I only ever use iTunes for that. > > Cheers, Ian W. "S'il n'y a pas de solution, c'est qu'il n'y a pas de problème" (devise Shadok)
