# Supportability of Newer MacOS

**URL:** https://forum.duplicati.com/t/supportability-of-newer-macos/15515
**Category:** Releases
**Created:** [December 26, 2022, 7:52pm UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/supportability-of-newer-macos/15515 "2022-12-26T19:52:57Z")
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### Author: ![ts678](https://forum.duplicati.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@ts678](https://forum.duplicati.com/u/ts678)
#### Post date: [December 29, 2022, 12:26am UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/supportability-of-newer-macos/15515/2 "2022-12-29T00:26:30Z")

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> [@backupwarrior](#):
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> my question is more geared toward other things that could potentially stop working.

I think that several `Releases` topics before this still describe the general situation, e.g.

[Was worried due to the lack of releases](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/was-worried-due-to-the-lack-of-releases/14422/3)

It’s not macOS specific, but things that have or may stop working are hard to get fixed.  
Canary builds have gotten some fixes past 2.0.6.3, but Canary is risky for general use.

> [@backupwarrior](#):
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> nothing about the menu bar

Please read the solution below. You can also search the topic, or post for a clarification.

> [@Duplicati not starting on MacOS Monterey 12.3 on M1](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/duplicati-not-starting-on-macos-monterey-12-3-on-m1/14096/7):
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> The update has removed python 2.7 in 13.2 so the menu bar tray icon doesn’t work but the core Duplicati service doesn’t appear to be affected.

(although above should have said 12.3 I think)

[macOS Monterey 12.3 Release Notes](https://developer.apple.com/documentation/macos-release-notes/macos-12_3-release-notes) See Python section. 2.7 was removed, but 3 was not added.  
Community contributed solutions are adding 2.7, adapting to 3 then adding 3, or bypassing Python:

[Make Xamarin-based CocoaRunner the default on Mac #4802](https://github.com/duplicati/duplicati/pull/4802). Please follow up at the link you cite.  
Skilled volunteers are who can move the above pull request (or pretty much anything else) forward.

Ideally, “could potentially stop working” needs an advance team keeping an eye on macOS’ futures.  
They should be developers who follow macOS, and they are even scarcer than general developers.

Duplicati only exists and improves thanks to volunteers in all areas. Please volunteer when you can.

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