Hello everyone, as you may or may not know, Discord's Desktop client no longer supports the following operating systems:
- OS X 10.8 (Dropped in 2016?)
- OS X 10.9 (Dropped in 2019)
- OS X 10.10 (Dropped in 2020)
- OSX 10.11 (Dropped on April 3, 2023)
- macOS 10.12 (Dropped on April 3, 2023)
Fortunately, the last-supported Desktop client versions still function perfectly after disabling the updater:
To make the process of restoring Desktop client functionality very easy, I've written a small Python program (10.9+, no need to use a newer operating system to install!) that downloads the last-supported version of Discord, applies the required changes, and creates a new disk image containing the fixed Discord client, which installs normally.
You may want to use the Desktop client instead of the web client for better integration into macOS, providing features such as Push to Talk, enhanced push notifications, and custom theming through OpenAsar's CSS editor.
The patched Discord client should be perfectly safe to use, as the Discord app is loading the up-to-date Discord website and sending up-to-date API requests. I've tested the patched clients on 10.9-10.12 and they all function very well. Using outdated clients only becomes problematic when outdated API requests are sent (e.g. using a very old Android/iOS app).
Download here:
https://github.com/Jazzzny/Discord-Legacy
UPDATE (APRIL 7, 2023):
I've added OpenAsar support to my patcher through OpenAsar-Legacy (An OpenAsar fork with support for 10.10+). OpenAsar offers greatly enhanced performance (noticeably faster on my 2012 MBA and custom CSS theming support.
- OS X 10.8 (Dropped in 2016?)
- OS X 10.9 (Dropped in 2019)
- OS X 10.10 (Dropped in 2020)
- OSX 10.11 (Dropped on April 3, 2023)
- macOS 10.12 (Dropped on April 3, 2023)
Fortunately, the last-supported Desktop client versions still function perfectly after disabling the updater:
To make the process of restoring Desktop client functionality very easy, I've written a small Python program (10.9+, no need to use a newer operating system to install!) that downloads the last-supported version of Discord, applies the required changes, and creates a new disk image containing the fixed Discord client, which installs normally.
You may want to use the Desktop client instead of the web client for better integration into macOS, providing features such as Push to Talk, enhanced push notifications, and custom theming through OpenAsar's CSS editor.
The patched Discord client should be perfectly safe to use, as the Discord app is loading the up-to-date Discord website and sending up-to-date API requests. I've tested the patched clients on 10.9-10.12 and they all function very well. Using outdated clients only becomes problematic when outdated API requests are sent (e.g. using a very old Android/iOS app).
Download here:
https://github.com/Jazzzny/Discord-Legacy
UPDATE (APRIL 7, 2023):
I've added OpenAsar support to my patcher through OpenAsar-Legacy (An OpenAsar fork with support for 10.10+). OpenAsar offers greatly enhanced performance (noticeably faster on my 2012 MBA and custom CSS theming support.
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