Transition from Retroactive to supported apps
Retroactive has been discontinued, and does not support macOS Sequoia or later. You should transition from Retroactive to a wide range of supported apps, many of which are built into macOS or free to download.
1 min readOct 14, 2019
iTunes
- Switch to Music, TV, Podcasts, Books, and Finder.
- Install Windows with Parallels Desktop or VMware Fusion, then download iTunes for Windows.
- To archive iPhone and iPad apps, use IPATool, iMazing, Apple Configurator (tutorial), or iTunes 12.6.5.3 for Windows.
Aperture and iPhoto
- Switch to Photos, Darktable, or RawTherapee.
- Purchase or subscribe to AfterShot Pro, Capture One Pro, Darkroom, DxO PhotoLab, Lightroom, Lightroom Classic, Luminar Neo, or Photomator.
Final Cut Pro 7
- Export your projects into XML on a compatible Mac. Then import them into DaVinci Resolve, Media Composer, or Premiere Pro. You can also use SendToX to import them into the latest version of Final Cut Pro.
Retroactive
While Retroactive does not support macOS Sequoia or later, you can still use Retroactive to run Aperture, iPhoto, and iTunes on macOS Sonoma, macOS Ventura, macOS Monterey, macOS Big Sur, and macOS Catalina. Xcode 11.7 on macOS Mojave. Final Cut Pro 7, Logic Pro 9, and iWork ’09 on macOS Mojave or macOS High Sierra.
