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.

  • conciselyverbose
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    151 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.

    • HeartyBeastOP
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      21 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
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        1 year ago

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

  • Ghostalmedia
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    131 year ago

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

  • chiisana
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    51 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
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      51 year ago

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