From e6d1e53fee326dcd6eff7a4ecdba37f851896855 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stefan Csomor <csomor@advancedconcepts.ch>
Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2025 11:24:09 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 40/48] add backwards compatible implementation again

---
 src/osx/core/mimetype.cpp | 12 +++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/osx/core/mimetype.cpp b/src/osx/core/mimetype.cpp
index e60f105a4f..0aec5f1dd8 100644
--- a/src/osx/core/mimetype.cpp
+++ b/src/osx/core/mimetype.cpp
@@ -426,7 +426,17 @@ void wxMimeTypesManagerImpl::LoadDisplayDataForUti(const wxString& uti)
     wxCFStringRef ext = UTTypeCopyPreferredTagWithClass( cfuti, kUTTagClassFilenameExtension );
 
     // Look up the preferred application
-    wxCFRef<CFURLRef> appUrl = LSCopyDefaultApplicationURLForContentType( cfuti, kLSRolesAll, nullptr);
+    wxCFRef<CFURLRef> appUrl;
+#if MAC_OS_X_VERSION_MIN_REQUIRED < MAC_OS_X_VERSION_10_10
+    CFURLRef aurl;
+    // THIS FUNCTION, DESPITE ITS NAME, RETAINS THE URL REFERENCE ON BEHALF OF THE CALLER. 
+    OSStatus status = LSGetApplicationForInfo( kLSUnknownType, kLSUnknownCreator, ext, kLSRolesAll, NULL, &aurl );
+    if( status != noErr )
+        return;
+    appUrl.reset(aurl);
+#else
+    appUrl.reset(LSCopyDefaultApplicationURLForContentType( cfuti, kLSRolesAll, nullptr));
+#endif
 
     if( !appUrl )
         return;
-- 
2.24.3 (Apple Git-128)