From cc5a5caac5fbc0d605b52bde0778d6fd5f97b5ab Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bashonly <88596187+bashonly@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2025 17:12:53 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Deprecate `darwin_legacy_exe` support (#13857)

Ref: https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/13856

Authored by: bashonly
---
 yt_dlp/update.py | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/yt_dlp/update.py b/yt_dlp/update.py
index de289cb78..f85be2d08 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/update.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/update.py
@@ -141,6 +141,17 @@ def _get_binary_name():
 def _get_system_deprecation():
     MIN_SUPPORTED, MIN_RECOMMENDED = (3, 9), (3, 9)
 
+    EXE_MSG_TMPL = ('Support for {} has been deprecated. '
+                    'See  https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/{}  for details.\n{}')
+    STOP_MSG = 'You may stop receiving updates on this version at any time!'
+    variant = detect_variant()
+
+    # Temporary until macos_legacy executable builds are discontinued
+    if variant == 'darwin_legacy_exe':
+        return EXE_MSG_TMPL.format(
+            f'{variant} (the PyInstaller-bundled executable for macOS versions older than 10.15)',
+            'issues/13856', STOP_MSG)
+
     if sys.version_info > MIN_RECOMMENDED:
         return None