Apple
4 Reasons Not to Install macOS High Sierra 10.13.5 & 10 Reasons You Should
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Are you ready to install macOS High Sierra on your Mac? If you had to think about that, you probably aren't. At the minimum you need to have a good backup for your Mac. You won't likely need it, but in case something goes wrong, you will want to have your Mac backed up so you can restore. This may be Time Machine, or another service. Whatever it is, make sure you have a backup. We also have a full list of things you need to do to get prepared for installing macOS High Sierra on your Mac. This includes checking what apps work with it and if there are any compatibility issues with your favorite accessories and macOS High Sierra. With new features and a new file system this is important to check before you upgrade. Be prepared so you can upgrade smoothly instead of scrambling later. | ||||||||||||||||
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German
11/13/2017 at 8:54 am
What would it be a really old Mac? I have a MacBook Pro late 2011.. would it be this a really old one?
JackDanielJenkins
03/09/2018 at 7:25 pm
Same question – I have a MacBook Pro Retina (Late 2013)
Seems anything over 3 months old is considered “really old” these days.
Morten Carlsen
12/13/2017 at 1:50 pm
Every time I come here to read about Apple (I find this site via Google) I never get a straight answer nor opinion.
Not once do you ever dare to call the child by its name.
Are you afraid of Apple ?
Prudencio Mendez Jr
05/31/2018 at 7:39 am
Trouble with the version 10.13.4 and Safari and the slowness never seen before. I hope Apple is aware that they NEED to get a better version. I have had no problems with Firefox…
Marikov
08/24/2018 at 12:17 am
Hey! I have MacBook pro retina 2015. Is that old?
Victor
08/27/2018 at 10:31 am
Look at the upgrade requirements information. As I recall if your Mac is 2009 or later, you should be OK.
GENE MCCALL
11/11/2018 at 11:48 am
After 50 years of writing software and managing software development programs, including operating systems, I would label the Mac high sierra software as junk software. I have version 10.13.6. Mac mail is nearly unworkable, and almost every operation leads to a spinning beachball.
Come on, guys, just make one stable version of OSX that recaptures the Mac-feel of the operating system that drew us to Macs in the first place.
David Collins
07/02/2019 at 10:16 pm
Absolutely. Apple: have dancing girls careering across the screen if your sales manager imagines that’s what your 16- to 26-year old target customers want, but don’t forget, as you have done, that a lot of people actually depend on their systems WORKING, reliably, no glitches, no down-time while problems generated by your latest heap of increasingly-irrelevant software are sorted out. And glued-together hardware doesn’t impress all of us, either.