With yesterday's software updates El Capitan fell off the security patch bandwagon, as expected. Apply historically only patches software for the current software plus two versions prior. So that means Mojave, High Sierra, and Sierra. The good news though, is that if you have a compatible computer software upgrades from Apple are free.
MacOS Mojave vs High Sierra: File Manager. MacOS High Sierra shows up with a new management called Apple File System to manage your documents, photos, mail and apps. Apple File System can organizes all your data into files and folders that you can easily approach to them via 1 click. From El Capitan to Mojave OS X: Connect Your @scorevolunteer.org Account to Mac Mail. A short video comparing the new MacOS Catalina with the previous MacOS: Mojave.
Not sure what version you are running? Here's how to find out. Don't assume that you're on the latest version because your computer automatically updates itself. Normally auto-update only installs updates for your current software. Usually it will offer to upgrade you to a new version once, but if you dismiss the offer to upgrade it doesn't persist. You then have to choose to get it from the Mac App Store.
If you have a computer running El Capitan still I highly recommend you upgrade to a newer version if possible, or retire your computer if it cannot be upgraded. As security holes are found, Apple will no longer patch El Capitan. And at some point shortly after that software developers will stop making their software compatible which you'll first notice means your web browser will stop functioning properly on the internet.
If you insist on keeping an obsolete computer please be careful and be aware of the risks. You should at the very least stop using Safari since that's communicating directly with the internet and is no longer going to get updated. Firefox is a good alternative because they often support system software for two years longer than Apple does. Google Chrome only maintains support about one year after.
As an alternative to completely retiring the computer, you can install an alternate OS such as Linux, but the specifics of that are far more than I could cover in this post.
For most people, I would suggest upgrading to macOS Mojave if your Mac supports it. Mojave will receive security patches until the fall of 2021. High Sierra will get security patches until fall of 2020, and Sierra until the fall of 2019.
To find out what model and year Mac you have go to the Apple menu > About this Mac.
macOS Mojave runs on 2012 or later Macs (or 2010 Mac Pro desktops with an upgraded Metal-capable graphics card):
macOS High Sierra can run on any:
- MacBook late 2009 or later
- MacBook Air late 2010 or later
- MacBook Pro mid 2010 or later
- Mac mini mid 2010 or later
- iMac late 2009 or later
- Mac Pro mid 2010 or later
Download High Sierra on the Mac App Store.
macOS Sierra has the same requirements as High Sierra, so if you can I'd suggest going to High Sierra because it will receive security patches for longer. But if for some reason you'd rather move to Sierra you can download Sierra on the Mac App Store.
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I've been on here a long time and grateful for the host James and Cohosts who are solidly here to help when I need them as well as you various nerds out there haha. Thank you!
I have a well running Mac Mini Late 2012 2.6 Ghz i7 with 16 GB of RAM and I am about to drop two 1 TB SSD's into it from Crucial (MX500 series SSD).
My Mac runs perfect on El Capitan. I am very conservative about upgrading.
It runs exceptionally well with DP 10.11. I have so much CPU bandwidth that I don't need more more more and the latest MacOS, and the CPU bandwidth is barely taxed the way I write and track. SO I love the setup.
However, going over to SSD internally, I think it's probably best that I use an OS higher than El Capitan. For one thing, I wonder if the TRIM command that you gotta enable in El Capitan for SSD management is not as good as Apple's new SSD format APFS. I am willing to bet that APFS is better than invoking the TRIM command in El Capitan's Unix shell. Opinions? Am I correct?
Second, I want to add to my setup on Mac Mini Final Cut Pro X. Apple will only let me buy it if I have Mojave or newer. So it looks like I am going to try to upgrade my main boot disk to Mojave. Then APFS has been around for a while, since maybe High Sierra? I get better compatibility and usefulness with my iOS devices like iPad and iPhone under Mojave, Safari is newer and more useful in Mojave, and then I can buy Final Cut Pro X and install it on Mojave.
Questions:
-Does DP 10.11 work perfect with Mojave?
To find out what model and year Mac you have go to the Apple menu > About this Mac.
macOS Mojave runs on 2012 or later Macs (or 2010 Mac Pro desktops with an upgraded Metal-capable graphics card):
macOS High Sierra can run on any:
- MacBook late 2009 or later
- MacBook Air late 2010 or later
- MacBook Pro mid 2010 or later
- Mac mini mid 2010 or later
- iMac late 2009 or later
- Mac Pro mid 2010 or later
Download High Sierra on the Mac App Store.
macOS Sierra has the same requirements as High Sierra, so if you can I'd suggest going to High Sierra because it will receive security patches for longer. But if for some reason you'd rather move to Sierra you can download Sierra on the Mac App Store.
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I've been on here a long time and grateful for the host James and Cohosts who are solidly here to help when I need them as well as you various nerds out there haha. Thank you!
I have a well running Mac Mini Late 2012 2.6 Ghz i7 with 16 GB of RAM and I am about to drop two 1 TB SSD's into it from Crucial (MX500 series SSD).
My Mac runs perfect on El Capitan. I am very conservative about upgrading.
It runs exceptionally well with DP 10.11. I have so much CPU bandwidth that I don't need more more more and the latest MacOS, and the CPU bandwidth is barely taxed the way I write and track. SO I love the setup.
However, going over to SSD internally, I think it's probably best that I use an OS higher than El Capitan. For one thing, I wonder if the TRIM command that you gotta enable in El Capitan for SSD management is not as good as Apple's new SSD format APFS. I am willing to bet that APFS is better than invoking the TRIM command in El Capitan's Unix shell. Opinions? Am I correct?
Second, I want to add to my setup on Mac Mini Final Cut Pro X. Apple will only let me buy it if I have Mojave or newer. So it looks like I am going to try to upgrade my main boot disk to Mojave. Then APFS has been around for a while, since maybe High Sierra? I get better compatibility and usefulness with my iOS devices like iPad and iPhone under Mojave, Safari is newer and more useful in Mojave, and then I can buy Final Cut Pro X and install it on Mojave.
Questions:
-Does DP 10.11 work perfect with Mojave?
-Do you think High Sierra is good with DP 10.11?
-If you were to choose, which one is better?
Mojave will cripple my 32 bit apps, right? I put Mojave on my 2012 Macbook Pro SSD laptop and Mojave won't run Omni Outliner. I understand I can always have another boot drive, keeping El Capitan on a removable drive if I want legacy software to run. So I am not scared of moving to Mojave as my main boot disk on the Mac Mini.
So I am asking if you think my Mac Mini Late 2012 will be fine with Mojave and I will still love the performance of DP 10.11 on my old perfect machine, or will it be slower, because Mojave is several (I think, 2GB) larger? I am a little worried about slowing down my Mac Mini when El Capitan is svelte and fast.
Thanks for any feedback you can provide. Gratitude!
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