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From: Lewis <g.kreme@kreme.dont-email.me>
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Subject: Re: Mac OS 11 - end of OS for my iMac...
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2020 18:05:27 -0000 (UTC)
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In message <D6TsH.686073$%p.29768@fx33.iad> Alan Browne <Blackhole@entropy.ultimateorg> wrote:
> On 2020-11-16 19:53, Chris Schram wrote:
>> On 2020-11-16, Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Just found out that this iMac (home, late 2012 v.) won't be able to load
>>> Big Sur...
>>>
>>> Still haven't updated it to Catalina, was going to jump straight to Big
>>> Sur from Mojave...
>>>
>>> I have to do a clean install in any case - I had some hangup attempting
>>> to update to Catalina some months ago. (already discussed).
>>>
>>> But that should get me through to the next iMac (or Mini with 2 displays).
>>>
>> And the good news is, if your old Mac has a mechanical hard disk, take
>> note...
>> 
>> Scholle  McFarland in “Take Control of Catalina” says: “Get a solid
>> state drive (or a new Mac): macOS Mojave and Catalina both use Apple’s
>> APFS system, which doesn’t play well with mechanical hard drives.”

> Excellent point since I have to do a clean install it will fall to APFS 
> and, yes, I have a spinner in there.  I'll hold off some more and look 
> into changing the drive.  I'll have to order a repair kit from iFixIt to 
> replace the glass gasket.  <sigh>.

> Upside is an SSD would be a lot quicker of course.

I had to boot a machine off a spinning disk recently. It was horrible.
Even a normal USB SSD is painful now.


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