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Re: Upgrading MacPro

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On 2020-07-21 18:56:02 +0000, Lyndon said:

> I have a 2010 MacPro running Sierra with 16gb RAM. I believe I have to
> install High Sierra before going to Mojave. I also have a metal graphics
> card to put into my computer. I have also come across the fact that
> firmware needs to be upgraded.
> 
> So:
> 
> Does Mojave install the firmware upgrade?
> 
> Will Mojave run with regular spinning harddrives?
> 
> What order should all these steps be taken?
> 
> After doing all this, can Catalina be installed?
> (App store will not download Catalina at this time for my machine.)
> 
> Where in this whole process does an SSD become mandatory?
> 
> Does Catalina or Mojave recognize spinning harddrives?
> 
> My second harddrive has Snow Leopard for those apps that will not run on
> Lion & forward. Are there any difficulties switching back and forth from
> Snow Leopard?
> 
> Thanks
> Lyndon

An SSD is not "mandatory" in any way. Hard drives and Fusion drives all 
work in every version of MacOS to date, and support won't be dropped 
any time soon. Even USB floppy drives still work in High Sierra and 
almost certainly newer MacOS versions.

Even when Apple finishes moving Macs over to it's Apple Silicon 
ARM-based chips, hard drives will ,have to be supported. They aren't 
going away any time soon.

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