Mojave or Catalina?

Which is better OS upgrade Mojave or Catalina for mac mini late 2012, 256 SSD, 16 GB. Would Catalina have problems that Mojave wouldn't? I must upgrade to at least Mojave to upgrade to the latest version of my CAD app.

Thanks for any suggestions.

Mac mini, macOS 10.13

Posted on Mar 19, 2020 9:33 PM

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Mar 20, 2020 2:21 PM in response to jimmh

I found answer about 32 bit vs 64 bit processor: go to "About this Mac" if processor is one of the following it is 32 bit processor: Intel Core Solo or Intel Core Duo.


If processor is one of the following it is 64 bit (I think any mac new from 2007 on)

  • Core 2 Duo
  • Dual-core Xeon
  • Quad-core Xeon
  • Core i3
  • Core i5
  • Core i7


Mar 19, 2020 10:02 PM in response to orangegrouptech

I have done some "Googling" about this, and so far haven't found a reason to not go Catalina.

My CAD app needs processor with 64-bit support (Not sure what this actually is). Looking at "system report" the only thing I find that seems relevant to bit support is in SATA/SATA Express, which lists "Link Speed 6 Gigabit". Is this the same thing as bit support?

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