Is Catalina really better than El Capitan
I want the updated garageband is Catalina worth the bother of installing it
I really like El Capitan
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If you need to have the latest version of Garageband you do need to upgrade your OS.
macOS High Sierra and macOS Mojave are still available for download and are more fun than Catalina,
Mojave especially, well, in my opinion anyway.
If you want to upgrade to High Sierra or Mojave then read these,
Section 1 in each will tell you if your mac meets the requirements necessary.
How to upgrade to macOS High Sierra - Apple Support
How to upgrade to macOS Mojave - Apple Support
Before upgrading make a full back up of your Mac.
Check that third party apps you use have updates available for the new OS.
Check that your printers/ scanners etc have updated drivers and software available for the new OS.
If you are considering upgrading to Catalina be warned that it does not support 32bit apps.
Your Mac is probably running 32bit apps and these will need to be updated to 64bit apps,
some updates may be free, some may be paid. Use this app to discover which apps you have
are 32bit, https://www.stclairsoft.com/Go64/. Once the list has been created you can then
contact the developers of the apps to see if they provide 64bit updates.
How to upgrade to macOS Catalina – Apple Support
Do the research first.
