I recently purchased a 2014 Mac Mini Core i5-4278U 2.6GHz 8GB RAM to replace my 2011 Macbook Pro. My question is what osx should I use on the Mac Mini? I'm still on High Sierra on my MBP. Is the Mac Mini powerful enough to handle Catalina?
Second question - Should I do a clean install, or use time machine to transfer all my files from my MBP? I prefer to transfer the files, I use the Mac for music production and would take me hours to reinstall all my software.
Thanks
I run Cataline on my mac mini 2012 i5 8GB 200GB SSD and 500GB normal hd, suppose it depend on what one use it for
There are a couple points to consider in terms of macOS.
First, if any of your "critical" apps are 32 bit or even parts
of them, they will not work in macOS Catalina.
Second, you can use Migration Assistant to bring your
apps and files to the new machine but be sure that
the new machine has at a minimum the exact version
or later of the macOS that you are migrating from.
Apart from that, if you have any issues with the current
system, make sure you straighten them out before migrating
otherwise you will just migrate them along with everything
else.
As a last note, if you are using any specialized hardware
with your Mac, make sure it is compatible with any newer
macOS you may be considering.
2014 Mac Mini
