is it OK to upgrade my mac to catalina - it's an older (2013) MacBook pro

is it OK to upgrade my mac to catalina - it's an older (2013) MacBook pro - what issues have you had (besides the 32-bit issue)

MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 10.14

Posted on Oct 4, 2020 2:19 AM

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Barney-15E

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Oct 4, 2020 2:29 AM in response to sigrid525

If it has an SSD, it should be fine. If it has a mechanical HDD, then it will be slow.

If you are running Mojave on it, then it will run Catalina similarly.

Catalina has much more security/privacy controls than previous versions which seems to be problematic for some software, but I haven’t seen a lot of posts relating to that.

It runs fine on my 2012 Mini with a DIY Fusion Drive in it.

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