Will downgrading Big Sur improve my computers performance?
Will downgrading macOS Big Sur Improve my computer's performance?
I've recently got an iMac (21.5-inch, Late 2015). When I bought it, Big Sur was freshly installed, my problem is the computer is running very slow.
The main problem seems to be a strain on the ram (8GB) it's very slow to start up and freezes a lot, even when doing simple tasks such as opening system preferences or using spotlight search, right now with just safari running 6GB of the 8GB of ram available are being used.
I'm not sure wether to downgrade my OS to Catalina, as from what I've read this OS isn't as RAM-hungry.
Is this a good idea? I like the aesthetics of Big Sur, but most importantly I use handoff between my 2018 MacBook Air daily, and I'm not sure if downgrading would affect this.
Additionally, I'm aware that there is a new OS coming out soon, which is compatible with my iMac, seems that It would be a silly question but is it possible that this OS might improve performance? Or is it a case of the older OS the better?
Thanks in advance, this will really help me out.
iMac 21.5″, macOS 11.6