If I am running Mac OS Mojave 10.14.6 and need to upgrade during the next few weeks would it be better to upgrade to Mac OS Big Sur 11.6.1 or go straight to Mac OS Monterey 12.0.1?
MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 10.14
Some vendors may not have Monterey testing completed with their applications, and some printer/scanner vendors may have dropped support for their devices even before Big Sur. I suggest in addition to the 32-bit applications that are not supported on Catalina or later, that you check your third-party application vendors, printer, and scanner vendors for their Big Sur and Monterey release schedule and commitment. Look before you leap, and don't let the new operating system write to the Time Machine drive that you last used on the old System prior to the upgrade.
These are standalone full operating system installers that only share the requirement for an APFS formatted startup drive. Otherwise, there is nothing in Catalina, Big Sur, or Monterey that the subsequent operating system depends upon from its predecessor.
Some vendors may not have Monterey testing completed with their applications, and some printer/scanner vendors may have dropped support for their devices even before Big Sur. I suggest in addition to the 32-bit applications that are not supported on Catalina or later, that you check your third-party application vendors, printer, and scanner vendors for their Big Sur and Monterey release schedule and commitment. Look before you leap, and don't let the new operating system write to the Time Machine drive that you last used on the old System prior to the upgrade.
These are standalone full operating system installers that only share the requirement for an APFS formatted startup drive. Otherwise, there is nothing in Catalina, Big Sur, or Monterey that the subsequent operating system depends upon from its predecessor.
I think it depends what you do, if Mac use is lightweight then a newer OS will not upset the Apple cart as much, if you use it a lot & for varied thing then I'd opt for fewer changes.
And caution on 10.15 or higher, to see which Apps will no longer work in 10.15 get Go64...
If I am running Mac OS Mojave 10.14.6 and need to upgrade during the next few weeks would it be better to upgrade to Mac OS Big Sur 11.6.1 or go straight to Mac OS Monterey 12.0.1?
