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I have mid 2012 MacBook Pro 15" (2.3GHz Intel Core i7) with 16GB 1600 MHz DDR3
Startup disk is SSD
Currently on High Sierra 10.13.6
Running fine. I do some audio production and video work using mainly Reaper. I want to keep it running because it has all the various inputs and outputs that I need.
Wondering should I upgrade OS and which would be best version (I think 10.15 is the highest I can go with this machine???).
MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 10.13
FWIW, Catalina 15 is 64bit only so you may have to upgrade some of your software. Check with Go64. Since Catalina is no longer supported, you may want to stay where you are until you can replace your Mac.
FWIW, Catalina 15 is 64bit only so you may have to upgrade some of your software. Check with Go64. Since Catalina is no longer supported, you may want to stay where you are until you can replace your Mac.
Catalina might let you run some stuff – the current versions of Firefox, LibreOffice, and the commercial Affinity V2 suite (Photo, Designer, Publisher). Unfortunately, it's not new enough for many commercial applications (the entry point for those will soon be Monterey), and we know for sure that no 32-bit applications will run on it.
It may be best in this case to stick with "the devil you know."
If you'd like a newer Web browser than High Sierra's version of Safari, you could try Firefox 115 ESR. It's no longer getting new features, but Mozilla says they will provide "critical security updates" until September 2024.
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-users-macos-1012-1013-1014-moving-to-extended-support
MacOS 10.15.7 is in fact the newest OS the 2012 can run.
And I agree 100% with dialabrain's post above. 👍🏽
If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
I was too lazy to type .5.7 😎
I resemble that remark! 🙂
Thanks guys - it does what I need to do so I'll keep it on!
You're welcome. Sounds like a plan. Make sure you have a current Time Machine or other backup. A 2012 iMac is old and could fail at any time. I know, just happened to mine a week ago.
Upgrade or not
