Advice on upgrading MacBook Pro from macOS Mojave to latest macOS

I'm currently running Mojave 10.14.1 on a 2018 Macbook Pro and am wondering if I should upgrade my OS to the newest version. 2 concerns: 1) I won't be able to open some older files if I upgrade, which already seems to be happening with some old MS word files, and 2) I can't run the newest Filemaker pro (where I have a big mailing list and database of art collectors) without the update. I'm interested to hear any advice regarding upgrading or not. Thank you.

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MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.13

Posted on Feb 17, 2024 9:03 PM

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Posted on Feb 18, 2024 12:03 AM

It would be a huge jump from 10.14.x to to 10.15, 11, 12, 13, or the latest 14.

For certain I'd clone to an external Drive or SSD, make certain that booted & ran fine, then try an upgrade.

Carbon Copy Cloner seems to accomplish it...

http://www.bombich.com/software/ccc.html

Caution on 10.15 or higher, to see which Apps will no longer work in 10.15 get Go64...

https://www.stclairsoft.com/Go64/

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Feb 18, 2024 12:03 AM in response to marshafromsanta rosa

It would be a huge jump from 10.14.x to to 10.15, 11, 12, 13, or the latest 14.

For certain I'd clone to an external Drive or SSD, make certain that booted & ran fine, then try an upgrade.

Carbon Copy Cloner seems to accomplish it...

http://www.bombich.com/software/ccc.html

Caution on 10.15 or higher, to see which Apps will no longer work in 10.15 get Go64...

https://www.stclairsoft.com/Go64/

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