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Should I update to macOS Sonoma 14.6.1?

Hi,

I have been using my Macbook Air with M1 chip for a little less than 6 months, and I am very pleased with the performance. It came preinstalled with the MacOS Ventura 13.6, which I haven't updated to newer OS so far. I know that Apple have improved Sonoma and did some bux-fixing, but I am still not sure is it risky to upgrade to newer MacOS.

I am especially asking this because I use the M1 as a secondary machine for very light video editing and graphic design (using DaVinci Resolve the most, Affinity Photo, Lightroom Classic, FCPX...), so is the update going to decrease the performance (i am also using the 8GB of ram)?

What do you think? Would you recommend installing Sonoma 14.6.1 right now or wait for new MacOS Sequoia when Apple release it officially?

Thanks in advance!

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Posted on Aug 22, 2024 6:17 AM

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IdrisSeabright

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Posted on Aug 23, 2024 11:23 AM

yosemiteenjoyer wrote:

This is felt the most when you have low amounts of RAM (e.g. 4-8).

Until last week, I was using an MBA with 8 GB. It had Ventura when it was released and I updated it to Sonoma. There was no change in performance. And because it had so little RAM, I monitored performance more than I might have done otherwise. If I weren't sending the MBA as a trade-in, I'd be updating it to Sequoia.

Usually macOS releases start getting stripped down of features so they can function better on older macOS systems. This is also true for iPadOS and iOS releases.

In other words, so they don't slow things down.....

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Aug 29, 2024 8:16 AM in response to Dany_233

Dany_233 wrote:

Do not update this version until Apple Support fixes the bugs.

To what specific bugs are you referring? Sonoma doesn't have a particularly large number of bugs (especially at this late date) nor are there currently any major ones that I've heard about.

I have seen many users complain about the issues in this community after the update to Sonoma 14.6.1

You will see complaints about every single version of macOS, iPadOS, iOS, watchOS and many versions of Windows in these forums. In the vast majority of cases, it turns out that the OS is not the problem. But that's not easy to see if you just read the subject lines. Spending a lot of time reading complete threads and helping people with issues gives you a very different perspective.

Aug 30, 2024 7:24 AM in response to ljuba9988

ljuba9988 wrote:

Update: I have updated my Mac to Sonoma, and it works pretty smooth, same as Ventura. Even my content creation apps work great!

Thank you for the advices!

Glad to hear everything is working well.

ljuba9988 Author

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Aug 23, 2024 8:17 AM in response to yosemiteenjoyer

Okay, so should I wait for macOS Sequoia then?

Yer_Man

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Aug 23, 2024 10:27 AM in response to ljuba9988

See what I mean?

ljuba9988 Author

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Aug 30, 2024 12:20 AM in response to Dany_233

Update: I have updated my Mac to Sonoma, and it works pretty smooth, same as Ventura. Even my content creation apps work great!

Thank you for the advices!

ItzMeenz

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Sep 2, 2024 1:13 PM in response to Yer_Man

Any chance you could explain how to do so? Im kind of an Apple noob.lol

Sep 3, 2024 7:23 AM in response to ItzMeenz

ItzMeenz wrote:

Any chance you could explain how to do so?

Explain how to do what? Upgrade your Mac's operating system? If so, see here:

Update macOS on Mac - Apple Support

Owl-53

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Sep 3, 2024 8:21 AM in response to IdrisSeabright

Good work there

That should answer OP's question

Thank you for you know what 👍 😎

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