Q: Which do I upgrade first? The Applications or the OS El Capitan?
Hi there. I am currently running Mountain Lion and need to finally upgrade, as Safari is barely running any longer and I guess it is just that time.
I have a couple of 3rd party Applications that I have already upgraded as they will continue to run on ML and EC, however I am unsure what to do with those like Sonos or MyHarmony. Do I upgrade those first, even if they will then no longer be accessible on my ML?
Or do I first upgrade to EC and will I then be able to upgrade the Sonos & MyHarmony?
I have Time Machine backing up to a Time Capsule so I assume I can always restore if there's a giant fiasco, but at some point I will have to upgrade.
I'm running a 2012 (later) iMac 2.7 GHz with 8GB
Any advice is highly appreciated.
Lilskye
iMac, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5)
Posted on Sep 5, 2016 7:58 AM
Hi Lilskye,
Thanks for the detailed question!
If you have backed up everything to Time Machine, you can go ahead and check the developers websites to see if their software supports El Capitan.
If it does, you can go ahead and update the software first, then upgrade your Mac to El Capitan.
I always advise to upgrade the software first, otherwise it may be inaccessible when using the new OS.
Thanks,
Alex
Posted on Sep 5, 2016 5:34 PM