If so how does it run? My 2010 MBA (13"/4GB RAM/1.8) has become extremely slow. I want to do a clean install of macOS and hopefully inject some new life into it. Just wondering how macOS Sierra is running on the 2010 machines for folks that have already tried this?
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Anybody running macOS Sierra on a 2010 Air?
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It's in beta. I would assume the machine would probably run the same but possibly slightly worse/better if you did an upgrade install of Sierra or the Sierra Beta. Have you maybe tried a clean install to bring new life to the machine? Clean install without all the junk that probably came to be after over 5 years of use.
I gave El Cap a good week of testing and unfortunately I am sticking to Mavericks. Just better performance overall.
I am running the beta on a 2011 MBA and it works fine - the wifi takes a little bit longer to connect but for the most part it's pretty stable
El Cap is snappy on my 2010. I would not expect Sierra to change that, but I guess time will tell...I'm not interested in beta-testing it at the present time. If others have been having performance issues on OS X releases newer than Mavericks, perhaps they just need to do a clean install?
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-- Nathan