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Anyone still on Sequoia ?

intel MacBook Pro 2020 so yeah I am staying on it. there's some apps now that won't work any more on intel architecture.... very annoying.
 
My m4 Mini came with Sequoia, and it's "still there".

I've experimented with Tahoe on an external SSD -- just doesn't look as good.

So... I have no plans to upgrade the Mini beyond "where it is right now".
(future events could impact that, of course...)
 
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I updated to macOS 26 on my 16GB M1 Air the moment the beta dropped. When the full release launched, I did a fresh install. Over time, I’ve had some not ideal performance issues with my workflow, so I downgraded back to Sequoia.

I have left my 16GB M4 Mac Mini on macOS 26 though. No real issues with performance there, and there are some QOL changes it brought that I like.

All that being said, I agree that there’s not really any reason to upgrade. I don’t dislike Tahoe, but there just isn’t really any compelling reason to upgrade.
 
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TechRunner said:
I'm still on Sequoia. Will wait until I feel comfortable with upgrading, probably mid/late summer. This is normal for me, though, and not necessarily an indictment of Tahoe. I do this with nearly all new versions of MacOS.
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What makes you feel comfortable and establishes your timeline (mid/late summer)?
 
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What makes you feel comfortable and establishes your timeline (mid/late summer)?
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Just the hope that they've ironed out many of the issues by then, so I can upgrade before the newest version comes out. It's not scientific, for sure. 🤣
 
I'm still on 15.7.3 on my Mac desktop and laptop. I'm hoping 16.3 will get good reviews. I have never put off upgrading to a new version of MacOS this long before.
 
TechRunner said:
Just the hope that they've ironed out many of the issues by then, so I can upgrade before the newest version comes out. It's not scientific, for sure. 🤣
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I have done the same. Apple's OS releases have been very buggy for the last few years so waiting 6+ months for them to iron out the major bugs is not a bad idea. Especially on a work machine.
 
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I've also been holding off. I'm paying attention to user reports of bugs* and also usage share data from places where it is available (Telemetry Deck, Steam). The rate of adoption says something about how much people like it. I'd like to see usage share get up to around 75-80% before I upgrade. Tahoe is lagging behind where Sequoia and Sonoma were at this point in the cycle. It might be May/June/July before it hits that threshold. It's just at around 60% now and not going up very fast.

* The most common bugs I am hearing about these days are in the area of display flickering (iMac, certain external displays), and also persistent issues around the new display theming (Music app layout inconsistency, and also, things like certain menus being impossible to read). Also, the 26.3 beta introduced new display issues (garbled mouse cursor, game performance issues) — and even assuming that those get fixed before the final release, it tells me that they're really messing around with stuff and not just doing targeted bugfixes, and that makes me apprehensive. I'd rather wait for things to settle out.

Never mind some UI "issues" that I hope that they deal with in macOS 27, like it being tricky for some people to grab the corner of windows, or inconsistency with text alignment in menus:
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I acknowledge that it is working "fine" for a lot of people. If you like it, more power to you!
 
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TheRealAlex said:
I feel no need to update my 2024 M4 Pro. Anyone ?
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Why would I install a new OS that is clearly untested, broken, laggy, and is basically a 50-50 dice roll as to whether it'll be a good experience or really, really bad?

Especially when the alternative is to stay on an OS that's supported for at least 2 more years?
 
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At the end of the day I am not entirely opposed to the new visual design, I just expect more from Apple in terms of consistency and attention to detail. If macOS 27 is a Snow Leopard/Mountain Lion-styled release I'll upgrade, until then I am sticking with Sequoia because it works.
 
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My M3 Pro MBP is still on Sonoma, though I may try to update to the next release of Sequoia now that I've learned how to update with the command line.
 
Many users remain on the OS version, that was present when they purchased their device. It's only a reasonably small percentage, that upgrade when prompted to a new OS. For some of my medical colleagues, and MBP's are very popular amongst them, have medical/clinical/billing software they would have to update, and with it the risk of things not working. A lot of their software is provided by niche, local companies, and whilst many are going web based, those with vast libraries of 'patient contact media', are saying put, due to potential privacy and data leak issues.
 
My M1 Max is still on Sonoma... Haven't had a good enough reason to update to Sequoia yet. Tahoe is still beyond the scope of what I'd consider updating to.
 
I was on Yosemite until I forgot what made me switch to High Sierra, so I'm perfectly happy to stay on Sequoia until my M4 pro dies or OS vaseline soup gets flushed, I'll manage just fine without all the gimmicks.
 
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Once I verify Carbon Copy can image Sequoia, so I can undo with no effort as needed, I may give 26 a try, until then... don't fix it if ain't broke.
 
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bobb wrote:
"Once I verify Carbon Copy can image Sequoia, so I can undo with no effort as needed, I may give 26 a try"

You'd be better off leaving the internal drive on Sequoia, and installing a "test copy" of Tahoe onto an EXTERNAL USB3.1 gen2 SSD.

Then, "switch-boot" between the two.
It's much easier to "get back, get back, get back to where you once belonged", if... you never really left in the first place.
 
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