Hold your horses... I'm doing an upgrade from Sierra with iTunes 12.6.2.20. I unplugged my network connection just in case it tries to upgrade my iTunes over the network. That way I'll see if the iTunes 12.7 is in the installer.
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Apple Releases macOS High Sierra With Apple File System, Safari Autoplay Blocking and Privacy Tools, Metal 2, and More
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I'm dong that now on a 2011 mini with those specs, will that do?
EDIT: 35 minutes from clicking the install button to the desktop. Runs just as well if not a tad quicker than the betas I had been running. i will tell you that two times during the install, the mini got hot and fans were running full speed. But now back to normal temps and fan speeds.
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I just attempted this on my MacBook Pro (2016 with TB). Install started, showed 38 minutes remaining, then it popped up stating there was an error, and to reboot. Now my MacBook Pro just boots with the awesome Folder with a Question mark in the middle. Time for a Time Machine restore.
There is no Combo Update for this as it is the initial release. There will be no Combo Update until the third delta release. And there is NO place to download it other than the Mac app store, period.
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If my 2010 Core i7 iMac hadn't been supported, I would have been very irritated, since this is such an important update, as it has the HEVC and HEIF supported needed for iOS 11 iPhones.
BTW, I have the GM Candidate running on my 2008 MacBook and 2009 MacBook Pro, using a patched installer. It runs just fine on those machines, although 4 GB RAM. 8 GB RAM is much better.
PSA: High Sierra runs well on old machines with 8 GB RAM and SSD. It is usable on 4 GB RAM and SSD though.
That kind of tells you how lazy Intel has been with making faster CPUs.
"Just hours before Apple is expected to roll out the new version of its desktop and notebook operating system, macOS High Sierra, a security researcher dropped a zero-day.
Patrick Wardle, a former NSA hacker who now serves as chief security researcher at Synack, posted a video of the hack -- a password exfiltration exploit -- in action.
Passwords are stored in the Mac's Keychain, which typically requires a master login password to access the vault.
But Wardle has shown that the vulnerability allows an attacker to grab and steal every password in plain-text using an unsigned app downloaded from the internet, without needing that password."
Patrick Wardle, a former NSA hacker who now serves as chief security researcher at Synack, posted a video of the hack -- a password exfiltration exploit -- in action.
Passwords are stored in the Mac's Keychain, which typically requires a master login password to access the vault.
But Wardle has shown that the vulnerability allows an attacker to grab and steal every password in plain-text using an unsigned app downloaded from the internet, without needing that password."
this really is an important update
got a nice performance boost on iOS thanks to APFS
looking forward to installing it
Just completed the install on my 2012 mac air. Wow, Safari is so much snappier.
Only clock speed of the 3rd party RAMs are faster than standard Apple RAMs (which Apple System Info shows higher clock RAMs) but then as I've said no freeze ups or Apple diagnostic check problems.
I should install it on my 2010 MacBook with SSD and 8 GB RAM. Sure it would run fine.
If I'm not wrong they are different as Apple was using faster CAS but slower clock speed while my RAMs were slower CAS but faster clock speed. I'll try tonight with 3rd party if not working I'll try with original Apple RAMs
It's been sitting at 'Installing: About 27 minutes remaining' for quite awhile. Does it eventually timeout or is it converting the HD? 15" MBP mid-2012