Best OS for 2012 Air

[inscrewtable]

I set up a friend a few years ago with a 2012 MacBook Air with Mavericks. It's time to give it a bit of a refresh and clean out and I thought I'd check here to see if it's OK to install Sierra. I know it can take Sierra but I just want some reassurance that it's not going to bog down the Mac.

thx

 

[gertruded]

I just downloaded and installed the latest update to Sierra, 10.12.2 on my standard configuration 2012 Air.

Works great. Typing this post on it.

 

[Boyd01]

I just downloaded and installed the latest update to Sierra, 10.12.2

But you won't have the "time remaining" battery indicator now. https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...ime-remaining-battery-life-indicator.2021429/

 

[gertruded]

But you won't have the "time remaining" battery indicator now. https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...ime-remaining-battery-life-indicator.2021429/

Activity monitor>energy>time remaining: 8.27 On battery at 100% with 50% screen setting running on internet with Firefox to MacRumors. Bluetooth on, Logtech bt mouse, apple bt keyboard.

Battery replaced one year ago.

 

[Boyd01]

You may have missed my point… I was referencing the story in the link above that (apparently) Apple removed the option to display battery run time remaining in the menu bar. This was their way to "fix" the complaints of short run time on the new MBP.

I am still running 10.8.5 on my 2013 MBA for compatibility with a lot of expensive legacy software. Has always worked fine for me. Am planning to upgrade to Sierra in the next month or two however and see just how many of my old programs break. I recently setup a 2012 quad i7 Mini Server on 10.8.5 that also runs my old software, so if it breaks under Sierra on the MBA it won't be too much of a problem.

 

[inscrewtable]

@gertruded, Okie dokie thanks for that. Just made a boot disk and I'll trundle off and do the deed.

 

[asoksevil]

I would definitely recommend Mavericks for anything pre 2012. 2012 onward, El Capitan should be good.

 

[flowrider]

I just downloaded and installed the latest update to Sierra, 10.12.2 on my standard configuration 2012 Air.

Works great. Typing this post on it.

+1 here!

Lou

 

[Left4DeadBoy]

hi You dont run double oses on a Mac Air . Its Mac proprietary .

 

[flowrider]

^^^^What does that mean?

Lou

 

[Boyd01]

What does that mean?

That is the question about everything he posts. With no offense intended, I wonder if he is a bot?

 

[cincygolfgrrl]

I've installed every new OS within a week or two of release on a 2011 MBA since it was new. I've had no difficulties with any of them, up to and including 10.12.2. The battery run-time removal was because it was inaccurate and therefore pretty meaningless.

If battery status is really important to you I'd suggest getting FruitJuice.app which displays time remaining more accurately, especially toward the end of the charge.