I haven't been keeping up with Apple news recently. Anyway, I upgraded to Big Sur from Catalina not thinking about it too much. I have a 2014 MacBook Air with the highest spec's. I have kept it in pristine condition, and it performs really well with Adobe Creasuite and Parallels loaded, so its not a slow machine. After installing the Big Sur, my MacBook Air no longer sees the battery and the trackpad, although the trackpad works. But it won't work on battery. Worse still, it's extremely slow. Even opening Safari involves a spinning wheel.
I quickly realised it was a big mistake, so I tried to do a time machine restore. Which failed. I had my iMac back up, so now I am using my iMac backup to put Catalina back on. It's still doing it, so I don't know if I am going to be successful.
Can anyone tell me if anyone else has had issues with Big Sur and if there are other people facing issues?
I find Apple is now slowly becoming the new Microsoft. I expect most MacBooks to last at least 10 years, and most used to. But I do not know if it's on purpose or not (and I could be very wrong), but with 2014 machine Apple knows most people won’t repair it because a replacement would cost £300-£500 and most repairs would be in the £200-£300 mark. Thereby twisting peoples arms to buy a new one. Just my opinion.
Thank you.
Ryan
I quickly realised it was a big mistake, so I tried to do a time machine restore. Which failed. I had my iMac back up, so now I am using my iMac backup to put Catalina back on. It's still doing it, so I don't know if I am going to be successful.
Can anyone tell me if anyone else has had issues with Big Sur and if there are other people facing issues?
I find Apple is now slowly becoming the new Microsoft. I expect most MacBooks to last at least 10 years, and most used to. But I do not know if it's on purpose or not (and I could be very wrong), but with 2014 machine Apple knows most people won’t repair it because a replacement would cost £300-£500 and most repairs would be in the £200-£300 mark. Thereby twisting peoples arms to buy a new one. Just my opinion.
Thank you.
Ryan