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Is High Sierra ready to be installed?

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I've been quite cautious this time round with the macOS install, and I'm pleased I've missed the problems that several people seem to have had.

Is High Sierra stable and ready for business users who can't afford to have their laptop with bugs to install, or should we wait longer?
 
old-school said:
I've been quite cautious this time round with the macOS install, and I'm pleased I've missed the problems that several people seem to have had.

Is High Sierra stable and ready for business users who can't afford to have their laptop with bugs to install, or should we wait longer?
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This question has been asked several times already.
You will easely find the answers given by different forum users.
Then it will be, as usual, you choice and your responsibility whatever you decide.
No need for a new thread.:rolleyes:
 
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After having installed it on a cMP and and late-2103 15-MBP, I wished I had waited, even with 10.13.2. That said, my main issue was a particular problem with external monitor connected to the MBP, which uses an nvidia GPU. Like every upgrade, you have to decide the balance between benefits and costs, and act accordingly.
 
I've learned not to upgrade to a new version of macOS until the .3 update or even the .4 update. Too many bugs to get rid of. With HS, Apple introduced a new file system - APFS. Additionally, from various accounts the AMD drivers for the RX 500 and Vega graphics cards won't be mature enough until early Spring 2018. So, HS, IMO, is kinda like a public beta...for now.
 
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So setup a test partition, clone your work partition, do a test upgrade and see for yourself. You can always revert to your primary partition or even your backup if required. This method has been standard in IT for about 50yrs now...

You haven't given any idea of any particular software you run for your business but be sure to test any first and ensure the manufacturer or <that> software has updated it or stated it is compatible, that is their responsibility.
 
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Riwam said:
This question has been asked several times already.
You will easely find the answers given by different forum users.
Then it will be, as usual, you choice and your responsibility whatever you decide.
No need for a new thread.:rolleyes:
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I know that it's really annoying when the same question/topic comes up again and again, but on this particular topic, how do you find the other threads "easily"? What search term does one use to find these previous threads?

Maybe if it's a popular topic that comes up over and over again, a moderator would pin a thread at the top of the forum? Would that make too much sense?

Considering how "dead" this sub-forum is, with half the topics have 5 or less replies and many with zero replies, seems like it could use whatever user participation it can get. ;)
 
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I was asking myself about the convenience of upgrading to High Sierra while waiting for my new iMac to arrive home.
I believed the new machine could be still in Sierra and I wasn’t sure it was time to upgrade yet.
Apple must consider High Sierra is a stable o.s., as my iMac had 10.13.1 from the box. So no more hesitation...!
I upgraded to 10.13.2 and I haven’t found bugs or glitches during five days working.
After reading these McRumors threads, not finding any inconvenience almost amazes me! Of course, only people in trouble ask for help... so we don’t know nothing about incidences statistically.
High Sierra is working perfectly well in my 5k i5 3.8-1Tb ssd-580gpu. :)
 
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ixxx69 said:
I know that it's really annoying when the same question/topic comes up again and again, but on this particular topic, how do you find the other threads "easily"? What search term does one use to find these previous threads?
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at least now this is easy: just have a look at the listed "Similar threads" at the bottom of this page here... ;)

As for updates:
I wait always for the very last update of the current OS - be it IOS or OSX... :D which is when apple releases the first "new" OSX or IOS.

Resting everytime one year "behind" is the most comfortable, most secure and time- and nerve-saving way to live with short-life operation systems.... never had any problems...
 
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10.3.2 has transformed my rMBP late 2013 from a glitchy machine into Something Very Stable. They repaired way more bugs than mentioned in the 10.3.2 release notes
 
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My Trash can went from rock solid to constant restarts with 10.13.2. First time I’ve ever had such an issue. Seems that lots of Mac Pro owners have had issues with .13. I am about to reload a clean install of 10.12. I’m always a bit worried since I upgraded the CPU with a 12c I got off eBay, but it’s been rock solid for a year until this update.
 
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MrAverigeUser said:
at least now this is easy: just have a look at the listed "Similar threads" at the bottom of this page here... ;)

As for updates:
I wait always for the very last update of the current OS - be it IOS or OSX... :D which is when apple releases the first "new" OSX or IOS.

Resting everytime one year "behind" is the most comfortable, most secure and time- and nerve-saving way to live with short-life operation systems.... never had any problems...
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I know people get irritated about the same topic threads, but the search engine is not reliable for some reason as it use to be on this site now. You could type let’s say “Mac Pro 2013 graphic issues” and a list comes up of everything listed. But now, it is not always consistant and does not show everything etc. it is not always people being lazy and not looking (maybe most of the time), but I find it also difficult finding things on the MacRumors search which was not as bad in the past.

I have started to do the same and be behind an OS and this seems to decrease the frustration, especially if you use your Mac for work related things.

I am camping in MacOS Sierra until it is safe to upgrade, probably once the next OS comes out unless High Sierra still stays “high” all the time and not work consistently when v10.13.6 comes out. Cannot take chances when working with video and production with files all of a sudden disappearing or project files messing up (had that happen a lot during beta testing).

I though when the iMac pro came out we would be up to v10.13.3 which use to be the magic version number to at least try the newOS, but...looks like we might have an OS X Lion OS version type on our hands, so we might have to wait for the OS X Mountian Lion version that comes after for things to work...like before...

Not sure right now, so camping on the previous OS for a year might be the safest solution if you don’t want to hassle with all of the bugs.
 
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loby said:
I though when the iMac pro came out we would be up to v10.13.3 which use to be the magic version number to at least try the newOS, but...looks like we might have an OS X Lion OS version type on our hands, so we might have to wait for the OS X Mountian Lion version that comes after for things to work...like before...
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Well, High Sierra is supposed to be the Mountain Lion to Sierra's Lion. Was supposed to be a performance upgrade not a feature laden bump. But then rolling out a new file system is a pretty big step for such a bump.

The concept of waiting out a few point releases first seems sound, but then my machine was rock solid until i went up to .2
 
NO! Don't do it. You will regret doing so. I just went back to 10.12.6 out of sheer frustration.
 
Fredn3ck said:
NO! Don't do it. You will regret doing so. I just went back to 10.12.6 out of sheer frustration.
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I had to go back to Sierra 10.12.6 too and it has been stable since. Like BayouTiger said, “it was suppose to be...” but it ain’t....

I remember reading a few articles on the net about the task of changing a file system. I believe now it was correct: it will take probably a few OS versions (years) to make it work. Apple is no miracle maker, so like anyone chancing a file system they will have to take some time and effort. A year with an OS is not long enough, so most likely a few more mountains or California locations (OS) before stability.

I think that High Sierra is the “testing” time for the new file system (like experimenting with drugs...or being “high”. Why the name...

I really want High Sierra to work because I want an OS that my Mac Pro 2013 will work well with. As long as they still sell the Mac Pro 2013, it has a better chance of getting some attention to make sure that the OS works with the product, but once after they stop selling it...probably no love at all, though it has seen just a little since conception.
[doublepost=1513777468][/doublepost]I wonder if High Sierra runs good on the new iMac Pro? Didn’t they test the machine on it? Or maybe logic is gone now too at Apple like the QA...
 
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old-school said:
I've been quite cautious this time round with the macOS install, and I'm pleased I've missed the problems that several people seem to have had.

Is High Sierra stable and ready for business users who can't afford to have their laptop with bugs to install, or should we wait longer?
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Are you having big problems with the current OS that U are using....? If not....leave it alone....Gees...if something is not broken don't upgrade it.
 
Phil in ocala said:
If not....leave it alone....Gees...if something is not broken don't upgrade it.
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WOW - That's a heck of an attitude Unknown.jpeg

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Every Mac OS I have used had issues at some point. I usually give it a couple of weeks to make sure there are no big deal breakers and then upgrade. I then deal with things that come up until they fix them. Nature of the beast. Seems to be working OK on my 2014 Mini, and my 2014 and 2015 MacBook Airs.

Unfortunately the last couple of OS X releases seem to have more issues than usual. Take that into consideration.

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Fredn3ck said:
NO! Don't do it. You will regret doing so. I just went back to 10.12.6 out of sheer frustration.
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What issues were you dealing with?
 
High Sierra is a joke. Boot time on an SSD (Encrypted mind you) is back to HDD speeds.

Why the hell did they remove All my Files? Does someone at Apple just sit round and get them to remove features just to annoy people? Why not offer it as an option.
 
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