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Is this a good time to upgrade to High Sierra?
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Hell no. High Sierra is a bag of hurt. Wait for a bit so that maybe Apple will eventually work out most of the serious bugs that were reporting during beta but that they didn't deem serious enough to delay the deadline for release.
apple top left /System preferences/app store untick what you don't want to up date etc.
APFS is better on SSD and there are a number of new features across the OS. If anything, I feel HS is more stable and less buggy than Sierra. In contrast, I find iOS 11 a lot buggier.
I upgraded to HS because I wanted to have the new features. We’re already on 10.13.1 update, so HS is already a fair bit down the road. If you don’t need to or want to upgrade, however, wait for a later update if that makes you more comfortable.
One reason which I totally believe in is that software distribution is now really easy. This has 2 subparts:
a) Who knows what other software end users are running that may be incompatible or conflict.
b) Project managers are like "Lets get it out there today! If it is broken we can fix it tomorrow."
Any new major software development will come with some bugs, it’s just an unfortunate reality. A good chunk are only discovered once they’re in users hands and this is what the beta program is for, resulting in many fixes. Each point update then fixes bugs, but may introduce others due to other added features. It’s just one of those things.
Software engineers are actually fortunate - at least updates can be rolled out. Hardware engineers on the other hand...once the device has been manufactured, the equivalent of a bug could be a major issue. Hats off to the guys responsible for modern electronics hardware!
I was happy enough with HS until just earlier today, when I fired up FCPX on my 2013 15-MBP. While importing media, the system is otherwise unusable. As in type a character in a URL bar, count to 2, and then the character appears. SysPrefs-CUDA shows both Mo Newer Driver Available *and* Update Required. There's another thread on MR with others suffering from the same issue.
It depends on what applications you primarily use. Many readers here have already commented on problematic applications running on High Sierra for months. It is up to you to research those matters yourself.
I have a fairly mundane collection of applications on my two Macs (a Mini 2010 and a MacBook Air 2013) and both are personal systems (i.e., not required for work). There are no showstoppers running High Sierra on either device.
Your call whether or not High Sierra will work well for your own personal usage. Unfortunately you gave zero indication on what you use your system(s) for, so no one here can give you any relevant advice.
Good luck.
I have a fairly mundane collection of applications on my two Macs (a Mini 2010 and a MacBook Air 2013) and both are personal systems (i.e., not required for work). There are no showstoppers running High Sierra on either device.
Your call whether or not High Sierra will work well for your own personal usage. Unfortunately you gave zero indication on what you use your system(s) for, so no one here can give you any relevant advice.
Good luck.
