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M2 Air just arrived with Monterey, should I upgrade to Ventura before doing any installations
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Is the iMac on Monterey or Ventura?
Go with whatever the iMac is on (i.e. if the iMac is on Ventura, upgrade the Air to Ventura then transfer/if the iMac is on Monterey, transfer then upgrade). You're likely to run into the least compatibility and technical trouble if the OSes match (I presume you're using the transfer tool)
Go with whatever the iMac is on (i.e. if the iMac is on Ventura, upgrade the Air to Ventura then transfer/if the iMac is on Monterey, transfer then upgrade). You're likely to run into the least compatibility and technical trouble if the OSes match (I presume you're using the transfer tool)
The iMac is on Catalina, it's from 2013. And I can't upgrade it. I'm planning on installing / transferring manually.
Oh then I'd upgrade and transfer. Better to get all the OS level stuff over with out of the gate before you install apps on top of it. Just double check to make sure all your apps are compatible with Ventura so you don't run into any surprises generally. Its so much more rare to have incompatibilities these days. However, if you're coming from a machine that hit its ceiling at Catalina you'll definitely want to be sure.
Unless there's something on Ventura that you were looking forward to or needed, I wouldn't update the iOS until a stable version of Ventura comes out.
Well first off it is MacOS. Secondly there is nothing unstable about Ventura that I have heard about and in personal experience it works fine.
Also Ventura is a stable release?
What have you experienced specifically that has been unstable. Would be helpful to know what it is you are talking about. Otherwise it seems like telling someone to not update for fear of instability is probably not the best advice?
To your case, it matters little either way. In fact, restoring from a Time Machine backup works better than doing things manually.
As for why your Macbook Air has Monterey, well, it’s been leaving the factory with Monterey on it and never been opened. So that’s why. You bought an earlier production model.
As for why your Macbook Air has Monterey, well, it’s been leaving the factory with Monterey on it and never been opened. So that’s why. You bought an earlier production model.
Rule of thumb for the cautious is to wait for at least the .1 release minimum. I skipped Catalina entirely due to issues which would have affected me.
Depends if bugs affect you or not.