I just never really considered it something to really worry about. The mac is no longer supported by Apple, and when it quits I'll just get rid of it and move on.
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I reinstalled Swift Playground and LibreOffice - same problems.
The previous version of LibreOffice (25.2.5) doesn't have the missing button images, so it must have been something they changed.
Is the serial number associated to your Apple Account in some way? If so, it’s tied to your personal information. Perhaps risk is low, but it is certainly not zero.
in terms of that, it's only associated with the Mac, not sure if it's worth anything else on the account. E.g. if I log the mac out of the account, the serial isn't tied anywhere else.
I have a question.
Been too long for me to remember.
Can you upgrade from High Sierra to Sequoia on a Mac Pro 2010 running a HD 5770?
Or does it still need a metal card to update the firmware to 144?
I have a friend who wants to know, but I went the RX580 route.
Been too long for me to remember.
Can you upgrade from High Sierra to Sequoia on a Mac Pro 2010 running a HD 5770?
Or does it still need a metal card to update the firmware to 144?
I have a friend who wants to know, but I went the RX580 route.
Just my opinion, but the writing is well and truly on the wall now for Intel Macs. We all knew this day had to come. It's been fun, and I'm still keeping (while probably freezing them at 15.7.*) the two I've got here. I'll be keeping them for hosting a couple of indispensable (to me) apps, general fallback, maybe occasional external storage and other unforeseen uses.
The clincher, for me, is this. Is any substantial work still happening at Dortania since their lead dev left? I've not seen much evidence to support that. Having said that, I've not seen much evidence to refute that either.
I'd be delighted to be proven wrong. A status update from Dortania would be very much appreciated at this point. I find Discord to be an unstructured swamp which is worse than useless for me personally, speaking as an IT professional.
The clincher, for me, is this. Is any substantial work still happening at Dortania since their lead dev left? I've not seen much evidence to support that. Having said that, I've not seen much evidence to refute that either.
I'd be delighted to be proven wrong. A status update from Dortania would be very much appreciated at this point. I find Discord to be an unstructured swamp which is worse than useless for me personally, speaking as an IT professional.
I have a question.
Been too long for me to remember.
Can you upgrade from High Sierra to Sequoia on a Mac Pro 2010 running a HD 5770?
Or does it still need a metal card to update the firmware to 144?
I have a friend who wants to know, but I went the RX580 route.
Those are two different things.
First you upgrade the firmware. You need a metal card for this method:
https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...bootrom-upgrades-instructions-thread.2142418/
Then you try to upgrade to Sequoia. I would try installing to a new partition and using Migration Assistant so I can keep the old OS.
I find the „updates“ section useful and look at it regularly, and at „announcements“.
I‘m afraid I am too slow to follow, let alone contribute to, all the rest.
Sequoia serves me very well on my 2013/13“ MBP11,1. No need for a newer machine for a while to come.
On the non-Metal 2009/17“ MBP5,2, was able to try some Tahoe patches and the new OS for me is closer here than on the 11,1. But the hardware is too slow for productive use. A probable fate also for the 11,1.
The benefit I had already from OCLP and predecessors is big. Very grateful for that.
As an IT Professional, I would think, the other options of converting the mac to a Windows, or Linux, or even BSD computer might also work for you, as long as the mac still runs, and you have the software needed, to do you work on the other platforms. In all honesty, there a few few things, I truly need macOS for these days, it's just what I'm used to, and not everything I use doesn't have a good replacement on other platforms, but with that said, many things I actually need macOS for, still work under Monterey, the last supported OS for this iMac. Sequoia has been stable this time around with the upgrade from Sonoma, and the OCLP update.
I upgraded from Monterey to Sonoma first this time around, used it for about a month, saw it was stable, then upgraded to 15.6.1 after the KDK came out, and the OCLP update came out, and it's remained stable with no complaints.
I will be considering a new Mac though, because having to wait on the OCLP devs to release updates and patch, as well as Apple, can be a pain. It's more straight forward, and easier to just deal with Apple, and no middle man, unless we're talking third party apps, then of course, if there are issues, will have to deal with third party developers and wait for fixes. So, the comment was mainly directed to OS updates.
In my case, the iMac I have, late 2015, 27", model 17,1 still works well as a daily driver, and can still handle my daily needs. The things I have to consider is, I got the model with the 2 TB Fusion drive, which means a mechanical drive as well as the SSD. While I'm happy with it's performance, taking apart this iMac isn't worth it to me when that drive fails, especially since its already unsupported by Apple, and buying a new Mac would get me all new hardware anyway.
I'm comfortable working on desktop computers, that are the tower form factor, but not comfortable working on Macs. The last Mac I owned that I enjoyed opening up was my Yosemite blue and white G3 tower.
The iMac is tricky to upgrade - you need suction cups to remove the screen and you'll need software like Macs Fan Control if you replace the Fusion drive with an SSD (the hard drives have a temperature sensor).
That's why I said it's not worth it at this point. The only thing worth it is the 5K display
Thank you joevet very much.
I was aware of that process, and was wondering if I updated my buddies firmware using my RX580, and pulled it out I thought OCLP has the ability to run older video cards like the 5770HD, and even some Nvidia's?
THANKS FOR YOUR REPLY
Yes, I hired a Mac specialist shop to upgrade my old iMac. There's way too many clips and little bits you have to disconnect to replace the Fusion drive.
You're better off keeping it on Monterey. Unfortunately, most of the software is at least 2 years out of date.
I'm looking at the new Apple MacBook Air or Mac Mini if I have to get a new Mac.
It's running Sequoia without issues, the main limitation is the DRM issue with Apple native apps such as Safari, or Prime Video, etc. Using a third party browser such as chrome, or Firefox, works nicely.
I don't typically use the Mac for streaming services anyway, as it doesn't support HDR, or 5.1 audio, or 4K from commercial services. So, compared to a dedicated streamer or phone / tablet a desktop has too many limitations, even on a supported OS. I've also considered building my own computer to run Linux, or Windows on, because I like to do a few things the other two are better for than macOS, however, with the Arm based macs, it seems like some of those things work better than on Intel, when it comes to the Mac. So, I'll just have to see which option checks the most boxes. Also, don't forget, having an older mac around to run older software is an advantage as well, because I personally think older software can be more stable, and better written than some of the modern stuff.