MBPr 2012 - Slowdown if I update from 10.10 to 10.13 ?

[bluesun89]

Hi,

I have a late 2012 MBP retina, and am still running MacOS 10.10.4, which is still very snappy / smooth in terms of performance.
I wondered if I would notice a performance drag, with this machine, if I upgrade to MacOS 10.13 ?
From my previous experience with iPhones and iPads, I had made my devices obsoletes and almost unusable when updating to the latest iOS - so am affraid it might do the same if I do the operation above ? the laptop is 5 years old afterall..

THanks in advance for help feedback/help you can provide on that

 

[Fishrrman]

I'd suggest either 10.11 (El Cap) or 10.12 (Low Sierra) as better choices.
There are too many folks out there having too many problems with High Sierra.

Do you have-to-have "the latest and greatest"?
Or do you prefer a stable, fast, clean machine?

Only you can tell us the answer.

 

[Macmonter]

Recently updated my 2012 Mac Mini with 10.10.4 to HS. No Problems encountered - Mini works just fine! I was most concerned about the import of my iPhoto library to the new Photo app. Again, no problem!

 

[kohlson]

I don't think you'll see any performance differences. But there are some issues with 10.13 - it's still relatively early in the release lifecycle. As well, there have been some "OMG" issues that needed to be addressed, which hasn't promoted reliability across the feature set.
You will need to balance the decision to proceed to 10.13 (latest/greatest, including security) against the reliability of 10.12 (assuming you have access).

 

[tmoney468]

On my late 2013 MBP I downgraded from HS back to Sierra since HS was awful and laggy for me. I would go to Sierra but not HS

 

[bluesun89]

Thanks for your answers - much appreciated !

If i upgrade to Sierra (instead of High Sierra), is the system still vulnerable to recent Intel-related security exploit ? or is the security fix applied to all versions anyway (not just 10.13) ?

If Sierra is still "vulnerable", does is matter anyway ? as Apple seems to say that they dont have knowledge on anyone using that exploit

 

[EugW]

If you have 8 GB and SSD, High Sierra performance is not an issue. I’m running HS on a 2008 MacBook5,1 and a 2009 MacBookPro5,5. Works great on both. Both have SSD and 8 GB RAM.

If you have just a hard drive then it’s a problem, but it’s a problem with 10.10 too, albeit less so. If you have SSD with 4 GB RAM it’s OK but 8 GB is much preferred if you multitask at all.

Sierra has not yet been patched. 10.13.2 got a partial patch and 10.13.3 will be getting more patches. However, no patches as of yet for Sierra and no mention of it for the future either. It’s up to you to decide how important those patches are to you but no, no exploits in the wild yet for them.

 

[ToroidalZeus]

10.12 (Low Sierra)

Would 2nd this. I had no problems with Sierra 12 but High Sierra 13 is very laggy.