My SUPER Late 2012 Mac Mini

[garno]

I running a late 2012 mac mini with 2.5 ghz I5, 16 gb ram with a 256 ssd and Catalina. It’s a great piece of kit, is super quick and really well sorted. I’m not too technical but I do understand it is near end of life and even though Apple support still gives me help they do tell me the old girl hasn’t got much time left. So…do I bite the bullet and upgrade to the M1 and Big Sur or do I risk a dark unsupported Big Sur upgrade…whatever that is. Any help from you chaps in the know would be much appreciated. Best garno

 

[Boyd01]

If you're happy with it, just stay the course for the time being. Catalina will be supported for at least another year - I am running it on my 2018 mini and 2012 quad-core mini server.

 

[fricotin]

That's what I have been using these last 9 years with a 1G fusion drive. If a M2 mini shows up next year I may decide to buy it... then again I may not.

 

[garno]

Thanks for the response I’m going to hang on in there………..

 

[Boyd01]

Just make sure you have more than one good backup.

 

[OCLP76]

I running a late 2012 mac mini with 2.5 ghz I5, 16 gb ram with a 256 ssd and Catalina. It’s a great piece of kit, is super quick and really well sorted. I’m not too technical but I do understand it is near end of life and even though Apple support still gives me help they do tell me the old girl hasn’t got much time left. So…do I bite the bullet and upgrade to the M1 and Big Sur or do I risk a dark unsupported Big Sur upgrade…whatever that is. Any help from you chaps in the know would be much appreciated. Best garno

You could always try out OCLP. It's a patcher utility that allows older Apple hardware to run the latest from Cupertino. Here's some instructions and feel free to PM me if you have issues. Btw, I have the same model and it runs Monterey just fine.