should I upgrade to Sequoia 15.6.1 BEFORE I upgrade to TAHOE 26?

[wfriedwald]

(using an M1 MacBook Air - currently running SEQUOIA 15.5)

I went into SETTINGS to do an upgrade - and it offered to upgrade to SEQUOIA 15.6.1 rather than TAHOE

so my question: should I do the SEQUOIA upgrade first, and then TAHOE, or ...
should I skip this latest SEQUOIA and just go straitht to TAHOE?

so thank you for any feedback or suggestoins!

thank you!

 

[BigBlur]

No need to do both, just install the one you want.

 

[wfriedwald]

No need to do both, just install the one you want.

thank you for the feedback! yes!

 

[bogdanw]

I will keep my MBA M1 on Sequoia as long as Apple will update it, then upgrade to Tahoe.

 

[diego.caraballo]

(using an M1 MacBook Air - currently running SEQUOIA 15.5)

I went into SETTINGS to do an upgrade - and it offered to upgrade to SEQUOIA 15.6.1 rather than TAHOE

so my question: should I do the SEQUOIA upgrade first, and then TAHOE, or ...
should I skip this latest SEQUOIA and just go straitht to TAHOE?

so thank you for any feedback or suggestoins!

thank you!

Always update to the latest release before install a new operating system version.
While Apple surely test all possible installation scenarios, the most tested case will be Sequoia 15.6.1 to Tahoe 26.
It takes 20 minutes, protects you against security risks and asures the best possible outcome when upgrading.

 

[ThomasJL]

Always update to the latest release before install a new operating system version.
While Apple surely test all possible installation scenarios, the most tested case will be Sequoia 15.6.1 to Tahoe 26.
It takes 20 minutes, protects you against security risks and asures the best possible outcome when upgrading.

I'm guessing that's correct.

Also, and it should go without saying, always back up all of your data before installing a new operating system. That was an important step even during the Steve Jobs era that made less buggy software because there were still some bugs and things weren't perfect. But now during the Tim Cook era, software is a lot more buggy and more unreliable.

 

[Gregg2]

I would think the answer depends on how many intervening versions you are skipping. I think it's not much of a risk to "hop over" one version, even less so just skipping over updates to install the succeeding upgrade.

 

[chrfr]

There’s no point in updating before you update again. As always, make sure you have a good backup before updating.