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Should I upgrade to Sequoia?

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sinanziric

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I have M2 mac mini base 8 GB / 256 as my backup office computer where I am casually browsing, handling word documents etc..

I don't want to have my performance degraded with Sequoia

Is it recommended to upgrade or not?
 
If that's your working computer, and it's working flawlessly at this moment. All you need is just some simple functions. And you worry about performance degradation (if any).

Then I will say no point to upgrade to macOS 15. All you need is some regular security update (if you worry about security issue).
 
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I would wait for sure. I just had to wipe my work MBP and start from scratch because I was having a bunch of issues after the upgrade. Finder kept crashing, all apps would reopen. Kept getting kicked back to the logon screen randomly.
 
I would wait.

There is definitely something up with network drivers/connections.

Since I updated the OS, my 10 GB Ethernet connection would not negotiate/enable until I hard-coded the settings. Then it went somewhat unreliable so I disabled it and used WiFi. This morning, my throughput to the internet was dreadfully slow. Checked other Mac's and my Windows work system and none of the others had issues. Rebooting made no difference.

Disable WiFi and went back to 10 GB Ethernet. It would not auto-negotiate again. After manually setting the hardware selections, it is working again.

Hadn't had any problems since M1 Studio Base Max was purchased (from a local Apple store on the 1st day it was released).
 
My M1 Studio Ultra is running Sequoia way better than I ever did Sanoma. Everything seems faster and my bluetooth devices are not disconnecting anymore. That was SO annoying!!!

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I upgraded. I wish that I waited. (I was "planning" to wait, but then got excited and just did it.) The firewall issue got me immediately, and there are a few other minor bugs that I have hit.

(I did iOS 18 and watchOS 11 at the same time. I'd say iOS 18 is the most solid, macOS 15 in the middle, and watchOS 11 is the worst :-\)

I'd say, if things are working fine for you and there is no feature of Sequoia that is a particular draw, then wait and do it in 2-3 months once they have had time to shake out the bugs.
 
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sinanziric said:
I have M2 mac mini base 8 GB / 256 as my backup office computer where I am casually browsing, handling word documents etc..

I don't want to have my performance degraded with Sequoia

Is it recommended to upgrade or not?
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Sequoia is an unmitigated disaster as seen in the forum posts. As was the last version of macOS. Apple no longer cares about quality, and it shows.
 
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Sequoia is an unmitigated disaster as seen in the forum posts. As was the last version of macOS. Apple no longer cares about quality, and it shows.
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Meh, forums always are negative because it's people who are having issues posting. I've never had any real issues with any macOS version, but I also don't update until the .1 release.
 
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Windows tiling is great. I upgraded and overall I'm satisfied. However iPhone Mirroring doesn't work in my country at this moment. Whether you upgrade depens on what you do. Not all software is compatible.
 
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I have a Mac Mini M2 Pro and I updated it and I find it a bit clumsy. There's some good new features in Reminders, Calendar, Notes, and so on, but also some annoying things, and the level of clumsiness and lags has increased. Same on iOS 18 and iPadOS 18. Very clumsy and laggy, but a few good new features.

Apple never tests their software enough sadly, but that's how it is when you offer budget products.

Right now, there's no computer OS maker that offers premium software. We're meant to think Apple is premium, but that's just because it appears premium compared to the competition.

In reality it's a budget product and there's no real premium supply out there.
 
sinanziric said:
I have M2 mac mini base 8 GB / 256 as my backup office computer where I am casually browsing, handling word documents etc..

I don't want to have my performance degraded with Sequoia

Is it recommended to upgrade or not?
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If you ask then most likely you shouldn’t. Newer Os will always require more memory and CPU. But how much degration will vary depending your usage.
 
My current impression of Sequoia after upgrading one Mac(M1 Air) is that Sequoia continues the recent trend at Apple of each major upgrade being more problematic than the previous one.

The individual issues vary from user to user and their use cases, but with each upgrade issues are more numerous, more likely to affect existing features - key point, and take longer to resolve.
 
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