Upgrading from Yosemite On 2012 MB Pro. Question...

[Christopher11]

Hi. It's time to upgrade the OS on my 2012 MB Pro 15. I currently have 10.10.5. Mostly, because there are sounds from Garage Band that I want to use in Logic Pro X that it seems aren't available until I at least get to El Capitan.

I d/l Sierra and am ready to install. I am backing up my entire HD and cloning, making bootable via SuperDuper. I just wanted to see if there were any thoughts / suggestions or warnings on this, regarding Sierra. For example do you feel it would better to try and just go to El Capitan? Thank you sincerely for any replies.
[doublepost=1501527570][/doublepost]It looks like folks on the Logic Pro user group are suggesting I go to El Capitan, for better compatibility. Can you suggest please how to do this? I was able to download Sierra of course... but Apple makes installing El Capitan more difficult. Thank you for any help.

 

[treekram]

You can get an El Capitan installer in the following ways:

1) If you "purchased" (downloaded) it previously when logged in to the App Store, you can download it again.

2) If you have a Mac where El Capitan is the last supported OS for that computer.

3) If you have an acquaintance that either has an installer or can get it from #1 or #2 above.

4) From a non-Apple source on the Internet.

If you get it from a non-Apple source, that could pose issues. I don't use Logic Pro but I would think the main issue would be from 3rd-party audio files or 3rd-party hardware. If you don't have these, maybe you should give Sierra a go if you can't get El Capitan from #1-#3 that I listed above.

EDIT: I meant to say 3rd-party plug-ins, not 3rd-party audio files - my bad.

 

[Christopher11]

Perhaps I will start from the external USB bootable drive, install Sierra, and see how Logic works. It's real slow... but at least I will be able to test my 3rd party apps. Thank you guys.