Wait, you have never updated your software?

[dawnrazor]

I was discussing screen calibration with a colleague today and I was talking about True-tone, telling them to make sure TT was turned off if they wanted a better chance at accurately judging colours on their screen.

I was sure it lived in Displays, but it wasn’t there on their MBP and we couldn’t find it in Finder… So I fired up my MBP and there it was in the Displays window…

What’s going on here? What version of software are you running?

HIGH SIERA - you know from back in 2017…

Have you never updated your software since buying the laptop?

NO…

I was quiet speechless and could only laugh… They have missed Mojave, Catalina, Big Sur and unless they upgrade soon Monterey…

Testament to Apple though, despite running a MBP on software that hasn’t been updated in 5 years, it’s working without any issue and works with their iPhone which is kept up to date with automatic updates…

The reasoning was that updating software breaks everything… which is largely ridiculous as they mainly use Apple software, but I couldn’t hand on heart say that upgrading from High Sierra to Monterey wasn’t going to throw up some issues…

 

[Juicy Box]

As a long-time Mac user, since the mid 90's, I used to get excited about the new MacOS version releases. I would buy them as soon as they launched.

Now, I just want my stuff to work without issues. If it isn't broke, why try to fix it with a new OS.

On my M1, it came with Big Sur, and it will stay there unless there is a new feature on a newer OS that I really want, or if SW I use won't work on Big Sur anymore.

HIGH SIERA - you know from back in 2017…

High Sierra is a rock solid OS. Very stable, runs 32bit SW, and new enough that it doesn't feel old.

I have seven different Macs that I kept on High Sierra.

The reasoning was that updating software breaks everything…

It happens.

Luckily with MacOS, you can have multiple boot drives, and keep an older OS around incase you have problems with a new one.

I am extra cautious with updating iOS, because you never know when an iOS update might cripple your device, with no way to go back.