![]() If you need to know the build number as well, click the version number to see it. The window that opens might look different from the example shown here, but it always includes the macOS name followed by its version number. In this article you can find out which (if any) of your apps are going to be issues with a few clicks. From the Apple menu in the upper-left corner of your screen, choose About This Mac. In most cases this will be apps we’ve had for 5 years or more, but this is not a hard and fast rule. Anti-Hardware Buyers Guide (opens new window) Overall guide on what to avoid and what pitfalls your hardware may hit. Wireless Buyers Guide (opens new window) Check if your WiFi card is supported. While we don’t need to understand the difference between 32-bit and 64-bit apps, we do need to know if any of the programs we use on a daily basis are still 32-bit. Check if your GPU is supported and which macOS version you can run. This year’s release deserves this kind of careful attention because 32-bit applications will stop working on Macs with macOS Catalina installed. Uninformed users performed the “free” upgrade and found themselves facing hundreds of dollars of upgrades to other software. One notable exception, was Mac OS X Lion in 2011, which discontinued support for ALL applications written before 2006. In most releases of macOS, we usually gain features while losing little if anything from past systems. In recent years “fall” has meant late September, which is less than 2 months away from this writing. It will be available in “the fall,” according to Apple. If you already have Catalina, Big Sur or Monterey you’ve already broken all of the apps that are going to be broken because of the change to 64 bit apps.Īpple’s new operating system for Macintosh computers is going to be called macOS Catalina. Consider this a strongly recommended maintenance release for existing users, but there is nothing to entice those who are happily working on older versions.UPDATE FALL 2021: The following applies not only to Catalina, but also to the newer Big Sur, Monterey and all macOS versions going forward. I hope that 10.15.2 will take into account the more wide-ranging bugs and issues in Catalina - it does feel that 10.15.1 is the feature set that should have been released in September. ![]() There are currently no public developer builds for MacOS Catalina 10.15.2 in the system, although Apple will be working on that version. macOS Catalinas name was inspired by Santa Catalina Island, popularly known as. If your Mac is working at the moment, especially if it is a ‘business critical’ machine then I would recommend caution for now. macOS Catalina, aka macOS 10.15, is an older version of the operating system that runs on the Mac. The original packaging might also show an Apple part number, such as MGEM2xx/A (xx is a variable. You can then enter that serial number on the Check Coverage page to find your model. It’s also on the original packaging, next to a barcode label. This is still the ‘first wave’ of Catalina, and many issues remain both in the OS but also in third-party applications. Find the serial number printed on the underside of your Mac, near the regulatory markings. It’s harder to recommend that those on an older but stable version of MacOS go through the update. Although nothing major is fixed, the small details, especially the security fixes, are going to be welcome, and no major new issues have been reported. If you are currently running MacOS Catalina - either through upgrading an existing Mac or on a recently purchased Mac machine - then you should upgrade. These additions are geared towards extending support for other Apple products in your Mac. You can stop your audio requests to Siri being sent through anonymously to Apple. Step 1 is to look in the left hand column in the lower half of the screen in the Software section, and click on Applications.Support has been added for Apple’s new AirPods Pro. ![]() The Emoji support has been extended to allow the new iPhone emoji to be accessible on MacOS machines.On top of the “various bug fixes” and security patches, MacOS Catlina 10.15.1 adds in three notable features:
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