Apple released macOS Big Sur on Thursday. It’s a really nice upgrade, but I advise most people to not install it right away. Wait a few weeks or even a few months. But what if you missed upgrading to macOS Catalina, last year’s upgrade? Don’t worry, Apple still offers it for download, you just can’t search for it on the Mac App Store. Apple provides links to download many prior versions of macOS:
Guide: Update Directly to macOS Catalina. Update your existing Clover install to version r4910 or higher using MultiBeast or official Clover package. Open Clover configuration folder on the root of your system drive or EFI Partition using EFI Mounter v3. MacOS Catalina did update the classic layout–moving those options to the View menu at the top. You won’t find an option for the classic view as you did in preferences. First, open Preferences and Viewing and choose how many lines you want to preview–classic view defaulted to none but you may have changed this. Many users have complained that while they were trying to update to Catalina, the Mac got stuck on Catalina update. Solution 1: Restart Mac In such a scenario, our first solution would be to restart Mac. The steps are very simple. Can't update Catalina. I'm trying to update from 10.15.4 to 10.15.6, which is required by Final Cut Pro 10.4.9. Before trying to update via.
Just keep in mind, Apple only releases security patches for the most recent OS plus the two prior which means the following OSes are secure through:
- macOS 11Big Sur: 2023
- macOS 10.15 Catalina: 2022
- macOS 10.14 Mojave: 2021
- macOS 10.13 High Sierra: 2020
- macOS 10.12 Sierra: 2019
- OS X 10.11 El Capitan: 2018
- OS X 10.10 Yosemite: 2017
Further help
If you are an existing customer who needs help with this or if you have other questions, or if you are in San Francisco and interested in becoming a client I invite you to book an appointment with me. Otherwise, you may wish to contact Apple Support or to find a local Apple consultant.
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