Is Sequoia a reliable and stable system compared to Sonoma?

Yes. But it has been since it was released.

There's a lot of voodoo about upgrading the operating system - or indeed about upgrading anything. You'll see folks on here say they never upgrade before the .1 release. Others will say the.3 release. Some say the .5 release.(Why these are always odd numbers and never even ones is a mystery.) Others say they wait six months. Why not 5? Why not 7? Some don't upgrade until the OS is "finished" and the next one is released. It's all voodoo. It means nothing, and is more reflective of people's psychology than anything to do with the operating system.

Of course it makes sense to hold off and not upgrade the first day. But really, after a week or two it will be clear if there is a major systemic issue with the OS, or enough to know if there are issues that might affect your particular workflows. I literally cannot remember an occasion when this was the case, mind you. But after that it's just a question of neurosis rather than computer science.

Beware of your sources. If you come here to assess the state of the OS then remember that only people who have an issue post here. The millions and millions who don't, never do. Go to your local emergency room on a Saturday night and you'll think your community if only the sick sore and distressed. That's what emergency rooms are for. Remember too, that a lot of the posts here aren't actually issues with the OS, but with hardware and/or user misunderstanding and error. Even more are "how to...?" queries. And if you're worried about the volume of posts, remember there was about the same volume of posts about the last OS (that you're using right now) and the one before it, and the one before that and so on.

Make a back up. Make two. Upgrade. Go on with your life. If there is a glitch then use one of your back ups to roll back. You probably won't have to. The vast majority never have to.

I've been running Sequoia since it was released. It has been and continues to be completely stable.

some experience problems, some experienced problems by updating their mac to sonoma too, their Q&A test to their best of their abilities, but some configurations and maybe corrupted settings on the mac can cause issues no one expected, as is the way of software.

kabaker wrote:

Is Sequoya now a reliable and stable system?

Yes.