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Can I upgrade to Catalina from High Sierra? I never upgraded to the one after High Sierra.

MacBook Pro 13", macOS 10.13

Posted on Feb 5, 2020 11:44 AM

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Posted on Feb 5, 2020 1:03 PM

Read this, How to upgrade to macOS Catalina – Apple Support

Check in Section 1 that your mac can upgrade to Catalina.


Before upgrading make a full back up of your Mac.


Check that third party apps you use have updates available for the new OS.

https://roaringapps.com

Check that your printers/ scanners etc have updated drivers and software available for the new OS.


If you are considering upgrading to Catalina be warned that it does not support 32bit apps.

Your Mac is probably running 32bit apps and these will need to be updated to 64bit apps,

some updates may be free, some may be paid. Use this app to discover which apps you have

are 32bit, https://www.stclairsoft.com/Go64/. Once the list has been created you can then

contact the developers of the apps to see if they provide 64bit updates. 



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Feb 5, 2020 1:03 PM in response to Spammagnet2003

Read this, How to upgrade to macOS Catalina – Apple Support

Check in Section 1 that your mac can upgrade to Catalina.


Before upgrading make a full back up of your Mac.


Check that third party apps you use have updates available for the new OS.

https://roaringapps.com

Check that your printers/ scanners etc have updated drivers and software available for the new OS.


If you are considering upgrading to Catalina be warned that it does not support 32bit apps.

Your Mac is probably running 32bit apps and these will need to be updated to 64bit apps,

some updates may be free, some may be paid. Use this app to discover which apps you have

are 32bit, https://www.stclairsoft.com/Go64/. Once the list has been created you can then

contact the developers of the apps to see if they provide 64bit updates. 



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