![]() My first machine I decided upgraded was the laptop since it’s the least critical on my list. Granted, I do make sure that I have a complete backup for each machine in Time Machine, CrashPlan and a SuperDuper clone. I use to always go for a “scorched earth” approach and wipe out the hard drive before installing a new version of macOS however over the past two years, I’ve simply done the standard upgrade and it’s worked out fine. The following are the apps that I use: 1Password Looking back over my past blog entry when I upgraded to Mavericks, I really liked seeing the software I was using at the time so I thought I’d update the list. Their upfront cost may be more than a cheap PC but the fact that I bought a Mac 8 years ago and it’s still able to run the latest OS is amazing! My iMac came with macOS 10.6 (Snow Leopard) and I’ve been able to upgrade the OS 7 times to macOS 10.13 (High Sierra). This is a prime example of why I balk when people say “Macs are more expensive than PCs”. The reason for my surprise is that I don’t feel as if any them are particularly slow or in need of a replacement. Every machine is at least 5 years old and my most powerful Mac is 8 years old. Looking at this list, I’m a bit taken aback at how old these machines are. 27″ iMac (Late 2009) – 2.8GHz Intel Core i7 with 16GB for RAM.Macbook Air 11″ (Mid 2012) – 1.7Ghz Intel Core i5 with 8GB of RAM.Macbook Mini (Late 2012) – 2.5GHzIntel Core i5 with 16GB of RAM.The plan was to wait a couple of days to see if anyone was reporting any issues then decide to begin the process of upgrading my machines, which were as follows: The 9to5 guide was great for people who aren’t that comfortable with the Terminal due to the fact that they had a drag-and-drop style that saved a ton of typing. On the day that the new macOS was available, I downloaded it to my laptop and then followed the guide on to create the disk on a new 8GB thumb drive I bought from Amazon. This way I didn’t have to perform multiple downloads for each machine and I could have a boot disk handy in my “jump bag” when I travel. So let’s get to it! The Boot Diskįor starters, I downloaded the new OS and created a bootable install disk on a thumb drive. In fact, it’s been GASP 4-years, so I thought it might be fun to take stock and do a deep dive on how I did the upgrade. This lets you be notified when your public IP has changed, if your internet connection is down, if CPU usage is above 60% for more than 10 seconds, or a near-infinite range of other options.ġ2.It’s been awhile since I did a post regarding a macOS upgrade. Detailed info on your battery’s current state, and a highly configurable menu item that can change if you’re draining, charging, or completely charged.ġ1. ![]() Each of the dropdown menus provides access to even greater detail including history graphs for access to up to 30 days of data.ġ0. Memory stats for your menubar as a pie chart, graph, percentage, bar or any combination of those things.ĩ. Monitor bandwidth usage in the menubar as text or graphs.Ĩ. Plus, GPU memory and processor usage on supported Macs, and the active GPU can be shown in the menubar.ħ. iStat Menus is highly configurable, with full support for macOS’ light and dark menubar modes.Ħ. A highly configurable date, time and calendar for your menubar, including fuzzy clock, moon phase, and upcoming calendar events.ĥ. iStat Menus features a wide range of different menubar text and graph styles that are all completely customizable.Ĥ. iStat Menus can notify you of an incredibly wide range of events, based on CPU, GPU, memory, disks, network, sensors, battery, power and more.ģ. iStat Menus covers a huge range of stats, including a CPU monitor, GPU, memory, network usage, disk usage, disk activity, date & time, battery and more.Ģ.
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