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macOS installation failed; stuck in reboot loop
If you were to ask someone else to fix this for you, in all likelihood they would have one or more of the following three items:
An installer on an external drive or USB.
A second "good" ...
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Failed "Unable to complete Touch id enrolment"
Running: sudo bioutil -ws -f 1 solved issue for me.
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Directories listed in /etc/synthetic.conf not accessible via the link
Below is an example of how to create the symbolic link /All fonts which points to the folder /Users/jamesoconnor/All fonts. Note: Any previous entries in the /etc/synthetic.conf file will be removed. ...
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MacOS: Catching up on updates: Skip or go straight to latest?
I'll tell you the view of a software developer: We don't like testing on many different OS versions. Today, we test on MacOS 14 beta but only to avoid bad surprises when it is released. We assume you ...
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MacOS: Catching up on updates: Skip or go straight to latest?
I will add a slightly different perspective on the answer. As others mentioned, updating the software comes with slight risks of corruption. Upgrading multiple times compounds those risks.
My ...
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MacOS: Catching up on updates: Skip or go straight to latest?
As a data point in favour of incremental upgrades, I recently updated from Catalina straight to Ventura and had some pretty major issues involving it hanging on startup after the install.
The issue ...
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MacOS: Catching up on updates: Skip or go straight to latest?
In general, is it safer to update an out of date Mac “all at once”
just catching up to the latest?
The only real 'risk' in upgrading your OS is whether your existing third-party software will run on ...
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MacOS: Catching up on updates: Skip or go straight to latest?
Monterey is the highest version supported by some software (eg: the Drobo drivers I rely on). Updating to that with a backup would give you a checkpoint for restoring to, if you would be OK keeping ...
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MacOS: Catching up on updates: Skip or go straight to latest?
Why would you bother? Installing a new OS always comes at a slight risk. One time I managed to have to get acquainted with Time Machine (there was a glitch in one of my HDD's sectors which stuck the ...
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MacOS: Catching up on updates: Skip or go straight to latest?
Here's my take on the situation in general for anyone, and you, to consider.
You should always have regular backups - they are key for "undoing" an upgrade if you discover something ...
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MacOS: Catching up on updates: Skip or go straight to latest?
You usually don't gain anything by installing the intervening versions. There was to my knowledge only the one issue where only High Sierra installed a particular bootrom update with support for ...
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