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You might be able to solve most of your problems by being more conservative about upgrading. If your business doesn't depend on having Catalina installed on day

You might be able to solve most of your problems by being more conservative about upgrading. If your business doesn't depend on having Catalina installed on day 1 on your machines, you could keep Mojave around a little bit longer. I think the same could be applied to iOS. If everything was working fine on macOS 10.14 and iOS 12 why switch to Linux? I'm sure Android and Linux have their own issues even if they're different from Apple's. Better the devil you know than the devil you don't.

tebbers 7y ago
I agree with this. As a developer there’s no way I’m going to risk my system by upgrading as soon as a major update is released. Wait until 10.x.1 at least. Catalina seems particularly bad from what I’ve heard from colleagues, but it’s a sensible strategy generally.
- TomMarius 7y ago
  I am still on El Capitan, works good
pi-rat 7y ago
This.. I usually have a look at the macosbeta reddit around the time of the GM release. If there's tons of reported bugs (and there absolutely were this time around, the place was overflowing in bug reports for the latest beta), then I just ignore the new upgrade for ~half a year. They still push out security fixes for the older OS. And lets face it, the latest versions have been quite underwhelming, you don't miss out on much. Especially important if the mac in question is your daily money maker. Why waste time, stress and tears (from email corruption) for a few new emojis?
sdan 7y ago
This is the correct way. I'm having a ton of wifi connectivity issues/bluetooth issues/mail/a bunch of other issues and regret upgrading. There's no need for latest and greatest unless there's something that is 100% crucial that the new update brings. Honestly I'm thinking of downgrading if I had the time to do so.
StacyC 7y ago
> You might be able to solve most of your problems by being more conservative about upgrading. This is the answer. I do IT consulting and support for Apple-based small businesses, and I constantly have to remind my clients to not just accept every update prompt they see. I advise waiting for .1 or .2 releases. There is never a reason to update right away, in my experience.
dastx 7y ago
This. Upgrade but don't do it it too soon. Some companies don't upgrade their OS for years. Not due to licensing, but due to stability issues. Wait a while till the bugs are ironed out, then upgrade. For a company I would suggest wait at least 6-12 months before an upgrade. Obviously apply security patches regularly.
callmeal 7y ago
>You might be able to solve most of your problems by being more conservative about upgrading. That would be fine, but what about the situation where you have no choice? (i.e. buying new hardware or unrelated hardware - there's no excuse for forcing an os upgrade when you buy a new iphone for example.) Try buying a latest model and enjoy being forced to upgrade your laptop os so it can "connect".
q-base 7y ago
Yes. Never upgrade to anything ending on .0

tebbers 7y ago

I agree with this. As a developer there’s no way I’m going to risk my system by upgrading as soon as a major update is released. Wait until 10.x.1 at least. Catalina seems particularly bad from what I’ve heard from colleagues, but it’s a sensible strategy generally.

TomMarius 7y ago
I am still on El Capitan, works good

pi-rat 7y ago

This.. I usually have a look at the macosbeta reddit around the time of the GM release. If there's tons of reported bugs (and there absolutely were this time around, the place was overflowing in bug reports for the latest beta), then I just ignore the new upgrade for ~half a year. They still push out security fixes for the older OS. And lets face it, the latest versions have been quite underwhelming, you don't miss out on much. Especially important if the mac in question is your daily money maker. Why waste time, stress and tears (from email corruption) for a few new emojis?

sdan 7y ago

This is the correct way. I'm having a ton of wifi connectivity issues/bluetooth issues/mail/a bunch of other issues and regret upgrading. There's no need for latest and greatest unless there's something that is 100% crucial that the new update brings. Honestly I'm thinking of downgrading if I had the time to do so.

StacyC 7y ago

> You might be able to solve most of your problems by being more conservative about upgrading. This is the answer. I do IT consulting and support for Apple-based small businesses, and I constantly have to remind my clients to not just accept every update prompt they see. I advise waiting for .1 or .2 releases. There is never a reason to update right away, in my experience.

dastx 7y ago

This. Upgrade but don't do it it too soon. Some companies don't upgrade their OS for years. Not due to licensing, but due to stability issues. Wait a while till the bugs are ironed out, then upgrade. For a company I would suggest wait at least 6-12 months before an upgrade. Obviously apply security patches regularly.

callmeal 7y ago

>You might be able to solve most of your problems by being more conservative about upgrading. That would be fine, but what about the situation where you have no choice? (i.e. buying new hardware or unrelated hardware - there's no excuse for forcing an os upgrade when you buy a new iphone for example.) Try buying a latest model and enjoy being forced to upgrade your laptop os so it can "connect".

q-base 7y ago

Yes. Never upgrade to anything ending on .0