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It can run the latest OS, it’s just that the update flow isn’t working. If you download the installer from the store and run it, it works.
by whalesalad 3y ago
It can run the latest OS, it’s just that the update flow isn’t working. If you download the installer from the store and run it, it works.
- FireBeyond 3y agoApple is all about it "just works". Flagship product, flagship OS, "the flow isn't working". Hm.
- whalesalad 3y agowell tbh the system does work. it will boot and be just fine and i'm sure 99% of users won't even realize they're a version behind. these days the differences are pretty minor so there are not a lot of capabilities a person would miss out on.
- FireBeyond 3y ago> i'm sure 99% of users won't even realize they're a version behind The people clamoring for launch day or early access to the latest model "won't even realize"? I'm going to agree to disagree on that one. They'll realize at first boot and the very different login screen (especially if they're upgrading from a previous Mac).
- whalesalad 3y agoThe last 3-4 versions of MacOS have been virtually identical on the surface. I don’t think you’re correct.
- Clamchop 3y agoI don't really get this perspective. Making it appear that things "just work" is not even showing users the option to try an unvalidated or nonfunctional combination of hardware and software. Staggered releases across models or user fractions are often planned as a matter of routine, even. Apple certainly doesn't always get it right, but this ain't an example of it. They just bricked some MacBooks during Sonoma updates! Now that's shitting the bed.
- FireBeyond 3y agoThey weren't forced to push the M3 out so (relatively) quickly after M2 systems. Their schedule was of their own making, and yet you end up with "our newest users need to use older software, because we couldn't wait for testing to release our new hardware". That's why.