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Should I update my late 2011 Macbook Pro to High Sierra?

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I have a late 2011 Macbook Pro running on OS 10.9.5. I'm not great at tech stuff and was under the assumption for the longest time that the hardware might be too outdated for the latest updates. You know, old computer so better stick with older operating systems or it'll get too slow. But at this point most of my apps are not updating because the OS is too old. Can't use Dropbox anymore and my iPhone won't sync work with the older iTunes.

Should I just update it through the AppStore after making a backup or is there anything else I have to keep in mind and prep for?

Specs:

Processor: 2.4 GHz Intel Core i5

Memory: 4BG 1333 MHz DDR3

Storage: HDD 500GB
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  • Robert Farhi
    Hi,

    As we are on a Capture One forum, I would suggest, indeed, to upgrade to High Sierra, as it could be expected next version of C1 won't work under OS older than High Sierra.
    I upgraded my Mac Book Pro late 2013 to Mojave for that reason.
    If you had the possibility to make a bootable copy of your system and data, it would be more secure before going to Apple store for upgrading.
    Robert
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  • Ian Wilson
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    I've got a late 2011 iMac, which is running Capture One OK on High Sierra, and a late 2012 MacBook Pro which is running it OK on Mojave.

    If your MBP is able to run High Sierra, I would guess that it would be a good idea. Before updating it, of course, you should make sure that you have a full backup using Time Machine or similar, so that you could revert if you wanted to.

    Ian
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  • Eugene Grob
    I also have a late 2011 MBP which runs fine on High Sierra and CO 12.1.
    Just bear in mind to keep your catalogs small .. that good old MBP isn't really a speed champion !
    I've upgraded mine to up 8 GB ram and, this one will drastically speed up the things, a 256 GB SSD.
    You can easely do it your self.
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  • Eric Valk
    The system requirements are on page 22 of the CaptureOne 12 release note

    Apple® Macintosh® minimum requirements (in part)
    • Intel CPU with 2 cores

    • 8 GB of RAM

    • 10 GB of free hard disk space

    • Calibrated color monitor with 1280x800, 24-bit resolution at 96dpi

    • macOS 10.12.6, macOS 10.13.6 macOS 10.14*


    So macOS 10.13.6 is a good choice, and upgrading the RAM to 8GB is very likely necessary.

    EveryMac reports that this MacBook Pro is capable of upgrading to 16GB of RAM by installing two 8GB RAM modules. Given the speed increase you get from additional RAM, and the fact that this is only a dual core processor, 16GB of RAM is a very good idea (especially if you coose nott to upgrade the main drive)

    Upgrading the Main Drive to an SSD is a little more difficult but would be be well worth the speed increase.
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  • Abbott Schindler
    As with many computer related things, the answer is "it depends".

    If all you're running are Apple apps and C1 (i.e. a fairly straightforward OS installation), then it "probably" would be fine to upgrade to High Sierra after you do a full backup with something like Carbon Copy Cloner (insurance in case something goes wrong).

    If you've got third party apps that are important to you, you may want to do a bit of testing first. To do that, clone your disk with Carbon Copy Cloner, upgrade the clone to High Sierra, test your apps as you see fit, and if all's well, do a fresh backup and then upgrade your boot drive to High Sierra. With hard disk prices as low as they are, and CCC being so affordable and critical, backing up and experimenting is a whole lot more reasonable than simply upgrading the OS and hoping all will be well.
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