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Earlier 10.12 Sierra and prior not covered here.
- 10.13 High Sierra
- J&P general note: like (liked) it a lot, definitely “good enough” and could run Office 2011, Adobe CS5 non-subscription suite
- J&P systems use:
IM2713(upgr 10.15, ’21-11 (more)), 10 11, MBP17, … - CPU support: 64-bit Intel
- App support: 32/64 -bit Intel
- 10.13 High Sierra
- J&P general note: Hated it, due to warning dialogs (32-bit is ending) a la MS Vista, way too many too often!
- Yes, last gen that do support, though w/ lots of irritating warnings (was so bad, actually downgraded to 10.13)
- J&P systems use: Not on any primary system
- CPU support: 64-bit Intel
- App support: 32/64 -bit Intel
- Last macOS that can run Office 2011, Adobe non-subscr. SW, ..
- macworld.com/article/232735/how-to-check-if-mac-software-is-32-or-64-bit.html
- J&P general note: Hated it, due to warning dialogs (32-bit is ending) a la MS Vista, way too many too often!
- 10.15 Catalina
- J&P general note: cannot any longer use favorite and/or specific bought software
- MS Office 2011: due to being 32-bit-only, can’t run on 10.15
- And this version DO re-open all open windows when an application is restarted (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
- Something Office 365 HAS removed! Yes, it’s true – finally got it confirmed from a 2 hours support call w/ Microsoft and ending up deep into the most advanced support
- And this version DO re-open all open windows when an application is restarted (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
- Adobe CS5 suite (Dreamweaver, Photoshop, ….), also due to being 32-bit-only, can’t run on 10.15
- And for this we have perpetual license! (Nowadays, Adobe forces these subscription-only licenses)
- MS Office 2011: due to being 32-bit-only, can’t run on 10.15
- J&P systems use: IM2713 (upgr 10.15, ’21-11 (more))
- CPU support: 64-bit Intel
- App support: 64 -bit Intel (NOT 32-bit)
- Change default shell from bash to zsh
- J&P general note: cannot any longer use favorite and/or specific bought software
- Successor to 10.15 is 11.0 Big Sur, /is/macos/11/, then 12, Monterey, /is/macos/12/, then 13, Ventura, /is/macos/13/
Comparison Table
| 10.13 High Sierra | 10.14 Mojave | 10.15 Catalina | 11 Big Sur | |
| Initial release | 2017-09-25 | 2018-09-24 | 2019-10-07 | 2020-11-12 |
| General J&P Notes | The preferred generation also in 2021 | Hated it. | Was std on IM2720. | NOTE: Not supported on IM2713 or earlier! |
| Use J&P | IM2713, MBP17, and more (Sep 2021) | No | (IM2720 (Oct 2020)) | IM2720 (Jun ’21), MBP17 (Sep ’21) |
| 32-bit support | Yes | Yes, last gen. | No | No |
| Ergo 4000 keyboard | ControllerMate | (don’t care) | Special Key Handler | Special Key Handler |
| Applications | 10.13 High Sierra | 10.14 Mojave | 10.15 Catalina | 11 Big Sur |
| MS Office suite | Office 2011 (32-bit)- love it | (don’t care) | Office 365 – miss 2011!! | <– (Office 2011 in VM) |
| Office 2011 | Yes | (Yes) | No | No |
| Office 365 Downloaded | No | (Yes) | Yes | Yes |
| Office 365 Web-based | Yes | (Yes) | Yes | Yes |
| Adobe suite (Dreamweaver,… | CS5 (32-bit) | (don’t care) | CAN’T USE our CS5 license. | <– |
| Homebrew (brew) | USED to work fine, but not Sep 2021… | 2021-09-26: min 10.14 for brew | Yes | Yes |
| MacPorts (port) | (Not used too much in recent years.) | 2021-09-26: min 10.14 for brew | Yes | Yes |
| Apple News+ | No | (10.14.4) | Yes | Yes |
| Dashboard (F12) | Yes | Yes | No (removed) (Notification Center) |
No (removed) (Notification Center) |
| Default shell | bash | bash | zsh | |
| “iTunes” | iTunes | iTunes | iTunes is replaced by separate Music, Podcasts, TV and Books apps | (As Catalina) |
| Extensions | kext | kext | An upgrade from Kexts. System extensions avoid the problems of Kexts. There are 3 kinds of System extensions: Network Extensions, Endpoint Security Extensions, and Driver Extensions. System extensions run in userspace, outside of the kernel.[12][13] Catalina will be the last version of macOS to support legacy system extensions.[14][15] | ### |
| Support for OS on specific HW, e.g. |
10.13 High Sierra | 10.14 Mojave | 10.15 Catalina | 11 Big Sur |
| MacBook 2008 | No | (don’t care) | No | No |
| iMac 2011, 2010 | Yes | -“- | No | No |
| iMac 2013 | Yes, & used ’21-09 | -“- | Yes, & upgr. to ’21-11 (more) | No |
| MacBook Pro 2017 | Yes, & used ’21-09 | -“- | Yes | Yes |
| (MacBook Pro 13″ Early 2015) | Yes | -“- | Yes | Yes |
| iMac 2020 | (?, came w 10.15) | -“- | Yes, came w 10.15 | Yes, and used ’21-09 |