Favorite version of macOS?

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madlol100
Junior Member

10-15-2023, 11:34 AM

Your preferred macOS release is 10.14 Mojave. It brought dark mode and ended support for 32-bit applications and iTunes. Before that, Catalina stood out with a more user-friendly Finder, and the new Music app features were notable.

madlol100

10-15-2023, 11:34 AM #1

Dragnoyos
Member

10-15-2023, 03:42 PM

It was the final update where the OS really made progress. Amazing for its era.

Dragnoyos

10-15-2023, 03:42 PM #2

It was the final update where the OS really made progress. Amazing for its era.

Tautle
Member

10-16-2023, 06:03 AM

Big Sur is pleasant, especially with the updated interface.

Tautle

10-16-2023, 06:03 AM #3

Big Sur is pleasant, especially with the updated interface.

zackrelswift
Member

160

10-16-2023, 06:36 AM

I recall the most cherished moments from 10.7 in a special way.

zackrelswift

10-16-2023, 06:36 AM #4

I recall the most cherished moments from 10.7 in a special way.

Sh1ntu
Junior Member

10-16-2023, 08:12 AM

It seems like you're referring to a version number or a file name, possibly related to an installation or update. Would you like me to clarify or rephrase that?

Sh1ntu

10-16-2023, 08:12 AM #5

It seems like you're referring to a version number or a file name, possibly related to an installation or update. Would you like me to clarify or rephrase that?

gavin_shaka
Senior Member

535

10-16-2023, 08:38 AM

I've seen only basic MacOS bus setups due to my taste. I really enjoyed the OSX versions where the dock felt more like a shelf and icons expanded as you hovered over them. Right now, I'm using the latest OSX beta in a VM—its edges are smoothed out, but it still doesn’t stand out much. It runs smoothly on two cores and 8GB RAM from a regular HDD.

gavin_shaka

10-16-2023, 08:38 AM #6

Eipee
Junior Member

10-17-2023, 06:51 AM

I realized just how many Mac OS versions I've used lately after receiving a Mac Plus with a 20 Mb HD drive. It's still running (System 6.4.2) which is pretty surprising. Right now, my preferred stable version would be Catalina, though I'll soon have to switch to Big Sur. Catalina was the final release that maintained some backward compatibility with older software, but it no longer supports those legacy 32-bit programs.

Eipee

10-17-2023, 06:51 AM #7

_MettaEX_
Member

10-18-2023, 01:56 AM

They were talking about a version number—likely 10.0 or 10.1. Back then I mainly used Debian, but early OS X really shook things up. Even Mac users would still run both OS X and Mac OS 9 until Lion. It seemed like they didn’t fully launch their potential until with Lion. Features like AirDrop, system-wide emojis, FaceTime, File Vault appeared with Lion. Yosemite then pushed me toward switching from Ubuntu.

_MettaEX_

10-18-2023, 01:56 AM #8

Pekaaa
Member

206

10-26-2023, 11:53 PM

10. The dumpster fire was number 9, and the only users left were tied to outdated systems. Back then, there was no incentive to upgrade to modern code because it was fundamentally broken.

Pekaaa

10-26-2023, 11:53 PM #9

10. The dumpster fire was number 9, and the only users left were tied to outdated systems. Back then, there was no incentive to upgrade to modern code because it was fundamentally broken.

Si0neR
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235

11-01-2023, 01:08 AM

#10

Si0neR

11-01-2023, 01:08 AM #10

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