The newest your hardware can handle, unless you have apps that require 32-bit support (for which Mojave is the last OS version that has it) or that for some other reason will break in a newer OS. Don't be more than two or three behind (I think it's really years, somewhere in the 3 to 5 range) if you want at least security updates. (don't expect much other updates for OS versions near the old end of what still gets security updates)
Exception: if you want less problems with MacPorts and don't want to be part of solving problems much, wait a few months on Sequoia; don't go later than Sonoma yet. The first few months of any new OS major version can have more pain for apps and software from anywhere, esp. open source software with lots of dependencies and mostly or totally unpaid volunteer support. For software that is neither MacPorts nor Mac App Store, https://roaringapps.com/apps <https://roaringapps.com/apps> may provide some indication (if someone has reported! there are plenty of unknowns) whether listed apps will work on a given OS version. There may be other such sites, but that's the one I know about. > On Sep 28, 2024, at 21:13, Masha Vecherkovskaya <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi all. > > I’ve been putting off upgading from Mojave for as long as I could. But it > seems inevitable at some near point. Which OS would you reccomend? > > Thank you.
