A 2012 iMac won’t run Big Sur I’m afraid. It’s 2014 onwards _ Regards Sam Mullen
+44 (0)7747778022 [email protected] www.macambulance.com MacAmbulance Ltd. Providing Affordable Mac/PC Support and Web Development MacAmbulance Ltd. is a registered company in England & Wales, registration number 8466597 This email is intended solely for the addressed recipients and may contain privileged or confidential information. If you have received this email in error please notify the sender and delete the email immediately. On 17 Nov 2020, at 15:02, Martin <[email protected]> wrote: I too also have a 2012 27" iMac (with fusion drive) which I'm booting off of a 1TB external ssd running Catalina. Could I update the ssd to Big Sur, boot and run the iMac off of that? Martin On Fri, 13 Nov 2020 at 15:02, itsagroup via Sussex Mac User Group <[email protected]> wrote: > FYI: After last night’s horrendous debacle I left it until today to install > Big Sur. > > I’m using an Early 2015 13” MacBook Pro, 8GB RAM, 500GB storage. The whole > process from clicking update to logging in took about 2 hours - around 60% > download/40% install at a rough guess. > > It’s definitely more rounded and brighter than Catlina with much more white > everywhere. I’ve had two warnings about legacy extensions but that’s it. > Everything is running normally including MS Teams and MS Excel and everything > else I’ve tried so far. Performance seems about the same. > > The Notification Centre & Widgets seem an immediate improvement on Catalina. > > > There are two detailed reviews of Big Sur: > > Macstories.net > ArsTechnica - > https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/11/macos-11-0-big-sur-the-ars-technica-review/ > > They both have different approaches so if you want to geek out a bit then go > for it! > > OK - back to work. > > Happy updating (if you do) > > Stephen > > It's hard to get a man to understand something when his income depends on him > not understanding it. - Upton Sinclair > > >> On 13 Nov 2020, at 11:19, mac98aop <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Yes, this brave new world of Big Sur and M1 will make your 2012 iMac seem >> like a 1930s MG - a vintage classic and thing of beauty, but going to >> struggle to keep up with a Porsche Taycan ;) >> >> I'm a few years of replacing my 2019 MBPro, but looking forward to what's in >> store. I'd thought Apple was heading away from macOS and sending us in to an >> iOSified future - but I'm less convinced now. It's just a more unified >> ecosystem, especially for developers, and I'm as excited by it (nerd?!) as I >> was when we got our first Mac Classic SE. System 6 anyone?! >> >> On Friday, 13 November 2020 at 09:28:36 UTC [email protected] >> wrote: >>> Great, thanks. >>> >>> Steve. >>> >>> On 13 Nov 2020, at 09:25, nick_public1 via Sussex Mac User Group >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Apple Silicon M1 Mac Mini vs. Intel Mac Mini Buyer's Guide >>> This may be of interest as well as there are pros and cons between the 2 >>> Mac Minis now on sale. >>> Nick >>> >>>> On 13 Nov 2020, at 07:08, 'Steve Davies' via Sussex Mac User Group >>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> FYI Further to the exchange below, these benchmarks just in: >>>> <image0.jpeg> >>>> >>>> Sent from my phone >>>> >>>> >>>> On 13 Nov 2020, at 06:58, Steve Davies <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Cheers Sam, >>>> I may get the 27” version of the monitor you just bought to go with it, >>>> (Shame it only has 2 USB ports.) >>>> Thanks for the response. >>>> Steve. >>>> >>>> Sent from my phone >>>> >>>> >>>> On 12 Nov 2020, at 23:15, Sam - MacAmbulance <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> I think from all the reports of M1 macs beating current intel-based Macs >>>> in most processor based scores, it’s safe to say the new M1 Mac mini will >>>> be many times quicker than a 2012 iMac even with its dedicated graphics >>>> card. >>>> >>>> _ >>>> Regards >>>> Sam Mullen >>>> >>>> +44 (0)7747778022 >>>> [email protected] >>>> www.macambulance.com >>>> >>>> >>>> MacAmbulance Ltd. >>>> Providing Affordable Mac/PC Support and Web Development >>>> >>>> MacAmbulance Ltd. is a registered company in England & Wales, registration >>>> number 8466597 >>>> >>>> This email is intended solely for the addressed recipients and may contain >>>> privileged or confidential information. >>>> >>>> If you have received this email in error please notify the sender and >>>> delete the email immediately. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On 12 Nov 2020, at 20:53, 'Steve Davies' via Sussex Mac User Group >>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> I have a 2012 27” iMac which may not be long of this world, nor will it >>>> run the next generation operating system. >>>> THINKING about replacing my iMac with a stand alone monitor and a Mac mini >>>> but it is not clear to me how much more powerful, (If at all.) the new >>>> mini is compared to the old iMac, as Apple do not seem to show the machine >>>> spec for the mini in a meaningful way, (At least, not to me.) >>>> Does anyone have a view? >>>> Cheers, >>>> Steve. >>>> >>>> Sent from my phone >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "Sussex Mac User Group" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to [email protected]. >>>> To view this discussion on the web, visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/smug/EE244EDD-FAEB-47F2-8BEE-BCD313FBDDAE%40btinternet.com. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "Sussex Mac User Group" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to [email protected]. >>>> To view this discussion on the web, visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/smug/1B5F0A6B-076E-4436-BDAA-0A31CE3BA77C%40macambulance.com. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "Sussex Mac User Group" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to [email protected]. >>>> To view this discussion on the web, visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/smug/6CD5F02F-369B-4FD6-82AF-BA7C7E4A001A%40btinternet.com. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Sussex Mac User Group" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> To view this discussion on the web, visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/smug/046663AB-FAC1-409B-89A5-DC82EEEC0F59%40mac.com. >>> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Sussex Mac User Group" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/smug/4423142f-9019-4766-9c97-cbde47c4f0ddn%40googlegroups.com. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/smug/DFD48EE6-AA68-452F-A8F2-DFDE8810716F%40icloud.com. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. 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