Having a Time Machine backup is great, you could also do a drive clone using Carbon Copy Cloner but a Time Machine backup will suffice.
I’d upgrade straight to Ventura if possible, there’s no need to install Big Sur or Monterey. In future it’s definitely recommended to keep up to date with macOS upgrades, even if you wait for a .1 or .2 release, Catalina’s quite old now. _ Regards Sam Mullen +44 (0)7747778022 <tel://+447747778022> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> www.macambulance.com <http://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 28 Mar 2023, at 10:54, alex d <[email protected]> wrote: > > hello Team > > I have a 2021 mac Mini running Catalina 10.15.7 with pages 10.1. > > I want to use the new mail merge facility in Pages 12.2, but to do this I > need to upgrade the OS. > > I have always been very nervous about this, and usually don't do it. (I wait > until I buy a new mac every 4 years). However, I can't afford to buy a new > machine now, and I think I need to overcome my fears! > > I have plenty of storage on the hard disk (1 TB disk is half full), and I > have a time machine back up. Is there anything I should know or do when > doing all this or is it so straightforward that even a moron like me can do > it? Can anyone anticipate any problems? > > Thanks > > Alex > > -- > 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] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/smug/61809cd9-5c25-4457-b5ad-fac61282340dn%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/smug/61809cd9-5c25-4457-b5ad-fac61282340dn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- 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/3021F860-E3E7-4D02-9403-3747926498B8%40macambulance.com.
