Greetings All,

A little patience is all that is required.  Just after posting my previous to 
the list, Macmini and Big Sur came to life.

All appears good and the interface is quite pleasing.

Best Wishes to all

John Thompson
[email protected]



> On 23 Dec 2020, at 11:05 am, John Thompson <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> I have been holding off on this upgrade, waiting on some positive reports.  
> All looked good this morning so, with nothing better to do, I decided now was 
> the time.
> 
> Thankfully, I still have my 13” mid- 2012 MacBook pro running Mojave as the 
> late 2014 Mac mini is still trying to complete the upgrade to Big Sur.  It 
> has been ove two hours now and still not up and running so I guess it is just 
> a waiting game.
> 
> A very Merry Christmas and happy and safe New Year to one and all.
> 
> Regards
> 
> John Thompson
> 
>> On 23 Dec 2020, at 7:55 am, Pete <[email protected] 
>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>> 
>> Thanks Marcus! 
>> 
>> Apple envy, will soldier  on with my 2013 MBP.
>> 
>> 
>> Regards
>> 
>> Pete
>> 
>>> On 23 Dec 2020, at 7:56 am, Marcus Harris <[email protected] 
>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> It’s purring on my new MacMini M1
>>> If only the NBN was fibre to my home. 
>>> Marcus 
>>> Marcus Harris
>>> Mobile +61417965618
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
>>>> On 23 Dec 2020, at 7:53 am, Peter Hinchliffe <[email protected] 
>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> On 23 Dec 2020, at 1:25 am, Philippe Chaperon <[email protected] 
>>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Hi Rosemary and Peter, 
>>>>> 
>>>>> I have updated my 21” iMac 3 days ago, after having done a full bootable 
>>>>> copy of the HD, and so far so good. I must admit that I have only used a 
>>>>> few applications so far, mainly Excel, Mail, GraphicConverter, Safari, 
>>>>> FireFox, Reunion and Heredis and no problems noted. 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all WAMUG members
>>>>> 
>>>>> Keep safe and enjoy the festivities. 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Best Regards,
>>>>> 
>>>>> Philippe C. 
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Great news Philippe. I must say I do feel better about Big Sur overall 
>>>> than I ever felt about Catalina, which I think was somewhat of a testing 
>>>> ground in preparation for Big Sur, and a “proof of concept” for going all 
>>>> 64-bit. Even Kinemac, an animation application I obtained back in 2013 as 
>>>> part of a software bundle, and has not received an update in all the time 
>>>> since then, has now gone 64-bit with the release of version 2.0! I think 
>>>> all the software thats’s important to me is now 64-bit, which certainly 
>>>> was not the case at the beginning of the year! I’ll be moving forward with 
>>>> confidence I think.
>>>> 
>>>> Have a great Christmas and all the best for the New Year.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Kind regards,
>>>> 
>>>> Peter Hinchliffe        Apwin Computer Services
>>>> FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer
>>>> Perth, Western Australia
>>>> Phone (618) 9332 6482    Mob 0403 046 948
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