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![]() ![]() Cloud documents kept going weirdly jittery and not saving changes. The newer versions of Chrome no longer worked with High Sierra. Things went south when the browser became unsupported. When some plug-ins lost functionality, or the newest version of RX wouldn’t run on the laptop, it didn’t really cause an insurmountable issue. ![]() Everything I was working on sat rooted on my studio’s Mac Mini as I moved about the world via Zoom and Source-Connect sessions. However, as it was my laptop, and we were mid-COVID, there wasn’t much need for a mobile computer. ![]() That’s really the point where I should have started paying attention. Then the old Macbook Pro started losing a few steps here and there. As I updated the studio computer to Catalina, it held its own for a bit. Everything continued to work, and it simply lacked a few features that came with updated system software. In my case, that meant when MacOS moved on from “High Sierra” (version 10.13.x, for those of you playing along at home), it dropped hardware compatibility for that laptop model.Īfter the moment of “Drat!” there wasn’t too much immediate negative impact. At a certain point, that fancy chipset with processor speed that was so amazingly, blazingly fast back in 2009 struggles to keep up with current demands placed upon it. On the other hand, each iteration of the MacOS requires a bit more robust hardware. On one hand, that’s a very good thing, as you can keep your computer OS current, up to date against nefarious schemes and security vectors, while continuing to gain functionality with each improvement. ![]() One of the shifts which Apple has made since I started using their products was making the newest operating system free each year. The first thing to get limited was the operating system (OS). While a few of you may be wondering what “aught-nine” means, more of you are probably wondering how I could have had that machine chugging along for as long as I did. The laptop which I just retired was an aught-nine MacBook Pro. In addition to appreciating specificity when it comes to studio hardware, I also like getting a maximum amount of use out of any given tool. ![]()
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