[OS X TeX] Upgrade to High Sierra

[Robert Rye]

Hi Don,

I don’t often post, but given the specific nature of your inquiry I will put in my two cents worth:

My iMac 27-inch, Late 2009 is happy with High Sierra.

Rob Rye
> On Jan 23, 2018, at 5:40 PM, Don Green Dragon <fergdc at Shaw.ca <mailto:fergdc at Shaw.ca>> wrote:
> 
> Hi Gary, 
> 
> On 23Jan2018, at 1:47 PM, Gary L. Gray <euler at psu.edu <mailto:euler at psu.edu>> wrote:
> 
>>> On Jan 23, 2018, at 3:03 PM, Don Green Dragon <fergdc at Shaw.ca <mailto:fergdc at Shaw.ca>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Step 1: download High Sierra and install
>>> Step 2: if High Sierra seems to be working, then download MacTeX (most recent) and install
>>> 
>>> I'm using TeXShop 3.97 so no further downloads needed -- I think. My machine is an iMac, vintage 2006 or thereabouts. I might have to do something relative Cocoaspell.
>>> 
>>> Are the above, Steps 1 and 2, reasonable?
>> 
>> High Sierra is not supported on machines that old. See:
>> 
>> https://www.apple.com/macos/how-to-upgrade/#hardware-requirements <https://www.apple.com/macos/how-to-upgrade/#hardware-requirements>
>> 
>> Basically it needs to be a 2009/2010 model.
>> 
>> Gary
> 
> Thank you for that shocking information! On visiting the Apple site that you included, I found information that made me think that I have a later model than 2006. Using <Apple/About This Mac> reveals that I have an
> 
> 	iMac 27-inch, Late 2009
> 
> which suggests that my machine satisfies the "Mac Hardware Requirements" for High Sierra. So, despite that initial shock, I think my machine will handle the upgrade.
> 
> Right? Wrong? Maybe?
> 
> 
> don green dragon
> fergdc at shaw.ca <mailto:fergdc at shaw.ca>
> 
> 
> 
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