Before upgrading to High Sierra, check your drives

[Possum]

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/09/apple-file-system-in-macos-high-sierra-wont-work-with-fusion-drives/

[Farabomb]

Wow Apple, you can't get any more obvious about your drive for engineered obsolescence. I get it, selling hardware has a huge profit margin.

Not that people don't already know...

[t-pat]

I'm still really annoyed that they orphaned the core 2 duo machines. I'm sitting on a 15" mbp that is basically useless to me, and just last night fired up my sister in law's iMac c2d which also is a dead end. Maybe I'll just install Windows 10 on them. That ought to be fun.

[Ear]

I can't help but read your posts as Ricky, t-pat. Makes it all sooper funny

[DigiCorn]

I can't help but read your posts as Ricky, t-pat. Makes it all sooper funny

I see the pic as someone mooning him; not Randy's fat cheeseburger stomach.

[frailer]

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/09/apple-file-system-in-macos-high-sierra-wont-work-with-fusion-drives/

thanks. Our 2 new iMacs are fusion... we've been alerted, then.   :rolleyes:

[Joe]

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/09/apple-file-system-in-macos-high-sierra-wont-work-with-fusion-drives/

thanks. Our 2 new iMacs are fusion... we've been alerted, then.  :rolleyes:

You can install High Sierra on them. It just won't put the new file system on it. The problem is if you had a previously installed beta version of High Sierra which did put the new file system on the Fusion drive it will hose the Fusion HD when you try to install the release version of HS over the beta version of HS.

[frailer]

Thanks... I was over-thinking it.

[mattbeals]

Before you upgrade be sure to check with your software vendors that their products support Mac OS X 10.13 / High Sierra.

[abc]

Just to second Matt, new file system = whole heap of trouble.
Seriously would you even consider running it on a production machine?
Isn't prepress difficult enough without inviting disaster?

[Joe]

Just to second Matt, new file system = whole heap of trouble.
Seriously would you even consider running it on a production machine?
Isn't prepress difficult enough without inviting disaster?

I like a challenge!

[Slappy]

Just to second Matt, new file system = whole heap of trouble.
Seriously would you even consider running it on a production machine?
Isn't prepress difficult enough without inviting disaster?

And there's always ONE person in the dept that thinks updating immediately will give them an "edge" but they don't bother to think of the ramifications, then can't do any work for a week cause they have to try & roll back to the previous OS.

Warnings noted, I'll do my best to stave off the Early Adopters.

[abc]

What are the actual benefits?
Not even bothered to look yet.

[Joe]

What are the actual benefits?
Not even bothered to look yet.

The new file system. That doesn't work on Apple's own Fusion drives.

HEVC. The new standard for video.

Metal 2. A graphics game changer.

Virtual reality for Mac.

Photos. More ways to edit. More ways to organize. More ways to wow.

Perfect your best shots with advanced editing tools.

The People album gets even better with faces.

An expanded sidebar.

Relive your favorite moments with new Memories.

Intelligent Tracking Prevention. Keep your browsing to yourself.

Say goodbye to videos that auto‑play. (I can get on board with this one)

Let Siri be your personal DJ.

Siri gets even more expressive.

Expand your search with Spotlight.

Top Hits. A smarter way to search in Mail.

Capture the moment in FaceTime.

Keep important notes at the top with pins.

Take note: Now you can add tables to Notes.

iCloud storage plans. With room for the whole family.

Share with anyone right from iCloud Drive.


To sum up: Not much.

[Ear]

Glad I went with SSD on both new Macs, instead of Fusion, FFS.