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Re: Big Sur
« Reply #15 on: November 17, 2020, 10:59:03 AM »
Excellent suggestion, as always.  :whoosh:
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Re: Big Sur
« Reply #16 on: November 17, 2020, 12:04:12 PM »
I wish I'd installed Catalina on my MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2014). Now they only offer Big Sur.  :tears:
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Re: Big Sur
« Reply #17 on: November 17, 2020, 12:18:56 PM »
I did a search for a Catalina installer and came up with this. I have never used this site and can't vouch for its security or safety.

Eureka! Go to this site and click the link on Catalina. It takes you to App Store. I tried searching App Store previously but had no success.
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Re: Big Sur
« Reply #18 on: November 17, 2020, 03:04:45 PM »
I think you can also install several recent Mac OS's from this Apple page: How to get old versions of macOS.
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Re: Big Sur
« Reply #19 on: November 17, 2020, 05:16:40 PM »
Jon! Thank you!  :yahoo:

Quote from: jchuzi on November 17, 2020, 12:18:56 PM
I did a search for a Catalina installer and came up with this. I have never used this site and can't vouch for its security or safety.

Eureka! Go to this site and click the link on Catalina. It takes you to App Store. I tried searching App Store previously but had no success.
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Re: Big Sur
« Reply #20 on: November 26, 2020, 10:07:23 AM »
For users of Carbon Copy Cloner: Apparently, CCC 5.1.23 is not a beta any longer, despite the headline at Yes, you can have bootable backups on macOS Big Sur. When I launched CCC and checked for updates, this new version was listed as available and no mention was made of a beta.
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Re: Big Sur
« Reply #21 on: November 26, 2020, 11:00:06 AM »
Yes, I got an automatic update notice yesterday for 5.1.23 (build 6121). I failed to copy the changes info.
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Re: Big Sur
« Reply #22 on: November 26, 2020, 12:11:03 PM »
The major feature for Big Sur users is that CCC can create a bootable clone. Unfortunately, that only works for Intel Macs, not M1. Hopefully, this will be corrected in the future.
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Re: Big Sur
« Reply #23 on: December 19, 2020, 06:01:40 PM »
I upgraded to Big Sur today but not without a glitch. I successfully downloaded the upgrade via Software Update but when I ran it, I got a window with no progress bar but nevertheless had an estimate of time remaining to prepare the hard drive. Eventually, it had a message that it was quitting open apps and waiting to restart; this never happened. The computer then went to sleep according to my Energy Saver preferences. I woke the computer, quit Installer, and restarted. Then I ran Installer again, and this time, all went well except that the initial Big Sur screen was faded, and I had to click in the window to make it appear normal. (Naturally, I had updated two clones of Catalina beforehand.)

I will have to get used to the new appearance of Mail and Safari which, initially, I don't like. My wife will issue lots of complaints so I'm bracing for her wrath. My printer software had, for no apparent reason, reverted to Airprint, which I do not want. Consequently, I reset the printing system and reinstalled the Epson driver. I had to redo my presets, but that wasn't a big deal.
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