How long can I expect Catalina to be supported?

[edubfromktown]

It wasn't, though. Big Sur is (at this time), although it continues Catalina's downward slide. And no one knows whether or not the successor to Big Sur will be ARM-only or not at this point.

Yeh I get it... my wandering thoughts were off a bit lol

2020 Intel hardware came with Catalina installed (and no backward compatibility with Mojave, which I would have preferred installing) - that's what I meant by "final" Intel processor release.

Either way, my stuff running on Catalina will be fine for now and if they kill support and updates before US guvt guidelines which they've sort of followed in the past so be it.

 

[88Fiero]

Catalina *requires* 64bit apps so we have lost special purpose apps that we relied upon daily. Who knows why the 32 bit apps aren't being upgraded: covid death, just too much work etc. Might have to cart around both 7 inch mac minis with me as long as this keeps up.
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[Ethosik]

Meanwhile windows 10 runs flawless on my 2006 PC, supports 32 bit apps etc. Despite all of the "bloat" that windows supposedly has, it still boots and runs faster than a modern mac.

Not sure if you heard but Windows 11 won't support 2017 systems. Needs to be 8th gen Intel and equivalent AMD. People aren't happy about this. But sometimes cutting out old systems is necessary.

 

[Insidious]

Catalina’s end is nigh, eh? That really sucks. I’m still rocking a 2012 Mac Mini and I know I can get a few more years out of it. I remember some years back, a lot of you stuck with Snow Leopard beyond its support, but how dangerous is it to continue using an older OS without security updates?

 

[rovostrov]

Catalina’s end is nigh, eh? That really sucks. I’m still rocking a 2012 Mac Mini and I know I can get a few more years out of it. I remember some years back, a lot of you stuck with Snow Leopard beyond its support, but how dangerous is it to continue using an older OS without security updates?

I think security updates are important but also think security THREATS are a bit overblown. By practicing safe browsing and download habits, everything should be fine. Run malwarebytes occassionally for peace of mind. I'm stuck at Catalina on a 2012 but have no complaints and dont plan on upgrading/updating until at least end of 2023 or early 2024

 

[Andrea Filippini]

It seems that OS Catalina will be supported up to November 2022 (if we accept the deadline of the previous OS security updates).

 

[mjturner]

Catalina’s end is nigh, eh? That really sucks. I’m still rocking a 2012 Mac Mini and I know I can get a few more years out of it. I remember some years back, a lot of you stuck with Snow Leopard beyond its support, but how dangerous is it to continue using an older OS without security updates?

Personally, I'm not a fan of using an operating system that's no longer receiving security updates. Your 2012 Mini will run Monterey well with OpenCore Legacy Patcher - I use exactly that combination myself.

 

[sysfu]

Personally, I'm not a fan of using an operating system that's no longer receiving security updates. Your 2012 Mini will run Monterey well with OpenCore Legacy Patcher - I use exactly that combination myself.

Thank you for posting about this utility! Had no idea it was possible to run newer versions of macOS on older hardware. Had resigned myself to dumping the computer once I started getting 'shoved off the unsupported OS software upgrade cliff'

 

[ProTruckDriver]

I just read about that app a few days ago here: https://osxdaily.com/2023/02/17/run-macos-ventura-on-unsupported-mac-with-opencore/
If you try the app, let us know how you like it. I may have to use it on this Mac since I only can upgrade to macOS Monterey.