MP 7,1 Thinking of upgrading to Sequoia

[macguru9999]

Hi, I'm Thinking of upgrading to Sequoia on my 7,1. After some pcie drive recognition issues with early sonoma I downgraded the machine to Monterey and its been fine ever since. I was thinking of upgrading to sequoia . Are there any problems ?? mine is a 16core with 384gb ram not that that matters.

 

[sfalatko]

Hi, I'm Thinking of upgrading to Sequoia on my 7,1. After some pcie drive recognition issues with early sonoma I downgraded the machine to Monterey and its been fine ever since. I was thinking of upgrading to sequoia . Are there any problems ?? mine is a 16core with 384gb ram not that that matters.

Sequoia seems to have fixed the issues with NVME drives disappearing that began in Sonoma. I (and many in the thread on the topic) have been using Sequoia on a separate drive since early beta and have had no issues. I updated my Sonoma install on the internal Apple drive last Monday and all has been well.

If you haven't taken a look check this thread (the last few pages would be most relevant) -

Mac Pro 2019 NVME Raid drives failing to mount

Hey guys, I am havining an inconsistant issue with both my NVME drive adapters intermittingly failing to mount on my 2019 Mac Pro on Monterey 12.6. I'm constantly having to restart the machine to get the drives to mount. No drive issues or fails via Disk Utility and just gives 'Invalid Disk'...

forums.macrumors.com

 

[rx7dude]

Hold off if you have a TB enclosure with SATA Drives. KP as soon as you access it.

Have a 2019 Mac Pro? Here's Our Advice on Whether or Not to Upgrade to macOS 15 Sequoia

Apple today has released its latest desktop operating system: macOS 15 Sequoia. If your workflow includes a 2019 Mac Pro, these are the storage related issues you need to know about.

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[profdraper]

Hi, I'm Thinking of upgrading to Sequoia on my 7,1. After some pcie drive recognition issues with early sonoma I downgraded the machine to Monterey and its been fine ever since. I was thinking of upgrading to sequoia . Are there any problems ?? mine is a 16core with 384gb ram not that that matters.

Personally, I wouldn’t bother & Sequoia is just more junk /bloatware from Apple; in my experience (& with a large install of 3rd party professional app, plus, VIs etc) - Monterey is indeed optimum for this machine. Everything still works as it should whereas from Sonoma onwards things start to go missing, non-functioning etc. If you *must* try other other systems then do run off different boot drives (tho’ this still doesn’t help with forced firmware updates. Otherwise, also see https://www.macintouch.com/post/42237/macos-15-sequoia-issues/

 

[doc4x5]

I'm a long way from any sort of power user but am reasonably adept for a person without a computer engineering degree. I'll never understand the urge some folks have to update as soon as a new OS arrives. If you're not skilled at repairing things, it's almost a guarantee of problems. I am a photographer, (no video) and am still suffering from mild PTSD from printer issues with older updates. I usually wait at least six months unless there's something compelling in the update which there rarely is.

I appreciate the early adopters as they report and suffer the problems the rest of us can then avoid.

 

[MisterAndrew]

I upgraded and the computer feels a little slower (delays with the cursor, etc.). iOS 18 is slower on my older iPhone too. Maybe the new softwares use more resources or they’re a little glitchy still. Could be AI integration; that’s pretty resource intensive.

It’s not a deal-breaker though. I still think it’s good to upgrade for the latest security updates.

 

[bradman83]

If you have the drive space why not make a Sequoia boot partition and test out your mission critical functions to see how they work? If you encounter dealbreaker bugs then you can easily revert back.

 

[tomekwsrod]

Do you have anything that you need for you in Sequoia that you don't have in Monterey? If Monterey is OK for your I'd suggest you not upgrade the OS until at least Apple fixes bugs.

Don't fall for the "improvements" bells&whistles marketed by Apple until you thoroughly read about bugs and inconveniences they cause, so that you're ready to deal with them.

MacOS seems to be no longer about performance improvements. As the folks above said, it is more and more about bloatware and features that there is no effortless way to disable (Services deamons are running in the background all the time even if you don't use them).

 

[MrScratchHook]

you should be fine on sonoma, i would do that instead

 

[avro707]

. Are there any problems ?? mine is a 16core with 384gb ram not that that matters.

If you do upgrade I'm interested to see how you go with the Duo card.

I found it terribly unreliable with W6800X Duo, I tried two different cards and both had endless kernel panics. Sonoma on the other hand is stable.

Only difference on the Sonoma machine I don't have any PCI-E storage to worry about.

 

[Ilikecheese_91]

I’m running off the internal storage. Haven’t had any issues since I did a fresh install on release day.

Speed seems fine, no weird random issues so far. Maybe my i9 MBP sequoia Issues are making the MacPro feel perfect.

 

[macguru9999]

If you do upgrade I'm interested to see how you go with the Duo card.

I found it terribly unreliable with W6800X Duo, I tried two different cards and both had endless kernel panics. Sonoma on the other hand is stable.

Only difference on the Sonoma machine I don't have any PCI-E storage to worry about.

I have not found any problems. Inside , apart from the vega2 duo video card , i have a simple nvme drive, a 2tb apple ssd, and 2 sata ssds. no problems found with sequoia

 

[ivion]

Sequoia feels very snappy. No problems with my Areca 1883 raid, w6900x and 8x 2tb software raid card. The snappiness of Sequoia is the reason that I started using the Mac Pro (2019) again next to my M3 Max MacBook Pro. Unfortunately some problems with the drivers of Canon pro 1100 series printer connected over the network (probably something with the network firewall settings?). YMMV depending on the software drivers you use.