Mac OS Big Sur 11.4 -> latest Big Sur or -> update to latest Sonoma

[KarlsMoody]

Hello everyone!

I have an M1 Macbook Air with 16GB, 256GB. The last time I updated my OS on this machine was way back, so it is currently on 11.4. I seem to remember reading about the then upcoming update being somewhat subpar, and I simply decided to stay with 11.4, because things had been running smoothly. I am not a power user by any means, but I am now curious about the latest OS. With my particular machine, would I be better off updating to the latest version of Sonoma, or the latest version of Big Sur? A clean install is out of the question. I have a fresh backup on an external SSD.

Thanks! And sorry, if the question is very basic or even stupid...

 

[chrfr]

Sonoma works just fine on these.

 

[FreakinEurekan]

Sonoma works great on Apple Silicon, I’d not hesitate to update.

 

[bogdanw]

I have an M1 Macbook Air with 16GB, 256GB.

I have that with 8GB RAM and Sonoma is running well. If you waited that long, maybe wait a little bit more for Sonoma 14.4.

 

[Makisupa Policeman]

Upgrade to Sonoma. Runs great on our M1 Air with 8GB.

 

[KarlsMoody]

I have that with 8GB RAM and Sonoma is running well. If you waited that long, maybe wait a little bit more for Sonoma 14.4.

Thanks to everyone for the replies, I am definitely doing the Sonoma update.

Is there a specific reason to hold out for the next update? Added performance, security, relevant features?

 

[chrfr]

Thanks to everyone for the replies, I am definitely doing the Sonoma update.

Is there a specific reason to hold out for the next update? Added performance, security, relevant features?

You could wait forever, but 11.4 is way out of date and Big Sur was fairly buggy so you're probably better off updating now.

 

[KarlsMoody]

You could wait forever, but 11.4 is way out of date and Big Sur was fairly buggy so you're probably better off updating now.

Yes, and I even set the blue desktop background from Mac OS X Tiger when I got this M1 Macbook Air as a throwback to my very first Mac (white Macbook), so it is truly a ridiculous configuration. But yeah, gonna update overnight, thanks everyone, this has saved me a lot of time.

 

[bogdanw]

Is there a specific reason to hold out for the next update? Added performance, security, relevant features?

macOS 14.4 Beta 5 is available (Feb 27, 2024), the final version should be released in the next two weeks.
I see no point in upgrading from 11.4 to 14.3.1 now and then update to 14.4 in two weeks.
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/macos-14-4-beta-5-bug-fixers-changes-and-more.2420568/
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201222

 

[NazleenaShaariin]

macOS 14.4 Beta 5 is available (Feb 27, 2024), the final version should be released in the next two weeks.
I see no point in upgrading from 11.4 to 14.3.1 now and then update to 14.4 in two weeks.
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/macos-14-4-beta-5-bug-fixers-changes-and-more.2420568/
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201222

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