This might sound controversial, but resist that big MacOS update, for now!
MacOS is changing with BigSur. Not only does the OS X era really end at 10.15 as we are introduced to BigSur (11.0) around late September, but the fundamentals of the operating system will change too. But why is this important to me, you ask?
Well as your average Mac user, as soon as Apple press the big red “Go Live” button on BigSur, you will see little red icon appear on your system preferences, as well as a nice little banner on both your notifications and App Store telling you to upgrade now to the future with MacOS BigSur. Believe me, I understand the excitement of a new update! And with all of this the temptation, it will be really easy to simply press the button and see what the future holds.
However the reason for writing this article is to implore you to wait…. BigSur will be the start of what ushers in the ARM based Mac era. However, with this a number of your current business applications will have to be altered or may not even work at all, this is the big unknown with a change of this magnitude. While Apple and 3rd Parties can try their best to work together to ensure functionality there is an inherent risk that, at launch, a number of your key applications won’t work as expected.
This apprehension is born from initial findings and decisions by Apple to change the way that the OS functions, the biggest impact will be seen to 3rd Party Security software or Anti-viruses. As they will no longer be able to directly talk in the way they have previously to the Mac, this means for many vendors a rush to produce a whole new Antivirus solution that works on the new MacOS BigSur.
So our advice is simple, HOLD OFF!
I know we usually recommend to keep all devices up to date, but please don’t rush to upgrade your device this time. If you use it for work in anyway you are going to want to stay on the latest secure update of 10.15 MacOS Catalina for a while. We intend to notify our customers and followers once we have been able to establish that it is in fact now a safe time to migrate. This will be in the form of another blog just like this so keep your eyes peeled.
I know this goes against the usual advice you might hear from us or other IT experts, so in the meantime if you would like to discuss with myself or any of the highly skilled team here at Planet IT about how to keep your business operating, secure and safe in the changing world of the Mac you can reach us using the contact details below;
Contact me at – LinkedIn Message James Dell or Email : [email protected]
Talk to the rest of the team – Call 01235 433900 or Email : [email protected]
