RE: Upgrading to Catalina from high Sierra

2019-12-19 Thread Simon A Fogarty
So long as vo is running there should be no issues setting it up or using it. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Phil Halton Sent: Friday, 20 December 2019 3:26 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Upgrading to Catalina from high Sierra Thanks Brad, that’s very

Re: Upgrading to Catalina from high Sierra

2019-12-19 Thread Brad Snyder
Tim, thanks for the clarification. I stand corrected. - Brad - > On Dec 19, 2019, at 09:20, 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > Hi, Just to clarify. When installing from the Internet Recovery option (cmd-option-r), yes, it would revert back to your original stock installation ver

Re: Upgrading to Catalina from high Sierra

2019-12-19 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
Hi, Just to clarify. When installing from the Internet Recovery option (cmd-option-r), yes, it would revert back to your original stock installation version such as 10.8 Mountain Lion. Whereas if you use the local Recovery option (cmd-r), it will download and install the latest version of Mac

Re: Upgrading to Catalina from high Sierra

2019-12-19 Thread Brad Snyder
Yes, your original email said you are running High Sierra on your MacBook Air. You should have no accessibility issues with the installation process. I have done this procedure many times, and it is all very VoiceOver accessible. BTW - installation of the OS using the Recovery menu (CMD + R), wo

Re: Upgrading to Catalina from high Sierra

2019-12-19 Thread Phil Halton
Thanks Brad, that’s very helpful because I am running high sierra. Sounds pretty straightforward, are there any glitches I might encounter like silent screens and places where VO isn’t talking but I have to enter something and so forth? Sent from my IPhone > On Dec 18, 2019, at 9:00 PM, Brad

Re: Upgrading to Catalina from high Sierra

2019-12-18 Thread Brad Snyder
I have a 2013 MacBook Air with an i5 1.3 GHz processor, 4 GB of RAM and 128 GB SSD, and I am running Catalina with no issue. You should have no problem running Catalina on your machine as its specs exceed mine. To upgrade your MacBook Air to Catalina from High Sierra, do the following: 1. Open

RE: Upgrading to Catalina from high Sierra

2019-12-18 Thread Simon A Fogarty
Yeah it is. It’s the same age as my mba and it has Catalina running. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Phil Halton Sent: Thursday, 19 December 2019 1:37 PM To: Macvisionaries Subject: Upgrading to Catalina from high Sierra I have a Mac book Air

Re: Upgrading to Catalina from high Sierra

2019-12-18 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
2012 and newer will take Catalina. What OS are you now running? Catalina will require the APFS format. Generally you can run the upgrade from Software Update (if Mojave) or from the Mac app store (if older OS). From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many believe that we have be

Upgrading to Catalina from high Sierra

2019-12-18 Thread Phil Halton
I have a Mac book Air that I bought in august of 2013. I7 intel, 8GB ram 256 flash drive. Is this machine capable of handling the upgrade? Also, I’ve always just upgraded over the previous OS without doing a clean install. And, I do my upgrades not from a flash drive, but from the recovery menu