Just downloaded it now and applying the update too...

Good luck !

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In reply to a post by TinyMongomery:

You're right; the system requirements seem to have changed at some point. But it still supports my Mac mini, so I'll give it a whirl.

To be honest, I haven't noticed the OS becoming more like a mobile phone. It works better with them than older versions, but the functionality is completely different. I can't imagine using XCode on a phone (or even a tablet).

i think it is because Mac OS started to integrate IOS stuff too much. buyt then windows have become more like a mobile os with flipping apps and stuff like that.
My friend is not sure if I will cope with Mac Os for any length of time as it is more limited than windows, but windows is going that way, so i may as well make a new start.

If you say so. I use iMac OS every day and don’t notice any intrusive resemblance to iOS. But if you do, and it bothers you, you’d be wasting your money to buy a Mac.

Go for a nice Linux or FreeBSD machine and enjoy a phone and tablet free experience. It’ll be cheaper too.

In reply to a post by SteveBushell999:

Good luck !

Cheers. Keep looking for breakages.... So far so good.

In reply to a post by TinyMongomery:

If you say so. I use iMac OS every day and don’t notice any intrusive resemblance to iOS.

System Settings in Ventura now looks very iOS like indeed.

In reply to a post by zyborg47:

...she hates the newer versions of Mac Os, her view is it makes her computer more like a mobile phone. I heard that somewhere else.

I expect she will get a Mac studio at some point.

Not sure how's she's going to reconcile those two facets then as a Mac Studio will now ship with Ventura (or Monterey if its a pre-existing stock unit). Perhaps she will love and hate it at the same time!

If she waits a month or two, then it's possible it will be fitted with an M2-based Max or Ultra processor. There are strong rumours circulating the Mini will also get an M2 heart transplant come November so that could be alternative if she doesn't need all those cores.

In reply to a post by TinyMongomery:

If you say so. I use iMac OS every day and don’t notice any intrusive resemblance to iOS. But if you do, and it bothers you, you’d be wasting your money to buy a Mac.

Go for a nice Linux or FreeBSD machine and enjoy a phone and tablet free experience. It’ll be cheaper too.

Hang on, hang on It is not me, that is my friend saying it. She has used apple machines for years, she has an old Mac G3, the one with the CRT built in, shows how long she has been using Macs.

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In reply to a post by SteveBushell999:

Good luck !

Cheers. Keep looking for breakages.... So far so good.

How are you getting on with Stage Manager? I saw a video of someone using it, seems a bit of a fraff, I suppose it is something you get used to.