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TLDR; The author hasn’t upgraded, and while they have some well-founded concerns they haven’t actually used it.

It’s going to be difficult to make anyone happy with this release that has already decided they don’t like it.

You know why I haven't actually used it? Because I've read enough experiences from tech-savvy people and power users who actually used it, and based on what I've read, plus all the things that Catalina would disrupt for me, my work, and how I use my Macs, I've made my cost/benefit analysis and decided that no, I'm not going to upgrade to Catalina.

It has been a perfectly informed decision from someone who has been using Macs since 1989. I haven't got out of bed on the wrong side the other day and just decided I didn't like Catalina.

If it's breaking 32-bit apps, and you need at least one 32-bit app (for the author, Aperture), that's kind of all you need to know.

Aperture is a 64 bit app. Still doesn't work, though.

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