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macOS yearly updates haven't been great since they started but Tahoe is a new low.

Apple really needs to turn things around.

Sometime around High Sierra, I changed my habit such that I don't upgrade to the next major release until August. By then, it's been patched a half dozen times or so. Yes, I'm basically a year behind all the time, but I don't need the new features.

Since Yosemite (which was really bad for me) I typically stay with a major version 2-3 years.

Yosemite > El Capitan > High Sierra > Big Sur > Ventura > Sequoia

I won't be installing Tahoe for the time being. Hoping macOS 27 will be an improvement.

Are you running Apple Silicon now? I’m still on an intel machine with Sequoia. I doubt that I’ll upgrade it to Tahoe this fall and stick with it until Sequoia stops receiving security updates. Then I’ll have to upgrade hardware I guess… hoping have things sorted by then.

Tahoe has made it so I will return to this upgrade strategy. I regret upgrading to Tahoe almost every day. If nothing else, the music apps on macOS and iOS cause me almost daily headaches.

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