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#251462 26-Jun-2019 14:17

Installed on a Late 2012 Mini i7/16Gb RAM/1Tb SSD last night; no major issues identified as yet. Some cosmetic changes to Photos app; iTunes has finally died, may it rest in peace. Early beta so a few rough edges and a little laggy but entirely serviceable on a non-critical machine.

Not brave enough to install on my work machine though :-)

Anyone else running Catalina currently?

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#2265051 26-Jun-2019 14:21

Yup running on my 2018 MacBook Pro and hackintosh , Have not run into any issues yet, Zero support for 32bit stuff but don't have anything like that on mine anyway.

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#2265059 26-Jun-2019 14:28

Good point - sadly I have 34(!) 32-bit apps showing up on my work machine, although only 6 of them actually get used for work - I can't switch until these are updated or an alternative pops up. Mostly old versions of EndNote, SPSS and other dull but worthy stuff. Some foreplay required!

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#2265085 26-Jun-2019 14:57

Will if run on HFS, or does it force an upgrade to APFS?

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#2265087 26-Jun-2019 15:02

wellygary:

Will if run on HFS, or does it force an upgrade to APFS?

Have not done it myself but you can force it to stay on HFS I believe.

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#2265090 26-Jun-2019 15:03

Folk have got it running on HFS if a bit clunky

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/catalina-on-hfs-a-howto.2185499/

I have used APFS for a while now so no personal experience

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#2265172 26-Jun-2019 16:48

bendud:

Folk have got it running on HFS if a bit clunky

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/catalina-on-hfs-a-howto.2185499/

I have used APFS for a while now so no personal experience

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I'm running an earlier fusion drives in a 2012 iMac 128GB +1TB ,

I read APFS is still twitchy on Fusions....