I sold a 2011 mac mini on ebay and the customer asked for advice on migrating from an older mini running 10.7. I told him that I've never heard of anyone jumping more than 3 versions without at least a little trouble - I warned about software conflicts and old driver issues, but he wanted to try it anyway.

A few days later he reports that all went well and everyone is happy. I'm a little stunned. It wasn't a work machine - just a granny using it on sundays kinda thing, but still - I'm impressed that it worked. So now I can't say that I've never heard of anyone doing a LONGSHOT migration successfully.

He may have done a nuke and pave - that's what I would have done.

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It is what it is.



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"A few days later," you say? Might take a little longer for wonkiness to manifest....

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rj
AKA
Vreemac, Moth of the Future

Those who don't have trouble probably don't talk loudly about it on the internet

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for folks whose computing lives revolve around using stock apps in stock configurations, I'd guess that making a big jump like this probably works more than 90% of the time.

It's us weirdos with 3rd party apps, peripherals, etc, that are more likely to run into issues.

Just my guess.

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clay
for folks whose computing lives revolve around using stock apps in stock configurations, I'd guess that making a big jump like this probably works more than 90% of the time.

It's us weirdos with 3rd party apps, peripherals, etc, that are more likely to run into issues.

Just my guess.

a good guess I suspect