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Mac Mini (Late 2018) users should refrain from upgrading to macOS Catalina 10.15.
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<blockquote data-quote="krs" data-source="post: 1836365" data-attributes="member: 67742"><p>Hmmmm...the way I read it, it <strong>does</strong> matter - a lot actually.</p><p>Per the first post:</p><p></p><p></p><p>So if your new 2018 Mini comes with Mojave, the chances are that it has the original firmware and operation with external monitors is OK, if it comes preinstalled with Catalina, it will have the updated firmware and ther is (or might be) an issue using an external monitor.</p><p></p><p>Raises two additional questions in my mind:</p><p>1. What about older Minis like the 2012 I have? It will run Catalina but for some reason the warning is only for Late 2018 Minis. Do these older Minis have firmware that doesn't need to be updated for Catalina and they therefore don't have that problem?</p><p>2. How can Apple possibly have missed that issue in their various product testing cycles? A Mini has to have an external display to operate - it's not like a MacBook or iMac where a display is sort of an "add-on".</p><p></p><p>What do people do who did the upgrade? Their Minis suddenly became unusable.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="krs, post: 1836365, member: 67742"] Hmmmm...the way I read it, it [B]does[/B] matter - a lot actually. Per the first post: So if your new 2018 Mini comes with Mojave, the chances are that it has the original firmware and operation with external monitors is OK, if it comes preinstalled with Catalina, it will have the updated firmware and ther is (or might be) an issue using an external monitor. Raises two additional questions in my mind: 1. What about older Minis like the 2012 I have? It will run Catalina but for some reason the warning is only for Late 2018 Minis. Do these older Minis have firmware that doesn't need to be updated for Catalina and they therefore don't have that problem? 2. How can Apple possibly have missed that issue in their various product testing cycles? A Mini has to have an external display to operate - it's not like a MacBook or iMac where a display is sort of an "add-on". What do people do who did the upgrade? Their Minis suddenly became unusable. [/QUOTE]
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