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<blockquote data-quote="unblocktheplanet" data-source="post: 1910783" data-attributes="member: 410160"><p>Thanks, Rod. Very much appreciate your advice. A fresh Mojave install on a new SSD would give me some breathing room & I could, at some future point, ‘upgrade’ to Monterey. My wife has it but she uses her Mac very differently than I.</p><p></p><p>Most of the apps I have are drag&drop rather than installer pkgs.</p><p></p><p>I was trying to be a bit oblique but I’d better be direct. Most of my software came from torrents with sns from SerialBox or KCNscrew. They all work, no trojans, no malware, no security issues.</p><p></p><p>Look, there’s a lot of philosophy around this issue. But I’m betting Monterey would lock a lot of these out. I’m not a cheapskate but I’m definitely financially constrained in old age. I don’t want to shell out for apps I use once in a blue moon.</p><p></p><p>A lot of my software is shareware. I’ve sent donations for the apps I use frequently. Some is GitHub open-source.</p><p></p><p>But there are biggies, too: Adobe Acrobat, FineReader, MS Office, ReadIris, Stuffit are not paid for nor am I interested in being locked into a subscription model for apps I barely use. (Handy when you need ‘em, though.)</p><p></p><p>The point is, of course, I’ve got too much, used too little.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Some of these cannot be updated on High Sierra, such as calibre. Perhaps some can be updated on Mojave.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="unblocktheplanet, post: 1910783, member: 410160"] Thanks, Rod. Very much appreciate your advice. A fresh Mojave install on a new SSD would give me some breathing room & I could, at some future point, ‘upgrade’ to Monterey. My wife has it but she uses her Mac very differently than I. Most of the apps I have are drag&drop rather than installer pkgs. I was trying to be a bit oblique but I’d better be direct. Most of my software came from torrents with sns from SerialBox or KCNscrew. They all work, no trojans, no malware, no security issues. Look, there’s a lot of philosophy around this issue. But I’m betting Monterey would lock a lot of these out. I’m not a cheapskate but I’m definitely financially constrained in old age. I don’t want to shell out for apps I use once in a blue moon. A lot of my software is shareware. I’ve sent donations for the apps I use frequently. Some is GitHub open-source. But there are biggies, too: Adobe Acrobat, FineReader, MS Office, ReadIris, Stuffit are not paid for nor am I interested in being locked into a subscription model for apps I barely use. (Handy when you need ‘em, though.) The point is, of course, I’ve got too much, used too little. Some of these cannot be updated on High Sierra, such as calibre. Perhaps some can be updated on Mojave. [/QUOTE]
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