Mojave is dead

It is that time again. Another MacOS has been forced to lay its head on the chopping block.

This time around it is Mojave (mo-HAH-vee) or 10.14 to its friends.

For those that never met this OS, it is often (and curiously) referred to as Mo-Jave

Released in 2018 this operating system offered features such as stronger non-tracking in Safari as well as group chats in FaceTime. The App Store also got some love with a redesign as well but essentially when installed it felt like a tweaked version of High Sierra. And, a lot like Grandparent visits, not all of the tweaks felt good.

Drive formats were automatically converted to APFS – Apple’s then newly minted hard disk formatting scheme – and this seemed to have the affect of slowing down those models that had the traditional spinning drive.

We have replaced a lot of drives for SSD’s since 2018

It also continued the friendly warning dialog box that reminded older apps would no longer work in the future. This warning was to turn into a karate shop to the neck with Big Sur when these beloved apps were silenced forever. 

Anyway, so much for the history lesson. 

If you are reading this and you are running Mojave then I am afraid you are no longer receiving security updates from Apple. Now practically, what does this mean? Well after the recently rushed updates needed for Monterey it might mean you are more open to attack than ever before.

It might be time to update your software or, in the case of macs older than 2012, a new Mac.

Firstly let us see if you are running Mojave and if you are, can you update the software.

Click on the Apple menu and choose About this Mac

This will tell you if you are running Mojave. If you are then we need to talk. If you aren’t and the OS on display is anything other than Catalina, Big Sur or Monterey then we still need to talk. 

Now that we know what you are currently running… can you run anything better?

If your Mac is is 2012 or older then chances are… no, and you should be looking at a new Mac.

However, if you are running Mojave and your Mac is 2012 or better then we could look at upgrading the OS.

If you don’t feel confident with this then this is where we come in… just give us a call and we can arrange pick up or drop off and we can apply the update and mop up any of the issues that might occur along the way.

If you want to have a go… here’s how.

Open the Utilities folder and open Disk Utility.

Highlight Macintosh HD and then click on First Aid. This will check out the hard disk and make sure all is well.

If you get a green light, open up System Preferences

Click on Software Update.

Apply any updates on offer. You might have to repeat this process a couple of times to capture everything.

Remember this is all in order to remain current (or as current as possible) to stay safe. It may come with some headaches and costs in the form of upgraded software (Office, Indesign an so on) but it is worth it in the end and the unavoidable price of a computer connected to the cesspool that is the internet.