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Does anyone installed Sierra on a 2010 Macbook ...

Hello everybody,

Does anyone successfully installed Sierra on a 2010 Macbook Pro?

Was it a good idea?

Have a good day everyone

Does anyone successfully installed Sierra on a 2010 Macbook Pro?

Yes (13"). No problems whatsoever.

Was it a good idea?

What is your definition of both a "good idea" and a "bad idea"?

Only you know the answers to that question.

Noting that your profile indicates you are doing audio production on that Mac, you might want to determine if all of your software and hardware work with Sierra prior to upgrading.

Thank you,

"Good idea" in the sense that your machine didn't get slower, didn't encounter any specific problem, and that overall, Sierra gave you the benefits of a brand new system with the news features and you didn't regret installing it. Siri on the mac seems to be a great thing.

Yes I work with audio production (Logic Pro) and video (Adobe Premiere)

Thanks for your time and have a good day

Sierra gave you the benefits of a brand new system

I have never assumed an OS would give me that.

Apple writes an OS to take advantage of the new hardware they are building. They are not an OS company like Microsoft. Apple builds and sells hardware, bundling a unified OS with that hardware. Only a brand new system will give you the benefits of a brand new system.

As for me, I also put in an SSD, so it is hard to tell performance difference as related to the OS or the SSD.

It does provide some betting integration with my iPhone and iPad. I don't find much use for Siri. Even on my iPhone, I only use it for hands free operation.

Yes I work with audio production (Logic Pro) and video (Adobe Premiere)

Then you will need to verify that all of your software, hardware, and plugins will continue to work under Sierra.

If they are not compatible, then it would obviously be a bad idea for you. However, as I don't use either of those programs, it was a good idea for me.

Thanks for your response.

I have never assumed an OS would give me that.

Apple writes an OS to take advantage of the new hardware they are building. They are not an OS company like Microsoft. Apple builds and sells hardware, bundling a unified OS with that hardware. Only a brand new system will give you the benefits of a brand new system.

It's true that Apple is not a OS company like Microsoft, but many professionals (and non pros) buy their hardware because of their OS, and all its great features, higher security, usability, etc etc.

With Sierra, it looks like Apple took a brand new step towards the iOS environment, which seems to be a brand new choice compared to all other OS from the past.

As for me, I also put in an SSD, so it is hard to tell performance difference as related to the OS or the SSD.

Yes, that's what I'm planning to do too, so to improve the overall performance of my MacBook.

Then you will need to verify that all of your software, hardware, and plugins will continue to work under Sierra.

If they are not compatible, then it would obviously be a bad idea for you. However, as I don't use either of those programs, it was a good idea for me.

Yes, it's on my checklist, thanks. That's very important.

Have a good day

Gosh, so polite Azurircred... how you stayed so polite to that utterly useless, the-sun-is-bright, the-moon-not-so-much, newest-hardware-always-run-better, everyone-has-different-experience "expert" analysis by Baryney ol man there, I don't know.

Anyone got anything more to add on how Sierra is running on a 2010 era MBP? with or without SSD/RAM upgrades?

It's useful to know that kinda stuff before you get suckered into planned obsolescence.

I thought Barney-15E 's response was a good one. Sierra runs well for me. Your experience may be different because of the third party apps you have installed. Hence Barney's caution about ensuring that installed third party apps should be checked for compatibility before upgrading.

What planned obsolescence are you referring to? Are you aware of some Apple conspiracy? Please let us know.

I have to admit that I agree, somewhat, with @borzy.

I have a mid-2010, 15" MacBook Pro with 8GB RAM and 500GB HD. What I expect Azurirircred was looking for is similar to what I'd like to know; Such as, does the initial boot up take longer, does the login take longer, does it crash and restart more or less, does it open applications slower and can the same number run at the same time just as well.

This is the sort of thing I've been looking for and not really found an answer. Side-tracking onto debates about whether Apple is an OS company is not helpful.

Can anyone provide feedback on the above points?

@Azuriricred did you do it in the end and what is your machine like now?

Such as, does the initial boot up take longer, does the login take longer, does it crash and restart more or less, does it open applications slower and can the same number run at the same time just as well.

You'd have to find someone who takes regular notes on their boot up times and actually shuts down or restarts their Mac periodically. I only restart when I install an update or upgrade the OS. I don't notice any difference logging in or out, nor switching between my account and my wife's, but that is all anecdotal. The only way to get a true comparison is if you find someone who sits around and times each restart, login, logout. Otherwise it's just a feeling.

It shouldn't crash or restart at all. I've never owned a Mac that does that with any OS. My daughter's Mid 2010 MBP had the faulty Nvidia graphics card (as yours might), but we had that repaired by Apple when they offered to fix it for free. If you have a Mac doing that at all there is something wrong with the hardware or there is incompatible system modifications installed. I don't know if she has upgraded that Mac to Sierra, but I'll ask when I see her later this week. Her RAM is maxed out, but it still has a spinning hard drive.

I have never noticed any slow opening in any OS including this one (short of Microsoft's latest debacle with fonts in Office 2016). I've also never noticed any limitations on running apps, but I have never needed to pay attention to that.

There was no "sidetrack" to an OS debate. The question if the new OS would make your Mac new again. It won't because of the reasons stated. The older your Mac is, the less the new OS is going to benefit you and it may even hurt performance. I think Snow Leopard was the only OS that likely improved performance in older hardware, but that was because the goal of that OS was to optimize the previous OS and begin the transition to a full 64-bit OS, not bring added features. However, it certainly cut out some of the older hardware (PowerPC Macs).

There is no need to ask anyone. Anecdotal reports are of no value to your Mac and your needs, and half-baked conspiracy theories are of no value to anyone.

Find out for yourself. Read Upgrading to macOS "Sierra" without fear.

The OS works great, I did a clean install a few weeks ago..  However I am not able to play 1080 video in Premiere, even to do simple edits. I have a newer Samsung SSD and 16gb of RAM and it doesn't seem to matter. I just don't think the hardware is up to the task...

I just bought a mid-2010 MacBook Pro and installed Sierra easily.

Not sure yet if I should have saved my money for a newer model of MacBook.

I tried watching CNN Live streaming and the comp got too hot, fans blasting and CPU maxed out.

Same thing happened when I loaded photos from my iPhone 7 into the laptop's photo app.

I have just 6 gigs of ram, but can you tell me if the processor isn't up to the needs of what's common

in 2017.

I appreciate your insight.

basie

Hello I upgraded from El Capitan to Sierra on a Macbook Pro Mid 2010 with 16Gb of ram (OWC RAM) and a 1TB SSD.

I use this computer for packaging design, I use photoshop and illustrator heavily with multiple layer 300 dpi files, parallels emulating windows with 3D app running for simple model rendering, safari with at least 10 tabs opened, notes, WhatsApp, textedit, pages, calculator... this is my every day number of apps running at the same time with lots of switching between this apps... so its a good test, its real every day work exemple, not just app starting or system boot up... its heavy on the system the way I work. With el capitan everything was smooth, and mavericks was even better, but I need el capitan for adobe CC 2017.

I did noticed more lag, sierra its slower and heavier on a macbook pro mid2010... el capitan was more responsive. I downgraded to el capitan today and I'll see how it goes again.

Yes I do it.

Mac Os Sierra 10.12.4

Running on a MAcBook Pro 15 mid 2010

2,66 GHZ Intel Core i7

8 GB Ram

But on a new brand HDD 1Tb that I installed because the mac performance was getting worse and lately it took many time to start.

Now starts very quickly. And is working fine with any app.

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