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Is there any good reason to update from Mojave to Catalina?

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Is there any good reason to update from Mojave to Catalina or should I just wait until Big Sur is released?
I don't see any features worth updating for when I have a stable Mojave install, in fact the removal of 32 bit apps is a reason not to upgrade on it's own.

I'm wondering if maybe I missed something because I see a lot of people on this forum have already upgraded. Better just to wait it out?
 
Is there any good reason to update from Mojave to Catalina or should I just wait until Big Sur is released?
I don't see any features worth updating for when I have a stable Mojave install, in fact the removal of 32 bit apps is a reason not to upgrade on it's own.

I'm wondering if maybe I missed something because I see a lot of people on this forum have already upgraded. Better just to wait it out?
Having MacOS Sierra / High Sierra / Mojave / Catalina all present on my main and Kaby systems, I agree with you that "I don't see any features worth updating for". If you have a stable Mojave install I don't see how Catalina is necessary at this point in time.

I only just installed Catalina 10.15.6 at the end of July, and afterwards found out about a serious kernel memory leak bug in it. Luckily I don't depend on it for my work (specifically virtualization with VMware Fusion), otherwise I would have been severely hampered at that time.

The problem has since been fixed with a Supplemental Update, and now there is 10.15.7 which may bring with its own suite of problems like high CPU usage in a process called "accountsd" :

My opinion is, if you are good on Mojave, there is no need to "upgrade" to Catalina (unless you have hardware that demands such an "upgrade") and you can wait to see what happens with Big Sur.
 
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Thanks for the info, I have a friend who's even having bugs with Catalina on his iMac and Macbook! Mojave seems to be more stable overall, and Catalina doesn't really bring anything new to the table worth risking my stability. It's another one of Apple's "major OS updates" that is basically the same as it's predecessor. They've been doing that forever.

I'll back up my drive and give Big Sur a try once it's been released long enough/stable.
 
Thanks for the info, I have a friend who's even having bugs with Catalina on his iMac and Macbook! Mojave seems to be more stable overall, and Catalina doesn't really bring anything new to the table worth risking my stability. It's another one of Apple's "major OS updates" that is basically the same as it's predecessor. They've been doing that forever.

I'll back up my drive and give Big Sur a try once it's been released long enough/stable.
As for Big Sur, what I will do will be the same as previously : namely that I won't try to install until almost the end of "mainstream support", which means mid-2021 at the earliest. I did the same with Mojave and Catalina previously, waited until 10.14.6 / 10.15.6 to install.

In the mean time I would just continue to use Sierra / High Sierra / Mojave (and also Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 on my PCs) for my work and entertainment.
 
Actually High Sierra offers in my eyes so far best performance on my laptops. Catalina is neat as well but no, no need to upgrade unless you don't want to use your 32Bit apps (again, I have quite a few, btw.)
 
Hi there.

You should also consider the App Store.

In High Sierra Apple have removed the ability to buy new apps - at least in certain areas. Load it up and you might find you can download and install any apps you have previously bought, but not new ones. This is only restored when you upgrade to Mojave and the newer app-store.

The other big reason for sticking with Mojave is its ability to run 32-bit applications which has been removed from Catalina.

Mojave is currently still receiving security updates and probably will even after Big Sur is released.
 
Honestly, Mojave has been by far the most stable macOS for hackintosh in my experience. (I've run Snow Leopard, Mavericks, El Capitan, Sierra). Once I got everything set up I've had no kernel panics anything like that for almost 2 years of use. With the exception of when I accidentally updated from 10.14.2 to 10.14.6 without updating my kexts or Clover... oof.
 
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