What will macbook pro update be

And, of course, you can always take a belt-and-suspenders approach and do both. That way if something goes wrong with restoring a backup, you can feel secure knowing that you have an alternative option.

There are two ways to upgrade a Mac. The simplest is to run the macOS Monterey installer, which will install the new files over your existing operating system.

The other is to perform a clean installation, setting up your Mac with the new operating system, then copying files from the previous operating system. To do this, you should clone your Mac, on at least two drives one to use for the upgrade, and another as a backup. Start up your Mac, then, if you have an Intel processor in your Mac, press the Option key immediately so you can select a cloned drive as the startup drive. For M1 Macs, press and hold the power button until you see Loading Startup Options, then choose the external drive.

You did make two backups, right? Download the macOS Monterey installer and launch it. It will ask which drive you want to install the software on; select the now erased drive in your Mac. Follow the instructions to complete the installation. You can now copy all the files in your home folder, as well as personal apps. Some people do this for every major operating system upgrade; I only do it every few years, because it does take a long time.

This installer is around 12 GB in size, so it may take a while to download, depending on your bandwidth. The new laptop also ditches the Touch Bar. Here's how you can buy Apple's new MacBook Pros. Original story follows. The company announced its next event, slated for today , with an invitation theme of "unleashed," indicating we're finally going to hear about Apple's high-performance systems. Here's how to watch Apple's October event live and what we expect to see.

As we get down to the wire, rumors signal that not only is a inch MacBook Pro model on the horizon, both it and a new inch may sport new, high pixel-density Mini-LED-based screens , along with a new higher-powered version of Apple's M1 processor similar to that of the The upcoming announcements follow Apple's big event in mid-September where the company showed off the iPhone 13 , Apple Watch 7 , iPad Mini 6 and updated entry-level iPad.

Read more: No Macs at the Apple iPhone 13 event, but the year isn't over yet. It's almost a given that the company will launch new MacBook Pros and possibly other new Macs. This jibes with Mark Gurman's assertion in a recent Power On newsletter that he expects new MacBook Pro models to debut sometime this month.

He previously speculated the new models would arrive by the end of this year. This is pretty much a given. Multiple sources agree that there will be a new version of the CPU -- and it's reportedly already in production -- for the larger MacBook currently a inch screen version and possibly for upcoming new desktops.

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