Preparing For macOS 10.14 Mojave and/or macOS Server 5.7.x
Article ID = 202Article Title = Preparing For macOS 10.14 Mojave and/or macOS Server 5.7.x
Article Author(s) = Graham Needham (BH)
Article Created On = 24th September 2018
Article Last Updated = 25th September 2019
Article URL = https://www.macstrategy.com/article.php?202
Article Brief Description:
A handy check list to do in preparing to install macOS 10.14 Mojave or macOS Server (macOS Server 5.7.x)
Preparing for macOS 10.14 Mojave and/or macOS Server 5.7.x
Here is a check list to do before installing macOS 10.14 Mojave / macOS Server 5.7.x:- Check whether you have a compatible Mac from this list:
- MacBook (Early 2015 or newer)
- MacBook Air (Mid 2012 or newer)
- MacBook Pro 13"/15" (Mid 2012 or newer)
- Mac mini (Late 2012 or newer)
- iMac (Late 2012 or newer)
- iMac Pro (2017 or newer)
- Mac Pro (Late 2013 or newer)
- Mac Pro (Mid 2010/2012 but only with recommended/supported Metal-capable video cards/GPUs)
Specific third-party video cards that do support Metal:- MSI Gaming Radeon RX 560 128-bit 4GB GDRR5
- SAPPHIRE Radeon PULSE RX 580 8GB GDDR5
- SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 7950 Mac Edition
- NVIDIA Quadro K5000 for Mac
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 Mac Edition
- AMD Radeon RX 560
- AMD Radeon RX 570
- AMD Radeon RX 580
- AMD Radeon Pro WX 7100
- AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
- AMD Radeon RX Vega 64
- AMD Radeon Pro WX 9100
- AMD Radeon Frontier Edition
We at MacStrategy personally believe, and predict, that Apple will drop support for cheese-grater Mac Pros completely in macOS 10.16 or even as early as macOS 10.15 (due autumn/fall 2019), so you may want to watch spending large amounts of money to get a Metal supported video card for 10.14 Mojave, just to find Apple drops support for your actual Mac within 18 months!
NOTE: If you are not sure whether you have a compatible Mac check our Mojave FAQ before proceeding. - Check you do not need any of the following as Mojave does not directly include/support them:
- The ability to run AppleScripts/use Scripting Additions - see this in-depth article
- The ability to run most server features in macOS Server
- The ability to fully run applications that utilise OpenGL
- Back To My Mac - see our Mojave FAQ
- Proxy Automatic Configuration (PAC) via FTP or File URL schemes - see our Mojave Post Install FAQ
- Safari 13 for Mojave does not support .safariextz packaged Safari Extensions - see our Catalina Third Party Product Compatibility Information article
- Safari in Mojave does not support legacy NPAPI browser plug-ins except for Adobe Flash
- Messages support for AIM, Yahoo, Googla Talk and Jabber accounts
- PPTP VPN support
- Rosetta for running PowerPC software
- Web Sharing - see our Mojave FAQ
- Xgrid Sharing - see our Mojave FAQ for alternatives
- X11 - see our Mojave FAQ for alternatives
- Java especially Java web browser plug-in - see our Java article for more information
- If you have a Mac Pro (Mid 2010) or Mac Pro (Mid 2012) you must be running macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 with FileVault turned off before installing Mojave.
- If you have an iMac (27-inch, Late 2012) check this Apple article before installing Mojave.
- If you have a third party SSD installed in your computer check to see if it needs a firmware update before installing Mojave.
- If you have manually created a Fusion drive using two SSDs you cannot install Mojave in place - you must backup/clone, reformat/recreate the Fusion drive using APFS, and then install Mojave.
- Make sure you are connected to the internet (preferably with a fast connection and with a large or no data cap in place).
- Make sure you have an Apple ID (use the iTunes or App Store application to create one if necessary e.g. go to Macintosh HD > Applications > App Store > Store menu > "Create Account…" to get started if you don't have an Apple ID).
- Consider whether you want the Mac App Store Apple ID to be the same for services such as iCloud, iTunes, etc if you are going to use them.
- Make sure that your Apple ID "account" has enough credit on it or has a credit card on file (with enough credit on it).
- macOS 10.14 Mojave = FREE
- macOS Server 5.7.x = £19.99
- Check you have enough disk space:
- macOS 10.14 Mojave installer = ~6GB
- macOS Server 5.7.x installer = ~200MB
- macOS 10.14 Mojave installation = ~10GB
- macOS Server 5.7.x installation = ~500MB
- Go to Macintosh HD > Applications > Utilities > Disk Utility:
- Select the volume under the disk you are going to use for Mojave on the left, then on the right of the window click "Verify Disk" - if problems are found you will need to repair your disk.
- Select the volume under the disk you are going to use for Mojave on the left, check at the bottom that it states "Format: Mac OS Extended (Journaled)". If it doesn't state "(Journaled)" you will need to turn journaling on by going to File menu > Enable Journaling.
- Repair your boot disk's permissions.
- Backup and/or clone your computer.
- Check that your favourite software is Mojave compatible.
- Temporarily disable any third party disk encryption software.
- Temporarily disable any anti-virus/malware software.
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