topic Re: Safe to update my MacBook Air Mid 2012? in Fusion Support Forum

Safe to update my MacBook Air Mid 2012?

spp661905 — Thu, 06 Jan 2022 11:12:28 GMT

I did have a problem whereby F360 would not launch and I found a solution in reinstalling my MacBook Air (mid 2012) OS from Apple online. This fixed the launching and it is running fine and but I am trepidatious about up dating my MacBook ever. Could anyone say if it is safe to resume updates? I assume Apple did an update which broke F360, so reverting to an Earlier version fixed it. While this is not strictly an issue for F360 I doubt Apple will provide support separately for it. If anyone knows Id be grateful. I am now on Catalina 10.15.7 which is working fine but keep getting reminders to update and am scared that one day I might absentmindedly update it accidentally and ruin F360 again.

Re: Safe to update my MacBook Air Mid 2012?

seth.madore — Thu, 06 Jan 2022 11:17:56 GMT

Give this a read:
https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/fusion-360/learn-explore/caas/simplecontent/content/support-for-fusion-360-macos-1013-high-sierra.html

Re: Safe to update my MacBook Air Mid 2012?

spp661905 — Thu, 06 Jan 2022 11:23:05 GMT

Thanks for the reply but this isn't pertinent. Im on 10.15.7 which already later than 10.13. I accept that eventually my machine will be too old to run it but that hasn't happened yet so the solution isn't appropriate to my scenario. Thanks for your interest nevertheless.

Re: Safe to update my MacBook Air Mid 2012?

seth.madore — Thu, 06 Jan 2022 11:27:16 GMT

Fair enough 🙂
The limitation on Fusion is limited mainly to the OS. Once your machine can't take an update to the minimum OS required, that's when it will start posing issues for you.

2012, that's a dated piece of hardware, kudos to you for getting the life out of it!

Re: Safe to update my MacBook Air Mid 2012?

spp661905 — Thu, 06 Jan 2022 11:38:26 GMT

Thanks. It still works fine for 99% of things and as long as F360 still works I can keep using it.