upgrading to Mojave or Catalina?

[katmcg]

I’m thinking of upgrading to Mojave or Catalina? Suggestions on which 

Downside:

I’d lose CS6, but if I need anything. I could always subscribe for the length of the project.

I’d have to get a pdf standalone alternative

I’d have to upgrade to Mac for office 2019 $149

Upgrade Things $49

I’ll lose my Back in Time backing up app – any suggestions?

I’ll lose Suitcase Fusion 18.2.4 -– any suggestions on font management?

Upside:

My 1.9.2 Affinity has designer, publisher and photo

I’ve weaned myself off psd & am having had a design job in a couple years.

I can move pixamator app from my laptop to my imac.

I can upgrade painter 2019 if I like.

Kat

[Alan Clarke]

Why? Old Macs never die, Kat. They are just outgrown by their systems. If you keep the same system, there’s no need to change anything. I subscribe to InDesign , Illustrator and PhotoShop and my newest iMacs cannot use the newest software even though I am eligible to get it. But why? It’s hard to keep up with the changes in software design. If you like CS6, as I do CS5, keep it on the newest computer that can run it. I use InDesign CC2019 on them. But when I need Illustrator or PhotoShop, I run upstairs to my old 17-inch Mac laptop (arguably one of the best laptops Apple ever put out, by the way)  with CS5s and the big monitor beside it and I don’t have to figure out the newest “look and feel” changes. It works for me. The new features are for the kids. I started in hot type so… no longer a kid.

The extreme alternative is to buy the newest and the best every two or three years. In my better days, I might have done that but my business clientele never required that. I was happy when a new InDesign put those horrid old PageMaker Bad Record Index crashes into the history books. And it’s hard to hook up a 27 inch monitor to a MacPlus.

[katmcg]

I’m going with Mojave. Graeme said his iD cs still works on Mojave – an unexpected bonus– and that Apple Fontbook works. 

And good to know that old Macs never die, Alan ; )

Kat

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I’m going with Mojave. Graeme said his iD cs still works on Mojave – an unexpected bonus– and that Apple Fontbook works. 

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