Preparing to install “High Sierra”

Post #420,562 by rcareaga 10/1/17 7:40:07 PM 10/1/17 7:40:07 PM Reply	Preparing to install “High Sierra” …but preparing a bootable clone of the existing setup first, just in case things go pear-shaped. cordially,
Post #420,564 by Another Scott 10/1/17 8:31:33 PM 10/1/17 8:31:33 PM Reply	Backups are good. J had some weirdness with her CAC card access to various sites after a recent macos upgrade.... One can never assume that everything will be painless, but with any luck you'll not have issues like that! ;-) Cheers, Scott.
Post #420,565 by rcareaga 10/1/17 9:03:33 PM 10/1/17 9:03:33 PM Reply	So far, so good I’m happy to have the backup, just in case. cautiously,
Post #420,612 by rcareaga 10/3/17 10:44:54 AM 10/3/17 10:44:54 AM Reply	a little turbulence at these altitudes “High Sierra” appears to have broken Final Cut Pro, which lived on the machine when I bought it, and it may have killed my Firewire 400 card—at any rate, my external “iSight” camera, which connects via that venerable standard, is not recognized (further investigation pending, but much of my gear remains to be uncrated). I did not expect to get through this without any collateral damage, and these incidents fall within the acceptable range. cordially,
Post #420,868 by rcareaga 10/17/17 8:16:57 PM 10/17/17 8:16:57 PM Reply	FireWire issue resolved in part I still haven’t ascertained whether FireWire 400 breaks under High Sierra, or whether the USB/FireWire 400 card I had installed on the machine is somehow faulty—its USB ports work—but a little $10 dongle that adapts FW400 to 800, connected to the built-in FW800 port on Big Cheese, has restored the iSight to functionality. Woo and yay for small victories. For the rest, the big brute has performed more than satisfactorily thus far, and if I reach the end of October without Mudbrick Technologies yanking my chain with a subscription demand, I will feel very gratified indeed. SSD + 16x former RAM = Ahhhh... cordially,

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