Usually I do not upgrade OS version, I prefer to keep it as I purchased. Every new OS version requires more computing resources, so even it is possible to upgrade technically, that does not mean you will feel so comfortable as before. Probably you got this too long delay for technical reasons. Not sure it is possible to downgrade on this stage, before full upgrade to the latest 11, but I think return back to 10 could be reasonable in this case.
Ooof! I hate upgrading. Can't do it on my machine anymore, it is too old so the day will come when I have to buy a new one. Eish, they hold you over a barrel, don't they?
@casablanca My home PC is on W10 and can’t be upgraded to W11. I'll be leaving it until it dies/
Our other laptop, which we use for photos, is W11. It did an upgrade on Friday which took quite a while. I took it, with a memory stick, to the Care Home on Monday as we had a review with the Office of Public Guardian and when turning the laptop on the keyboard wasn't working so I couldn't enter the PIN. Yesterday the laptop had a small W11 update, which took all of 5 minutes and hey presto, keyboard back to working. MS obviously was inundated with reports of keyboard failures across the globe and had to rollout a fix.
I dread all updates from Apple, Microsoft and every App on my iPhone.
@phil_sandford Totally with you there. I often think "it wasn't broken, why fix it?" Upgrades and updates seem to be there for the sake of it and they so often cause trouble like this. I wonder how many hours of my life have been fruitlessly wasted trying to solve problems that were not necessary in the first place if they had just left it alone!
I will have to buy a new Mac before long. Got a pink line on my screen now too and it is only Monterey 12.7.6 At a late 2015 Mac, it is incapable of further upgrade but soon things will stop working properly because they will no longer be supported. Just such a huge expense and inconvenience to have to change.......
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November 6th, 2025
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Our other laptop, which we use for photos, is W11. It did an upgrade on Friday which took quite a while. I took it, with a memory stick, to the Care Home on Monday as we had a review with the Office of Public Guardian and when turning the laptop on the keyboard wasn't working so I couldn't enter the PIN. Yesterday the laptop had a small W11 update, which took all of 5 minutes and hey presto, keyboard back to working. MS obviously was inundated with reports of keyboard failures across the globe and had to rollout a fix.
I dread all updates from Apple, Microsoft and every App on my iPhone.
I will have to buy a new Mac before long. Got a pink line on my screen now too and it is only Monterey 12.7.6 At a late 2015 Mac, it is incapable of further upgrade but soon things will stop working properly because they will no longer be supported. Just such a huge expense and inconvenience to have to change.......
Darkened room with a large bottle of rum beckons!!