![]() ![]() Now, we’ve got 4K videos we are syncing over iCloud Photos while countless GIFs transfer over iMessage. ![]() We had an iPhone, a laptop, and we used a cable to sync them together. If you stop and think about how our technology world was in the “stable” days of macOS, there was no iPad, no iCloud, no iMessage, no iCloud Photos, no Apple Music, and no Apple Watch. ![]() I know that is not the common perception, though. Some of it could be that our users are savvier than they used to be, but I generally think macOS is as stable today as it was back in the Snow Leopard days. A lot of my time is spent managing SaaS products instead. While I don’t have data to quantify it internally, I do know that I spend a lot less time on laptop support than I used to. What’s the current state of macOS stability? Through his experience deploying and managing 100s of Macs and 100s of iPads, Bradley will highlight ways in which Apple’s products work at scale, stories from the trenches of IT management, and ways Apple could improve its products for students.Īpple has been on the yearly upgrade cycle for macOS for a few years now, so it feels like by the time we get the X.4 revision of a new version of macOS, we are getting ready to kick off a summer of running betas (for IT to prepare for compatibility) and then kick off a fall season of updates and 1.0 bugs. He has been managing Apple devices in an education environment since 2009. So, I think I’m qualified to discuss the current state of macOS stability.Ībout Making The Grade: Every Saturday, Bradley Chambers publishes a new article about Apple in education. ![]() I manage 100s of Mac laptops at the moment, and I would estimate I’ve been responsible for 1,000+ devices over the past ten years. One of the common themes I’ve heard in my technology circles over the past few years is that macOS has become less stable. I’ve been managing macOS in an enterprise environment since 2009, so I was around during the “stable” periods of Snow Leopard, as well as what others would call unstable periods. ![]()
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