If you’re ready to upgrade to Catalina, first see if your box is capable of handling it.
Then follow these instructions to take your Mac to the next step.
Along with the hardware requirements, macOS Catalina has some other demands, too.
Back up your Mac.
Doing so will ensure that you don’t lose anything important in case something goes wrong during the upgrade.
Open theApp Storeby clicking its name under theApple menuor its icon in theDock.
Search for “macOS Catalina” in thesearch bar.
Click theViewbutton next to Catalina in the results.
A window will appear asking if you’re sure you want to download the upgrade.
Your Mac will download the update file.
Operating systems are very large, so the download could take quite a while.
Basically, don’t expect the download to finish as quickly as it took to read this article.
An app called Install macOS Catalina will open automatically.
To load the update later, quit the program.
it’s possible for you to find it again later in yourApplicationsfolder.
Review the software license agreement and clickAgreeto accept it.
ClickAgreein the window that appears to confirm.
Your Mac defaults to placing macOS Catalina on your startup drive.
you could install Catalina on any drive you’ve formatted asAPFS.
Plug your machine in and clickContinue.
Plugging your laptop in will help avoid a power loss during the install, which could damage your setup.
your rig will install Catalina.
you’ve got the option to still use your box during this process.
To complete the upgrade, your Mac will have to restart.
Wait for the countdown to end or clickRestart.
back up your work before the restart.
Open programs may interrupt the process.
When your gear restarts, follow the on-screen instructions to set up and start using Catalina.
As with the downloading of Catalina, installing the software can take some time.
It’s not uncommon for it to take 4050 minutes.
