Still on High Sierra and need to upgrade...

[sammyg]

I haven't updated my Hackintosh in about 6 years. I'm still on High Sierra and honestly this machine is still working almost perfectly for my needs, BUT I'm starting to get hit with warnings that my operating system is not going to be supported for apps that I need for work.

Which OS would you guys suggest updating to for as smooth an experience as possible... and is there anything I should do to protect my current boot to make sure I can get back to it if the update fails miserably? The machine itself is over 10 years old (!!) with pretty much no upgrades since I built it.

3.39 GHz Intel Core i7 // NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4095 MB

 

[sammyg]

I should note that I have a fresh Hard Drive to install to so I can keep my current boot untouched.

 

[P1LGRIM]

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

Not supported beyond High Sierra.

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[sammyg]

Doh!! GTK, right off the bat. I could always update that part. Any GTX recos and from there OS?

 

[Feartech]

Doh!! GTK, right off the bat. I could always update that part. Any GTX recos and from there OS?

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