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Before You Start
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As with any significant change to your computer, you must back up your data. You can place important files in OneDrive, place them on an external hard drive, or use any other backup method you're comfortable with. If you have further questions about backing up your computer, please contact the ITS Help Desk. |
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An operating system upgrade can take time. We recommend setting aside a full day for the process. While the active time you will be working on this will be minimal, you may not have productive access to your computer during your upgrade day. Any large upgrade of a computer presents a small chance for problems. If a problem occurs, ITS may need to intervene, and that may take some time. We strongly recommend choosing a time when you do not have a critical need for the computer within a business day of the upgrade if something goes wrong. For example, we would not recommend upgrading your computer the day before travel or during the weekend before an important conference. |
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Confirm that you have at least 26GB of free space required to perform the upgrade. If you don’t have enough space, you may need to offload some files to OneDrive or an external hard drive. Alternatively, you could delete unused applications. If you need assistance, please contact the Help Desk. To check your available free space:
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Note: ITS recommends printing these instructions or having them available on another device as you go through this process. The approximate time to complete this upgrade is 4 hours. |
Upgrade Your Operating System (OS)
Close all open applications.
Click the Apple icon in the upper left corner of your screen.
Click System Preferences
Click Software Update
An upgrade button should appear allowing you to upgrade to Monterey. Click the upgrade button and follow the onscreen instructions.
After You Upgrade
Sophos
Please follow the directions linked below to make sure Sophos Antivirus continues to run on your updated Mac:
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