How to install #macOS Catalina from @Apple #Mac #AppStore

As macOS Catalina is launched, offering a big baggage of new functionalities, here are the steps, prerequisites, and some key information to install macOS Catalina on your MacBook today.

Apple's new macOS Catalina
Apple’s new macOS Catalina

So before installing macOS Catalina ensure that your Mac machine is connected to the Power Source (charging properly) and fall under the minimum supported Mac level officially mentioned by Apple. Also make a backup of your machine because you never know what could happen while installing.

Now coming to the actual picture of upgrade, you must see macOS Catalina in your App Store for Mac.

macOS Catalina in Mac App Store
macOS Catalina in Mac App Store

Then click on Get. The system automatically start scanning for the OS update in the System Preferences, and ask whether to Download macOS Catalina.

Downloading macOS Catalina in System Preferences
Downloading macOS Catalina in System Preferences

Then the macOS Catalina will download and start the installation process. Select Continue to install the OS.

Installing macOS Catalina
Installing macOS Catalina

Then click Agree in the bottom to agree with the Software License Agreement.

Agreement to install Catalina
Agreement to install Catalina

Then click Agree again to proceed with the installation.

Agreement to install Catalina
Agreement to install Catalina

The select Install to start the installation of macOS Catalina

Location to install the macOS
Location to install the macOS

Then a pop-up will come to show which apps won’t be optimised according to the macOS Catalina. Select Continue here.

Incompatible apps for Catalina
Incompatible apps for Catalina

macOS Catalina will start installing.

Installation in progress of macOS Catalina
Installation in progress of macOS Catalina

Then installation will finish, select Restart so the machine will adopt all the OS updates.

Finish to complete the installation
Finish to complete the installation

Then your Mac machine will restart several times for the updates to take place. Then mac will start with the log in screen with Catalina’s wallpaper.

Login screen with updated wallpaper of macOS Catalina
Login screen with updated wallpaper of macOS Catalina

Then you need to select Continue with Find My option in order to locate the device.

Turn on Find My to locate the device
Turn on Find My to locate the device

Then Continue with Analytics.

Continue with the Analytics
Continue with the Analytics

Then Continue with Screen Time updates.

Continue for the Screen Time updates
Continue for the Screen Time updates

So now you have completely installed the macOS Catalina on your Mac machine.

Now few things to take care of, that you now need to:

  • allow few apps so that they can send notifications in the Notifications bar
  • locate the folder of your Google Drive and Dropbox to the actual folder, so that it will start syncing
  • delete or uninstall the incompatible apps from the application, as they won’t work anyhow

Now enjoy the dark theme in your mac and Sidecar with your iPadPro.

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