Around once a year, a magical thing happens: Apple releases a new version of macOS.
Look, lifes hard.
Actually, lifes more than hard, its brutal.
Every day is a challenge thats more pressing than the last.
So I ask you this… why should your machine have it so easy?
Thats not fair at all.
Humans are meant to be better than computers, not worse.
Watch out Ventura lovers, were coming for you.
Fill that hard drive up to the brim
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All that optimization and those new features are bound to take up at least a few gigabytes.
So how do you go about combatting this?
Easy: fill your hard drive to the brim.
Download every single photo from your cloud storage.
Show that SSD (or HDD if youre old school) whos boss.
Lets see the installer package venture to update to the new version of macOS with nothing to work with.
Honestly, it hurts me a little bit to even write the word backed up.
Ugh, there it is again.
My skin is crawling.
Who needs more than one of anything, after all?
Do you need two toasters?
So why the hell would you ever need two of the same file?
This method of never backing up data is especially effective if youre updating to the beta version of macOS.
And if your important files are lost in the process?
Who cares I forget things all the time.
Why should a computer remember everything?
Keep those apps un-updated
Ive got a magic trick.
Think of something expensive.
Something really expensive,historicallyexpensive.
Like, the most costly thing.
I bet you pictured something old, right?
Look, we all know the most expensive things are old.
I mean, thats why antique shops exist.
No one would go to them if they were filled with old crap that was cheap.
The entire point is that all that useless stuff on the shelves is worth something because its ancient.
Using this logic, the same is true for apps.
Oh, and did we forget to mention that itll make life hard for your rig?
And if all these old apps crash when you update to the latest version of macOS?
Thatll teach your setup.
But heres the special part.
When your setup finally completes its little update, its going to have to open all those apps again.
This is akin to having a heavy weekend and then being forced to do hill sprints.
Your machine is going to be chugging and struggling.
Take that, computer.
Removing the power cable is a little like making athletes wear those masks that make it hard to breathe.
If you manage to run down your MacBooks battery before the update is finished, thats perfect.
If an update is interrupted, then you have a good chance of macOS becoming completely broken.
You know, just like me.
And most other people.
There you have it, people!
