Need to update some intel mac pros
Going from Mac OS 12.7.6 to 14.71
Should I perform a fresh install or just run it though the software update?
I have always been a fresh install person myself but I am sort of feeling like thats not as important as it used to be.
There a few changes under the hood between 12 to 14 but you should be fine. I just did software update on a M1 system and it was fine.
Since TimeMachine ™ migrates users without any issue here, we do only clean installs of new OS’s after backing up everything with TM before. After clean install migrating the user(s) again and of course Flame needs to be fresh installed anyway.
FWIW I have always done an upgrade unless it was changing hardware.