To utilize the new hardware acceleration HEVC in High Sierra your device requires Intel 6 th Generation processor.

This list is exactly the same as for the release of Sierra 10.12 With all new releases of Apple operating systems comes a list of compatible and non-compatible devices. If your Mac currently has a SSD drive installed High Sierra will automatically update to APFS during the upgrade the process. In fact, SSD technology has been fully embraced with this release of OS X, APFS is the new file system from apple to help SSD feel even more responsive making daily use and more strenuous tasks seamless. Some Notable features include Safari’s auto play blocking, the ability to edit iPhone’s Live Photos in Photos, and really fast file copying on SSDs. For the most part the new iteration is an extension of OSX 10.12 and built for to support the new space saving file formats of IOS 11.

High Sierra as you would expect doesn’t come with a massive amount of new features or extreme interface changes to the already widely used OSX 10.12. Now that they’re free, operating system updates are often just as much about fixing the underlying construction of a device as they are about adding new and notable features. But before jumping in and updating straight away there a few things to consider. High Sierra is the latest OS X operating system from Apple.