I'm setting this Mac up for an elderly fellow who can't afford to buy a computer himself. He's only going to use it for browsing and email.
Right now he's using my 2009 MacBook Pro, with 8GB RAM, an SSD, and Sonoma. But someone gave me this 2014 Mac mini, which logic dictates should have better performance. I want to help the guy out.
After swapping out the rotational drive with an SSD, and using Internet Recovery to format & install Monterey:
- I downloaded & installed OCLP
- "Built and Install"
- "Create macOS Installer"
- Installed Sequoia
- "Post-Install Root Patch"
It runs, but it's unusably slow. As in, I move the mouse, and the on-screen pointer sits still for at least a second before jumping. And with nothing running but Safari, I saw the Dock quit itself.
Should I install Sonoma (or something older)?
Or maybe just an older version of Sequoia, like 15.4.1?
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