Guide: Update Directly to macOS Catalina. Update your existing Clover install to version r4910 or higher using MultiBeast or official Clover package. Open Clover configuration folder on the root of your system drive or EFI Partition using EFI Mounter v3.
In order to upgrade to the dizzying heights of Catalina your Mac must have Mac OS X Mavericks as its minimum OS
requirement. As you are on Lion you will need to do an intermediate OS install. Mavericks is no longer available.
You can still get El Capitan (10.11.6) from here, How to upgrade to OS X El Capitan - Apple Support
- The Catalina saga has converted me to a new upgrade policy, which is to wait until the final release of each yearly update. I will go from Mojave 10.14.6 to Catalina 10.15.6 and so on. I see this as the only viable option if Apple is to persist in the forced annual macOS update cycle, which clearly results in major bugs getting through.
- Apple plans to release macOS Catalina in the fall. Find out if your Mac is on the list of devices that fully support the new OS, or if you need to upgrade your hardware to run the latest version.
- While you’re waiting for the OS to stabilize, you want to keep macOS Catalina up to date, but Apple makes it difficult to see just how to do that. While you’re still on macOS Catalina, if you open System Preferences and select Software Update, you’ll see the icon for macOS Big Sur with an obvious “Upgrade Now” button.
go to Section 4 and click on Get Mac OS X El Capitan, this will download a .dmg file which you then
double-click to start the installation.
After El Capitan is installed then you can upgrade to Catalina, but if you are not aware yet Catalina does not run 32bit apps.
So I would suggest you install Mojave again and all the apps you would use, Upgrade to macOS Mojave - Official Apple Support
Once you have determined what apps you had previously on Mojave that were 32bit and whether or not the developers of those apps are updating them to 64bit then you can consider Catalina. Use this app, https://www.stclairsoft.com/Go64/ to check for 32bit apps.
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Can I use my Adobe apps in macOS Catalina 10.15?
We've updated most current apps to 64-bit architecture. The following versions work in Catalina, but have these known issues.
| Adobe app | Version(s) compatible with Catalina |
|---|---|
| Adobe Creative Cloud apps | 2021 2020 |
| Acrobat Pro DC, Acrobat Standard DC | 2019 and later (subscription or non-subscription) |
| Adobe Acrobat Pro 2017, Adobe Acrobat Standard 2017 | 2017 |
| Adobe Acrobat Pro 2020, Adobe Acrobat Standard 2020 | 2020 |
| Adobe Connect | 11.2, 11 |
| Adobe Digital Editions | 4.5 |
| Adobe Photoshop Elements | 2021 2020 |
| Adobe Premiere Elements | 2021 2020 |
Most older Adobe apps were created using 32-bit architecture and do not work in Catalina. We have no plans to update apps that we no longer support or develop. The following table lists some common 32-bit Adobe apps that are not compatible with Catalina. (It is not a comprehensive list of all older 32-bit Adobe apps.)
| Adobe Product | Status and alternatives |
| Creative Cloud apps – 2018 release and earlier | No updates planned. We recommend that you upgrade to the latest release of Creative Cloud apps. |
| Adobe Captivate | Update scheduled end of 2019 |
| Creative Suite apps | No updates planned. We recommend that you upgrade to Creative Cloud. |
| Fuse | No updates planned. Find free characters on Mixamo. |
| Adobe Presenter Video Express | No updates planned. We recommend moving to Adobe Captivate. |
| SpeedGrade | No updates planned. Certain features have been integrated into Premiere Pro, which is 64-bit compliant. |
Os X 10.8.5 Upgrade To Catalina
Uninstall 32-bit apps before upgrading to Catalina
Before you upgrade to Catalina, we recommend that you uninstall your 32-bit Adobe apps. Older uninstallers are also 32-bit apps and don't work in Catalina.
If you already upgraded to Catalina, you can use the Creative Cloud Cleaner tool to uninstall older versions of Creative Cloud apps.
If you've kept Acrobat DC or Creative Cloud apps up to date, they are already 64-bit compliant.
You can update your apps using the Creative Cloud desktop app. See how to update your apps to the latest versions.
Are there issues using current Adobe apps in Catalina?
See the following documents for known issues with Adobe apps and macOS Catalina:
- Enterprise: Known issues with Creative Cloud packages on macOS Catalina