I do the same thing, except I usually run a version for two-three years and skip some OS releases in-between.
My recent upgrade was from Ventura to Sequoia, and I will likely move to Golden Gate at some point next summer right before Sequoia's support period expires (this happens in July or August). Over years it meant that I avoided some of the famous bugs like the discoveryd fiasco in Yosemite (I went from Maverics to El Capitan).
The one downside is that I sometimes have a to go through a huge app redesigns or big feature changes that have been accumulating over several versions. I ignore most of them and probably don't get as much value from the OS as I could have.
As someone who used to upgrade every year in my younger days, it feels weird to completely agree with you. Half the time I move to a new OS, it's because I got a new computer. I haven't upgraded my M2 MBA from 2022 ever.
Absolutely never update an iPhone, oldest scam in the book. I'll still update macOS if there's a particular reason and it's to a known good version, partially cause I can go back worst case.
The MBP they gave me for work runs Tahoe cause it came with it. Wouldn't have done that myself, but honestly it's fine. My only complaint is that they still haven't fixed System Settings. They gotta just roll it back to System Preferences like they did with that wifi update years ago.
My rule has been a 1 year delay but that sometimes makes life hard for Xcode/APIs or changes where your iOS and macOS device must both update for certain features. I bit the bullet and upgraded to 26 after about 6 months but updated to 27 within days because it had to be better than 26, and it is, there are just still a lot of issues.
I think it was May for me for MacOS 26. I immediately updated to 27. Despite the various bugs, it is still a solid improvement. iOS 27 was also provided huge performance boost to my 5 year old phone!
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I waited until Aug 31 before updating to MacOS 26, a new record for me. I very much hope 27 will be ready to go by Feb 1.
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My recent upgrade was from Ventura to Sequoia, and I will likely move to Golden Gate at some point next summer right before Sequoia's support period expires (this happens in July or August). Over years it meant that I avoided some of the famous bugs like the discoveryd fiasco in Yosemite (I went from Maverics to El Capitan).
The one downside is that I sometimes have a to go through a huge app redesigns or big feature changes that have been accumulating over several versions. I ignore most of them and probably don't get as much value from the OS as I could have.
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The MBP they gave me for work runs Tahoe cause it came with it. Wouldn't have done that myself, but honestly it's fine. My only complaint is that they still haven't fixed System Settings. They gotta just roll it back to System Preferences like they did with that wifi update years ago.
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