Tsai: “Normally, I update around January. With Tahoe I waited until July … considering updating to Golden Gate soon after its release. “

https://mjtsai.com/blog/2026/09/03/preparing-to-update-to-golden-gate/

I usually update around March (Michael is a dev so he had to update). This year I will update around November. It’s expensive because I’ll need to give up on my old Synology TM backup. (I’ll probably drop TM backup altogether for a while.)