I recommend keeping a disk image backed up (preferably in as many places as possible). That way even if the machine itself fails, you can recover everything and keep working on another (possibly Hackintoshed) Mac.
Nice! That hardware should last a while yet, and you should be able to swap to a SATA SSD and upgrade to 16GB of RAM if you haven’t already.
Also if it’s a 2012-era MBP with a Sandy Bridge CPU (i5-2xxx/i7-2xxx model number), it should upgrade to High Sierra just fine, which would get you access to safer, more modern versions of Firefox and other apps. High Sierra isn’t receiving security updates anymore but it’s a damn sight better than El Capitan. You might be stuck on El Capitan due to Logic’s OS requirements, though, I have no idea there.
It actually works so well. And it's pretty cheap too, for the quality. All other high quality ones are way more expensive. The official Samsung one is also terrible
They should be dirt cheap because it’s a passive cable. USB Type-C controller on the host detects the special alt-mode and the left/right signals are piped right in. It’s essentially a non-round 3.5mm port.
As the other commenter said, definitely look into Linux. Linux can run on aging hardware pretty well. If you're partial to the layout and UI of MacOS check out Elementary OS. I've never used it before but I have heard some good things about it.
IIRC it was a Webkit vulnerability, so you're ok on this if you're using Firefox. But as the other person said, your whole OS is old and that always comes with some risk.
The main release of Firefox dropped support for El Capitan ages ago, and the last El Capitan-supported version of Firefox ESR stopped receiving security updates in July.
They’d have to update to High Sierra (which is possible on that generation of hardware) to use updated versions of Firefox.
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Lots, that shit is old af
Update to Linux and enjoy the latest in security
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I recommend keeping a disk image backed up (preferably in as many places as possible). That way even if the machine itself fails, you can recover everything and keep working on another (possibly Hackintoshed) Mac.
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Nice! That hardware should last a while yet, and you should be able to swap to a SATA SSD and upgrade to 16GB of RAM if you haven’t already.
Also if it’s a 2012-era MBP with a Sandy Bridge CPU (i5-2xxx/i7-2xxx model number), it should upgrade to High Sierra just fine, which would get you access to safer, more modern versions of Firefox and other apps. High Sierra isn’t receiving security updates anymore but it’s a damn sight better than El Capitan. You might be stuck on El Capitan due to Logic’s OS requirements, though, I have no idea there.
The only Apple thing I own is a USB C to 3.5mm headphone jack adaptor, for my android phone
I use one of those with my laptop (via a USB-C to USB-A adapter) because the normal headphone out is full of noise.
One of the best things Apple has ever made.
It actually works so well. And it's pretty cheap too, for the quality. All other high quality ones are way more expensive. The official Samsung one is also terrible
They should be dirt cheap because it’s a passive cable. USB Type-C controller on the host detects the special alt-mode and the left/right signals are piped right in. It’s essentially a non-round 3.5mm port.
As the other commenter said, definitely look into Linux. Linux can run on aging hardware pretty well. If you're partial to the layout and UI of MacOS check out Elementary OS. I've never used it before but I have heard some good things about it.
IIRC it was a Webkit vulnerability, so you're ok on this if you're using Firefox. But as the other person said, your whole OS is old and that always comes with some risk.
The main release of Firefox dropped support for El Capitan ages ago, and the last El Capitan-supported version of Firefox ESR stopped receiving security updates in July.
They’d have to update to High Sierra (which is possible on that generation of hardware) to use updated versions of Firefox.