Upgrading Mint 18 Sarah to Mint 18.1 Serena
Hello Mint User! The Tutorial shows you Step-by-Step and Visually How to Upgrade from Linux Mint 18 Sarah to Linux Mint 18.1 Serena Mate/Cinnamon/KDE/Xfce Desktop.
The Upgrading Procecure is Simple and Involve only the use of the graphical Update Manager Tool.

Launch Update Manager
Search for ‘update’ (Here on Mate.)Choose an Update Policy
Confirm with the Ok button!First, Update the Update Manager
Cliccking on Install UpdatesThen Refresh
With the ButtonThen Select Update to Serena
In the Edit drop-down..Follow the Updating Wizard.
Check the Box on potential new Issues Risk and Apply.