![]() ![]() No Mac Mini shipped with Mavericks that can install Big Sur, nor MacBook (without the pro or air moniker). Macs which shipped with Mavericks that could upgrade to Big Sur, include the iMac 14,4 (as the System Profiler Machine ID reports), MacBook Pro 11,1, and Mac Pro 9,1 and later models. 10.13 high Sierra is available: High Sierra upgrading tip Apple minimum hardware requirements are the same for 10.8, 10.9, 10.10. Snow Leopard is available for pre-MaMacs that are compatible with it. Some people who no longer need it, may be able to transfer their license to someone who does. 10.6.8 users can download a version of 10.11 if they don't have 10.12 compatibility.ġ0.12 is available again, and the above tip on 10.12-10.14 covers how to get it. Note, some downloads from Apple do not work in Safari for earlier Mac OSes, see this tip if you find you can't download them anymore, to find a browser that will work.ġ0.9 Mavericks, 10.10 Yosemite, unless your Mac came with either/or as well as if you purchased it previously from the Mac App Store. Download based on manual time may fail, especially on older systems where the system time is not set right. Go to Apple menu -> System Preferences -> Date and Time and select the closest time server to set your time, and do so. The rest of the Monterey compatible Macs needed a minimum of Yosemite. Only the Mac Pro desktop tower from 2013 is 10.9 compatible and can be upgraded to Monterey. The rest of the Big Sur compatible Macs shipped with Yosemite or later. ![]() The iMac with the Machine ID 14,4 and the MacBook Pro Late 2013 and Mac Pro desktop from 2013, and the MacBook Air 2013 with the Machine ID 6,1 are all the oldest Macs of that series that can be upgraded to Big Sur from 10.9. When upgrading an older machine and logging in the App Store, be sure to put any code in the tail end of your password of the password field logging in to the App Store. They are 4 years apart in the compatibility and many Macs are not compatible with Big Sur that are with older systems.ġ0.12.4 or later is necessary for the separate multifactor authentication code field to appear on the Mac. 10.11 is NOT to be confused for Big Sur, 11.0. The computers themselves that can be upgraded to 10.9 are the same computers that can be upgraded to 10.11 El Capitan. Pretty much anyone who can upgrade to 10.9 can upgrade to 10.11, unless they have some software or driver that has not been rated for 10.11 El Capitan. If you are using Mac OS X server, please check: Server forums These tips all refer to the client version. ![]()
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