mac os

List of Macs That Support macOS Catalina 10.15.7

Catalina drops support for 32bit apps now.

iMac

MacBook       

MacBook Pro

MacBook Air

Mac mini  

Mac Pro

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9.2

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6.1

List of Macs That Support macOS Mojave 10.14.6

All new Macs are supplied with 8GB of RAM as standard now

iMac

MacBook       

MacBook Pro

MacBook Air

Mac mini  

Mac Pro

Late 2012 or newer                                             

Early 2015 or newer

Mid 2012 or newer

Mid 2012 or newer

Late 2012 or newer                                        

Late 2013 plus mid 2010 and mid 2012 models with recommended Metal-capable GPU listed below,

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8,1

9.2

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1    MSI Gaming Radeon RX 560 128-bit 4GB GDDR5

2    SAPPHIRE Radeon PULSE RX 580 8GB GDDR5

3    SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 7950 Mac Edition

4    NVIDIA Quadro K5000 for Mac

5    NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 Mac Edition

Apple also lists other AMD graphics cards that "might" be compatible with macOS Mojave:

6    AMD Radeon RX 560

7    AMD Radeon RX 570

8    AMD Radeon RX 580

9    AMD Radeon Pro WX 7100

10  AMD Radeon RX Vega 56

11  AMD Radeon RX Vega 64

12  AMD Radeon Pro WX 9100

13  AMD Radeon Frontier Edition

List of Macs That Support macOS High Sierra 10.13.6

All new Macs are supplied with 8GB of RAM as standard now

iMac

MacBook       

MacBook Pro

MacBook Air

Mac mini  

Mac Pro

(Late 2009 or newer)                                             

(Late 2009 or newer)

(Mid 2010 or newer)

(Late 2010 or newer)

(Mid 2010 or newer)                                        

(Mid 2010 or newer)

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7.2

3.2

4.1

5.1

List of Macs That Support macOS Sierra 10.12.6

All new Macs are supplied with 8GB of RAM as standard now

iMac

MacBook       

MacBook Pro

MacBook Air

Mac mini  

Mac Pro

(Late 2009 or newer)                                             

(Late 2009 or newer)

(Mid 2010 or newer)

(Late 2010 or newer)

(Mid 2010 or newer)                                        

(Mid 2010 or newer)

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6,1

7.2

3.2

4.1

5.1

List of Macs That Support OS  El Capitan 10.11.6

El Capitan Requirements OS X 10.6.8 or later and 2GB of RAM

The O/S uses 3.5GB RAM just to tick over, so we recommend 8GB or Higher

iMac

MacBook       

MacBook Pro

MacBook Air

Mac mini  

Mac Pro

Xserve

(Mid 2007 or newer)                                             

(Late 2008 Aluminum, or Early 2009 or newer)

(Mid/Late 2007 or newer)

(Late 2008 or newer)

(Early 2009 or newer)                                        

(Early 2008 or newer)                    

(Early 2009)

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5.1, 5.2

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List of Macs That Support OS  Yosemite 10.10.5

El Capitan Requirements OS X 10.6.8 or later and 2GB of RAM

The O/S uses 3.5GB RAM just to tick over, so we recommend 8GB or Higher

iMac

MacBook       

MacBook Pro

MacBook Air

Mac mini  

Mac Pro

Xserve

(Mid 2007 or newer)                                             

(Late 2008 Aluminum, or Early 2009 or newer)

(Mid/Late 2007 or newer)

(Late 2008 or newer)

(Early 2009 or newer)                                        

(Early 2008 or newer)                    

(Early 2009)

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5.1, 5.2

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2.1

3.1

3.1

3.1

List of Macs That Support OS  Mavericks 10.9.5

El Capitan Requirements OS X 10.6.8 or later and 2GB of RAM

The O/S uses 3.5GB RAM just to tick over, so we recommend 8GB or Higher

iMac

MacBook       

MacBook Pro

MacBook Air

Mac mini  

Mac Pro

Xserve

(Mid 2007 or newer)                                             

(Late 2008 Aluminum, or Early 2009 or newer)

(Mid/Late 2007 or newer)

(Late 2008 or newer)

(Early 2009 or newer)                                        

(Early 2008 or newer)                    

(Early 2009)

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5.1, 5.2

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2.1

3.1

3.1

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List of Macs That Support OS  Mountain Lion 10.8.5

Mountain Lion Requirements OS X 10.6.8 or later and 2GB of RAM

  But we recommend 4GB or Higher

iMac

MacBook       

MacBook Pro

MacBook Air

Mac mini  

Mac Pro

Xserve

(Mid 2007 or newer)                                             

(Late 2008 Aluminum, or Early 2009 or newer)

(Mid/Late 2007 or newer)

(Late 2008 or newer)

(Early 2009 or newer)                                        

(Early 2008 or newer)                    

(Early 2009)

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5.1, 5.2

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2.1

3.1

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List of Macs Compatible with OS  Lion 10.7.5

Lion Requirements OS X 10.6.8 and 2GB of RAM

  But we recommend 4GB or Higher

Mac mini

iMac     

Mac Pro    

MacBook         

MacBook Air

13” Macbook Pro

15” MacBook Pro

17” Macbook Pro

(Mid 2007)   4GB of Ram + Remove HD to install

(Late 2006)    

(All models)

(Late 2006)

(All models)

(All models)

(October 2006)    

(October 2006)

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Snow Leopard will require at least 1GB of RAM and will only work on Intel Macs

But we recommend 2GB or Higher

Combo updates direct from Apple on the links below

2nd

Download Mojave 10.14

Download Sierra 10.12.6

Below are links to Download for free

Snow Leopard, Lion & Mountain Lion direct from the Apple store.

Mac_OS_7.5.5_Update

Mac_OS_7.5 Update 2.0

Mac_OS_7.6.1_Update

Mac_OS_8.1_Update

Mac_OS_8.5.1_Update

Mac_OS_8.6_Update

Mac_OS_9.0.4 Update

Mac_OS_9.1_Update

Mac_OS_9.2.1_Update

Mac_OS_9.2.2_Update

Late 2012 or newer                      

Early 2015 or newer

Mid 2012 or newer

Mid 2012 or never

Late 2012 or newer

Late 2013 or Newer

Stand alone installers or Combo updates

no longer available for the newer macOS

Like Big Sur & Monterey etc

macOS Monterey 12.0, Compatibility list

iMac Late 2015 and Later

iMac Pro 2017

MacBook AIr Early 2015 and Later

MacBook Pro Early 2015 and Later

Mac Pro Late 2013 and Later

Mac mini Late 2014 and Later

MacBook Early 2016 and Later

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