2020-06-24 13:50

macOS Big Sur drops support for a selection of 2012 Macs

At WWDC earlier this week, Apple announced the next version of macOS, macOS 11.0 Big Sur and it brings a new redesigned UI with a refreshed dock, new icons and more. Big Sur also has a brand new notification centre, redesigned Safari and much more.

However, while iOS and iPadOS is supporting the same devices as last year, macOS Big Sur won’t be compatible with a selection of Macs from 2012 and 2013 that can run macOS Catalina currently.

macOS Big Sur can run on;

MacBook 2015 and later
MacBook Air 2013 and later
MacBook Pro 2013 and later
iMac 2014 and later
iMac Pro
Mac mini 2014 and later
Mac Pro 2013 and later

This means the following won’t be able to run macOS Big Sur, that can run macOS Catalina

MacBook Pro 2012 and Early 2013
MacBook Air 2012
iMac 2012 and 2013
Mac mini 2012

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