macOS Upgrade Compatibility

Discussions focus on support for older macOS versions, hardware limitations preventing upgrades, security updates on legacy systems, and user reluctance to update due to compatibility issues.

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warrenm • Jun 11, 2021 • View on HN

You obviously haven't done macOS updates in many years

raverbashing • Sep 21, 2017 • View on HN

Versions older than the latest macOS get updates all the time, I don't see why this wouldn't be the case here

cutler • Aug 28, 2022 • View on HN

Upgrade to Monterey. Not supported on my hardware.

woobar • Apr 15, 2023 • View on HN

This is not true. I've just got a security update (12.6.5) for a nine year old hardware. Newest is macOS (13) is not supported on this hardware

smcleod • Apr 8, 2022 • View on HN

OS 10.15 goes out of support in October anyway

thesquib • Oct 7, 2019 • View on HN

Time to upgrade to Mojave then :)

xenobioticants • Oct 30, 2016 • View on HN

Hasn't worked since Yosemite.

rezaprima • Dec 7, 2025 • View on HN

"This software does not run on macOS versions older than Sequoia.". Is there any reason I should upgrade from Sonoma ?

tachion • Oct 30, 2019 • View on HN

This can't happen unless you approve it. You can sit on old versions of MacOS for years.

kasperni • Jan 22, 2020 • View on HN

OSX Catalina not supported for those that have upgraded.