A question we get asked often is, “can I upgrade my device to the latest version?”
If you are interested the below shows the list of operating systems and model requirements for the current latest version of macOS.
To find out more about your mac, select the apple icon in the top left corner and select about my mac this will show the Operating System version, CPU information, Ram and serial number.
Version Names and Numbers
OS X 10.5 Leopard
OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard
OS X 10.7 Lion
OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion
OS X 10.9 Mavericks
OS X 10.10 Yosemite
OS X 10.11 El Capitan
OS X 10.12 Sierra
OS X 10.13 High Sierra (latest version update 10.13.6)
OS X 10.14 Mojave.
OS X 10.15 Catalina.
OS X 11.0 Big Sur.
OS X 12.0 Monterey.
OS X 13.0 Ventura.
OS X 14.0 Sonoma.
Mojave macOS
hardware requirements
MacBook (Early 2015 or newer)
MacBook Air (Mid 2012 or newer)
MacBook Pro (Mid 2012 or newer)
Mac mini (Late 2012 or newer)
iMac (Late 2012 or newer)
iMac Pro (2017)
Mac Pro (Late 2013; Mid 2010 and Mid 2012 models with recommended Metal-capable graphics cards)
Sonoma macOS
With this newest release announced on the 5th of June 2023 and released on 26 of September 2023
here are the hardware requirements, if you’re wanting to upgrade your device.
(according to apple.com)
MacBook Air (2018 or newer)
MacBook Pro (2018 or newer)
Mac mini (2018 or newer)
iMac (2019 or newer)
iMac Pro (2017)
Mac Pro (2019 or newer)