Update Yosemite to High Sierra

Hi,

I have a 2013 macbook air with a Yosemite installed (10.10). I cannot get the software to update to High Sierra. The AppStore doesn'e show any available updates, and when I manually download and run HighSierra, I get an error that I need 10.12 installed. Does anyone know a way around this?

Posted on May 6, 2019 5:36 AM

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Posted on May 6, 2019 5:56 AM

Anything from Apple's download servers is an update, and not a full installer for that version of the operating system. The only full upgrade installers are in the Mac App Store, and here is the link to How to upgrade to macOS High Sierra.


Before you leap from Yosemite, check the specific printer/scanner vendor driver sites to verify if either have High Sierra driver support. Also check with your third-party applications vendor sites that their applications remain compatible with High Sierra, and preferably, are 64-bit applications. Although the vendor sites are the last word on application support, you may find RoaringApps helpful too.


I would also recommend the following:

  1. Download and run the free Malwarebytes for Mac before any upgrade to see if any malware presently exists on your Mac, and if found, can be removed. Subscription for continued realtime features is purely optional.
  2. Boot into Yosemite Recovery (⌘-R) and run Disk Utility First Aid on your startup drive.
  3. Perform one last Time Machine backup before the upgrade.
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Anything from Apple's download servers is an update, and not a full installer for that version of the operating system. The only full upgrade installers are in the Mac App Store, and here is the link to How to upgrade to macOS High Sierra.


Before you leap from Yosemite, check the specific printer/scanner vendor driver sites to verify if either have High Sierra driver support. Also check with your third-party applications vendor sites that their applications remain compatible with High Sierra, and preferably, are 64-bit applications. Although the vendor sites are the last word on application support, you may find RoaringApps helpful too.


I would also recommend the following:

  1. Download and run the free Malwarebytes for Mac before any upgrade to see if any malware presently exists on your Mac, and if found, can be removed. Subscription for continued realtime features is purely optional.
  2. Boot into Yosemite Recovery (⌘-R) and run Disk Utility First Aid on your startup drive.
  3. Perform one last Time Machine backup before the upgrade.
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