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Any reason to upgrade from El Capitan to High Sierra?

I have a mid 2009 Mac Pro and I'm running El Capitan. High Sierra is not supported. Is there a workaround to upgrade to High Sierra and are the benefits worth the trouble to upgrade? Any help is greatly appreciated

Posted on Aug 17, 2019 10:41 PM

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Posted on Aug 18, 2019 12:05 AM

You may be able to download the installer for macOS Sierra 10.12.x from Apple, there is a direct link;

but should probably read the article. (There's also a link to Mojave, too; which won't help your mac.)


• How to upgrade to macOS Sierra - Apple Support

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208202


Direct link to get the installer only:

Get macOS Sierra 10.12


Make sure to have at least one backup; helps also have Time Machine backups, too. Clones are good.

Good luck & happy trails!🌞

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Aug 18, 2019 12:05 AM in response to Cryinferno2003

You may be able to download the installer for macOS Sierra 10.12.x from Apple, there is a direct link;

but should probably read the article. (There's also a link to Mojave, too; which won't help your mac.)


• How to upgrade to macOS Sierra - Apple Support

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208202


Direct link to get the installer only:

Get macOS Sierra 10.12


Make sure to have at least one backup; helps also have Time Machine backups, too. Clones are good.

Good luck & happy trails!🌞

Any reason to upgrade from El Capitan to High Sierra?

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