Is it legal/permitted to install macOS Mojave on my incompatible macbook pro 13" mid 2010 by apple? without support and at my own risk.
MacBook Pro 13", macOS 10.12
Its not directly referenced one way or another in the License Agreement, which means its allowed.
Anything not specifically prohibited is by definition permitted.
There's nothing "illegal" about intalling an unsupported OS on a Mac you own. There is no actual law that states you cannot install an unsupported OS on a computer. Hence cannot be illegal.
Its no different than installing Linux, or some other OS. Its just not supported by Apple, so they won't help you. That's as much as Apple is saying about it.
Its up to you, wether you want to go ahead with it or not.
Legal yes. Nothing illegal about it.
Permitted? Apple can't stop you if that's what you mean.
As you say there will be no support, and any issues you encounter are yours alone to resolve. You can't come back to these forums and ask for help if the computer no longer works.
Also no guarantee Mojave will run well or at all on that model. Mojave requires a Metal capable video card which the 2010 MBP does not have. And while there are ways out there to get it to run, there is no guarantee it will run "well".
But you are free to try.
As far as I know the License Agreement only states you are not allowed to install it on non-Apple hardware.
But says nothing about installing it on Apple hardware that is not supported.
Remember that none of us work for Apple. We are your fellow end users. If you want an official answer you need to ask Apple Legal or contact the developer of the hack that allows installing unsupported system software.
Yes, I get that. What I don't get is why you would be asking hypothetically? So I just wanted to add the fact that it's not a good idea. Also, others may be interested in this topic who have more than a hypothetical interest.
Thx for reply.
pls provide reference if it is not against APPLE INC. SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT FOR MAC OS X.
I've never read the full License Agreement but you can read it and decide for yourself:
I have read a bit. I have found not permitted to non apple brand computers. but my case is about old apple machine. yes Apple can't stop me but I cares, thats why I have posted this thread.
I know all you are replying. there are so many old machines out there. There must be a reference for these machines. I am asking because I fear of License Violation.
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It it's not mentioned, then it is legal.
So here we make this post as temporary reference for this purpose at discussions.apple.com, until we find realty behind that.
Thx Phil0124 Thx macjack.
Karamat
Nevertheless, it is still a bad idea!
macjack plz explain.
macjack wrote:
karamatalishah wrote:
macjack plz explain.
It's a bad idea because at best it will not run well. Your Mac does not have a Metal graphics card.
This post is not for that purpose. This is about legalisation of Apple major release.
macjack wrote:
Yes, I get that. What I don't get is why you would be asking hypothetically? So I just wanted to add the fact that it's not a good idea. Also, others may be interested in this topic who have more than a hypothetical interest.
Well I don't know in which sense it is hypothetical. You are welcome in all interests. Actually I just wanted to come to the point. I have stoped many things for this purpose i.e. legal illegal.
Is it legal/permitted to install macOS Mojave on my incompatible macbook pro 13" mid 2010? without support.
