When I look at introduction page for new Big Sur of it clearly states: iMac 2014 and above, but if I click on the link it says 2012 and above? So which one is it, and will late 2013 iMacs be able to run it?
iMac Line (2012 and Later)
macOS Big Sur compatible Macs
Here’s the full list of macOS Big Sur compatible Macs:
Because capitalism....that's why....
Apple, when will you guys finally update this page? https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201634
Because I have Apple software like Garage Band that will no longer run on my iMac because it now requires Big Sur. That is why I want to run Big Sur on my late 2013 iMac. Software compatibility.
Revert back to the Garageband that works.
i need help Big Sur support on iMac late 2013
as Per above really when Big Sur comes up from App Store it says my iMac is compatible but then won't install.
True. ! I resigned myself to stay with Catalina. My iMac later 2013 will be supported for a few more years.
Upgraded my 2013 27" Mac with a new SDD hard drive instead, wow what a difference, so Catalina i is then.
I have the same model but with 24Gb RAM - It has begun crashing numerous times throughout the day. Kernel Panics related to CPU / Memory Modules - Been trying to troubleshoot, seemed to only begin happening when using Chrome and on Hangout calls... but has gotten progressively worse. Just wondering how your machine's holding up?
For most usage, it handles Adobe creative suite and After Effects very well... but i'm feeling that all this latest software is just tanking the Hardware (i'm real technical!)
Currently on OS 10.14.6 and thinking of reformatting it... not sure which OS to go for though.
Think it has to do with the chipset. A late 2013 has a 4xxx intel processor and the 2014 had a 5xxx intel 3xxx and 4xxx work on the same chipset and socket but the 5xxx and 6xxx have a different socket and chipset. The biggest difference in the 2 chipsets are the base memory clocks going from 1600mhz to 2333mhz in the later one.
I think this could be te reason why the cutoff was made there. But not one I can understand.
MapleinJapan wrote:
I know it’s not compatible but why not. What’s the reason. If it was because the gpu or cpu constraining the update or something. Maybe you didn’t understand the statement in the the original post???
As I may have stated some posts back, one reason can be that
Intel has dropped any support for the CPU and chipsets including
support for any security issues that may come up.
In the end only Apple knows for sure.
Rest assured though, for at least the next two years (if you are running
macOS Catalina) you will be getting security updates. If you set aside
a "new iMac nest egg" for that two years you may get enough to buy a
new iMac then.
FWIW, I am in the same boat as you with my late 2013 27" iMac. I was
going to jump on a new iMac but with the definitive announcement
of future Apple silicon Macs, I decided to just hang on for the next two years
and see how the transition plays out, both from product acceptance and
developer support.
Its not the type of cpu but the instruction set on it. Maybe the older ones don’t support an instruction set that’s needed for Big Sur.
And I know every socket/ chipset has instructionset extensions in it.
And im in the same boat as well, but I can’t use that nest egg because my Mac is used for development and needs the newest xCode, all my work is done on a mobile windows workstation as I use visual studio for more than Xamarin, vs2019 for Mac doesn’t fully give me what in need for .net core extension wise. And honestly the “bang” I need doesn’t fit the bucks I’d had to pay for a Mac machine I need.
I would be a Mac Pro at least four times the cost of my current machine with a mayor concession on the graphics-card as apple doesn’t use Nvidia RTX cards, AMD Vega just doesn’t cut it for me.
Im a big fan of apple but it would be stupid to go Mac in my case and just buying one to compile code at those prices is crazy, guess it will be virtual Mac machine for compiling from now on.
If you are doing cross platform development, depending on your application,
perhaps a MacMini would be better suited for your needs for code verification.
blizzard_1978 wrote:
... it will be virtual Mac machine for compiling from now on.
If it is a VM on anything other than an Apple machine, you are directly
violating Apple's EULA for macOS which specifically states that macOS, be it
native of in a VM environment, must be run on an Apple platform.
With that said, in the past I was able to load and run a version of macOS
in a VM with VMWare Fusion on an "unsupported" Mac. But that
was Mojave on a High Sierra machine. I don't know if it is still true
with Catalina or upcoming Big Sur.
blizzard_1978 wrote:
Was planning to use parallels but it the same idea.
FWIW, what I did was just a "see if it works" and did not do any
serious testing with anything other than view a few webpages
with Safari, open iTunes and play a few songs, and used email
and that was it.
A late 2013 21" with a quad core i5 won't upgrade, but a 2014 mini with a dual core i5, hooked to Joe Anybody's LCD will. Whoever drew that line in the sand really should have measured twice before they cut once.
Big Sur support on iMac late 2013
