Boot from External HD
What is the most recent MacOS that would support booting from external HD with MacOS 10.9.5 Mavericks?
Mac mini, 10.11
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What is the most recent MacOS that would support booting from external HD with MacOS 10.9.5 Mavericks?
Mac mini, 10.11
If you are looking fo a newer mac and you want it to be able to run Mac OS X Mavericks 10.9.5
you must make sure the mac did not come pre installed with an OS newer than Mavericks.
Any macs that came preinstalled with Mac OS X Yosemite, Mac OS X El Capitan, macOS Sierra,
macOS High Sierra, macOS Mojave and macOS Catalina will not be able to run Mavericks.
Mavericks was launched in approx September 2013 and was replaced by Mac OS X Yosemite in
approx September 2014. So you are really looking at macs that are made between approx 2007
and mid 2014. As you already have a 2009, then you would be looking at 2010-mid 2014.
Do your research.
If you are looking fo a newer mac and you want it to be able to run Mac OS X Mavericks 10.9.5
you must make sure the mac did not come pre installed with an OS newer than Mavericks.
Any macs that came preinstalled with Mac OS X Yosemite, Mac OS X El Capitan, macOS Sierra,
macOS High Sierra, macOS Mojave and macOS Catalina will not be able to run Mavericks.
Mavericks was launched in approx September 2013 and was replaced by Mac OS X Yosemite in
approx September 2014. So you are really looking at macs that are made between approx 2007
and mid 2014. As you already have a 2009, then you would be looking at 2010-mid 2014.
Do your research.
Depends on your mac.
If you give some information as to what mac and its year would give people
an idea of which mac OS's it can run.
It is all down to its motherboard/ logic board and its other hardware which OS
it can run, so knowing more about your mac would help.
Thanks. Looking to purchase recent (not Catalina) iMac or MacMini capable of booting from external HD with MacOS 10.9.5. HD is currently in ageing late 2009 MacMini. I need occasional access to legacy apps.
Boot from External HD