RooKoo wrote:
My iPhone doesn't have enough free storage to update ios, so I want to do it (and backup) through iTunes. However, iTunes on my MacBook Pro (2012) isn't finding/recognizing my iPhone. I reinstalled iTunes, but it says I need to upgrade my mac OS. I'm reluctant to do that, since this older Mac probably won't support the newer OS. Is there another way to get iTunes to find my phone? Or should I go ahead and attempt an OS upgrade? I'm kind of stuck, otherwise - can't update my phone with wifi OR with iTunes!
mid 2012 is quite capable of running the newset macOS up to Catalina. No further.
An old rotational drive is not ideal however:
Catalina macOS 10.15.7
https://www.apple.com/macos/catalina/
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/macos-catalina/id1466841314?mt=12&l=en-us
macOS Catalina - Technical Specifications - Apple Support
https://support.apple.com/kb/SP803?locale=en_US
System requirements macOS 10.15 Catalina
macOS Catalina will run on all Macintosh computers that supported Mojave:
MacBook: Early 2015 or newer
MacBook Air: Mid 2012 or newer
MacBook Pro: Mid 2012 or newer
Mac Mini: Late 2012 or newer
iMac: Late 2012 or newer
iMac Pro
Mac Pro: Late 2013 or newer; Mid 2010 or Mid 2012 if upgraded with a recommended Metal-capable GPU
