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I have a Mac Mini Server, mid-2011. Intel i7 processor, 16GB RAM, 2 x 500Gig storage.
Officially this cannot be upgraded to use Mojave or Catalina.
Yet, there are other Intel i7 or even i5, i6 that are supported.
Is there a hard technical reason why a mid-2011 i7 mini server cannot run Mojave or is it just apple support policy?
Thanks for any insight
Mac mini
Hi VikingOSX,
Thanks for the reply.
I get it that it is on the obsolete list.. but was curious if that was just support policy (keep costs down) or hard technical incompatibilities.
If I follow what you say, the issue is that there is a hardware limitation for this mini to run newer MacOS versions.
That HW limitation is not about the Intel i7 CPU but the graphic processor (GPU) ?
The mid-2011 Mac mini does not support Metal graphics, and because technically, the Mac is on the world-wide vintage and obsolete list of Macs that Apple no longer supports or services.
Correct. Both the integrated, and optional discrete GPU on the mid-2011 Mac mini are incapable of supporting the new Metal graphics library.
Will this work? Mac Mini, i7, run Mojave?
