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My Mac is still on Sierra, can I update directly to Catalina?

Shall I first update to High Sierra instead?

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 10.12

Posted on Dec 11, 2020 8:00 AM

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Posted on Dec 11, 2020 8:06 AM

JDaffina wrote:
My Mac is still on Sierra, can I update directly to Catalina?

Shall I first update to High Sierra instead?


You do not say what exact Mac this is...(?)


From the tech specs—General Requirements

  • 12.5GB of available storage (OS X El Capitan 10.11.5 or later)




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

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Dec 11, 2020 8:06 AM in response to JDaffina

JDaffina wrote:
My Mac is still on Sierra, can I update directly to Catalina?

Shall I first update to High Sierra instead?


You do not say what exact Mac this is...(?)


From the tech specs—General Requirements

  • 12.5GB of available storage (OS X El Capitan 10.11.5 or later)




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

My Mac is still on Sierra, can I update directly to Catalina?

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