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Big Sur on Late 2011 MBP (App Store offered/prompted download)

My wife’s late 2011 MBP offered a download of Big Sur. She bought it with an i7 and i upgraded her ram to 16gb and to a 1TB ssd. i dont want to fry her machine. is there now option to install on this older model from apple? thanks Kevin from NC

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Posted on Feb 16, 2021 9:07 PM

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Posted on Feb 16, 2021 9:22 PM

There is no way that Big Sur can be installed on a Late 2011 MBP. She would need a Late 2013 or newer Mac Book Pro.


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Big Sur on Late 2011 MBP (App Store offered/prompted download)

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