Whats the best macos to install on an early 2013 15" retina MBP?

what would be an optimal version of macos on an early 2013 mbp 15" retina model?

Is it true that newer os requires much more CPU? or is it the other way around?

MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 10.12

Posted on Mar 4, 2021 1:22 PM

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brbo

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Mar 4, 2021 1:46 PM in response to shai36

Hi shai36,

Seems you could install Catalina ok ... doubtful that you could install Big Sur though.

Apple has info. here that can help:

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211683

Cheers

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