Upgrading from El Capitan

I have an iMac 7.1 with El Capitan, 1TB new hard drive. My question is how do I upgrade from El Capitan to Sierra etc. Nothing works from the app store.

iMac, OS X 10.11

Posted on Mar 9, 2021 7:33 PM

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Posted on Mar 9, 2021 7:37 PM

You can't. An iMac7,1 isn't capable of Sierra or above.

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Mar 9, 2021 7:37 PM in response to tanis16

You can't. An iMac7,1 isn't capable of Sierra or above.

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