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Will this not work for a MacBook Air M1 running Big Sur 11.6 and a iPhone 12 running iOS 15? My devices meet requirements, just not the operating systems. Is there a workaround? I don’t want to have to use Catalina on my Mac or iOS 13 on my phone.

Posted on Sep 26, 2021 10:53 AM

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Posted on Sep 26, 2021 11:02 AM

Will what not work? A workaround to what? If your Mac and iPhone meet requirements, upgrade each to latest operating system. You don't have to keep using Catalina or an older version of iOS if each device meets requirements as you say. It's a personal choice,

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Sep 26, 2021 1:52 PM in response to LegacyOfALegend

LegacyOfALegend wrote:

Will this not work for a MacBook Air M1 running Big Sur 11.6 and a iPhone 12 running iOS 15? My devices meet requirements, just not the operating systems. Is there a workaround? I don’t want to have to use Catalina on my Mac or iOS 13 on my phone.

Exactly what does not work?


I have an M1 MacBook Air with macOS 11.6 and an iPhone 11 Pro with iOS 15 and have not come across any issues.


So again, what does not work?

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