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I don’t have an option to upgrade. How do I upgrade?

I don’t have an option to upgrade. How do I upgrade?

Posted on Dec 13, 2021 1:52 PM

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Posted on Dec 14, 2021 8:13 AM

High Sierra is your operating system. If you are currently running 10.13.6, then that is the last High Sierra version available.


To know if your Mac can update beyond High Sierra, we need the Model / Year of Mac from Apple Menu->About This Mac too.


You can look here and se if your Mac is compatible with Monterey: Link-> How to upgrade to macOS Monterey - Apple Support

and here if its not compatible with Monterey but may be compatible with other slightly older versions: link-> How to get old versions of macOS - Apple Support

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Dec 14, 2021 8:13 AM in response to Kclark102

High Sierra is your operating system. If you are currently running 10.13.6, then that is the last High Sierra version available.


To know if your Mac can update beyond High Sierra, we need the Model / Year of Mac from Apple Menu->About This Mac too.


You can look here and se if your Mac is compatible with Monterey: Link-> How to upgrade to macOS Monterey - Apple Support

and here if its not compatible with Monterey but may be compatible with other slightly older versions: link-> How to get old versions of macOS - Apple Support

Dec 14, 2021 8:44 AM in response to Kclark102

The Age of this computer will Govern what newer version of macOS it will Qualify to install. Use About this Mac from the Apple Icon on Desktop - the required Information will be there.


With the above information in-hand - follow this How to get old versions of macOS and verify what version this computer Qualifies to install.  For Best results use Safari to commence the download as Others may not work.


Safari will open a redirect and open the Apple Store where the download can commence


Tips Big Sir Upgrade Released Nov 2020


Tips Monterey Upgrade  Released Oct 25, 2021


Make Time Machine Backup  is very useful and can be used to Revert to Previous Working macOS


Notation - Mojave is the Last version to support 32 bit applications / extensions and Drivers. Catalina, Big Sur & Monterey supports only 64 bit and there is no workaround.


Suggest using Go64 to find 32 bit application before attempting the upGrade. Some or many of the Application already installed may required update or upGrades to 64 Bit Versions.


Are there any AntiVirus, Disk Cleaner, Optimizers, Un-installers, etc installed which should be removed as per Developers Instructions. They are useless, unneeded, cause havoc and interfere with the normal  operation of the OS and may even Corrupt the OS requiring a Reinstallation

I don’t have an option to upgrade. How do I upgrade?

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