My iPhone 13 and new iPad can upgrade to the 15.5 IOS, but my MacAir (2020 model) can only upgrade to 13. Please explain.

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My iPhone 13 and new iPad can upgrade to the 15.5 IOS, but my MacAir (2020 model) can only upgrade to 13. Please explain.

I have a 2020 model MacAir, but can only upgrade it to IOS version13, unlike my iPhone and iPad which upgraded to 15.5. How do I upgrade my MacAir so that all three Apple devices are operating on IOS 15.5?

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 12.3

Posted on Jun 21, 2022 9:48 AM

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sigdriv

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Jun 21, 2022 9:52 AM in response to marilyn166

Hi, every Apple product have different system operator, like iPhone has now iOS 15.5, iPad has iPadOS 15.5, and Apple Watch has watchOS 8.6, and Mac has MacOs where the newest version is MacOS Montery 12.4

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KiltedTim

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Jun 21, 2022 9:51 AM in response to marilyn166

Macs don’t run ios, they run macOS. The current version of macOS is macOS 13.4 The current version of iOS is 15.5.

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My iPhone 13 and new iPad can upgrade to the 15.5 IOS, but my MacAir (2020 model) can only upgrade to 13. Please explain.

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