Automatic Downgrade?

I've been using a Mac Mini (2011) on Mojave for ages. Now I suddenly find that it has been downgraded to High Sierra. Is this normal, have I done something or has it been a change at Apple? Apple are now listing the 2011 hardware not able to run Mojave!! Anybody else found this?

Posted on Jul 23, 2022 4:13 AM

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Jul 23, 2022 5:23 AM in response to Nicwg

The 2011 MacMini highest supported OS is High Sierra. Since you required some kind of hack to install Mojave, which is an unsupported OS on a 2011 MacMini, to try and circumvent what Apple actually supports, you are on your own.

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