I just went to Apple's compatibility page for Ventura, and it says my early 2015 Air is not on the compatibility list. However, on the Ventura page of the App store, it says that Ventura will run "on this Macbook Air." Which should I believe?
Anyone have experience updating older machines?
MacBook Air
Yes, that's exactly what happened. Thanks to both of you for helping out - the app store was, in fact, just looking at the OS version on my machine. No Ventura for the Air. Tough luck, since the machine still runs perfectly and I have no intention of swapping it out just to get the new OS version ;-)
Yes, that's exactly what happened. Thanks to both of you for helping out - the app store was, in fact, just looking at the OS version on my machine. No Ventura for the Air. Tough luck, since the machine still runs perfectly and I have no intention of swapping it out just to get the new OS version ;-)
The 2015 MacBook Air can run Monterey macOS 12.6.2 or earlier. It can't run Ventura. Only the 2018 MBA or newer can run Ventura.
That App store has been know to make errors before. However, you can go ahead and try to download and run the installer. If your Mac is not compatible it will not run.
FWIW, Software Update will most likely not download it.
Just to add, the Compatibility message in the App Store will say any Mac running 10.12 or later is compatible. That's clearly not true.
Thanks, that's what the compatibility page says. I'm trying to understand why the App store says otherwise, and if it's true or not. I certainly don't want to try installing it if it's going to break everything, but if, as the App store suggests, it can run on my machine, why not try it?
Therefore I'm really looking to see if anyone has already tried this, and how it worked out.
By the way, at one point Software Update was inviting me to install Ventura. Since the 13.1 update was released, it no longer does this.
Thanks - I'll try it and let you know if it works
You're welcome. If it makes you feel any better, I have 5 Macs I can't update to Ventura and 2 that I have. 😎
Older macbook air compatibility - Ventura
