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Updating OS on an older Mac Pro (mid 2010)

I have a Mac Pro (mid 2010) 2 x 2.4 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xenon running macOS Sierra 10.12.6


I was told that if I purchased and installed a SSD drive it would be possible to update the OS.


Is this correct and how exactly would I go about it? What would be the step by step process for installing and updating? For example would I install the SSD drive into Bay 2 and somehow download / install a more recent OS to the drive?


Thanks

Earlier Mac models

Posted on May 18, 2023 6:23 AM

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Posted on May 18, 2023 10:41 AM

if you go this route, running 10.13 first is REQUIRED, as den-thed's article mentions, but does not quite club you over the head with.


Installing Mojave from there includes a required firmware upgrade, and will not install without first installing a metal-compatible graphics card..

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Updating OS on an older Mac Pro (mid 2010)

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