Im running El Capitan 10.11.6 on Mac Mini and I'm unable to get Yahoo Mail or Google Mail to work. Assuming there is a compatibility issue. Is there an upgrade path for El Capitan to Ventura. Any other options?
WB66JJ wrote:
Is there an upgrade path for El Capitan to Ventura.
No, your Late 2009 Mini is hardware-constrained to running no higher than El Capitan.
Any other options?
I am seeing other reports recently of gmail not working with badly out-of-date versions of Apple Mail like the one in El Capitan. However, for now and as long as you can use FireFox, you should be able to check gmail with the browser.
I doubt Google is supporting the El Capitan version of Safari. Safari versions are inexorably linked to Mac OS versions, so you have no upgrade path for Safari when you have none for your base Mac OS.
Just remember that newer versions of FireFox will no longer support El Capitan, so it is time to consider a computer that is now up to 14 years old. Sad, but that seems to the the way of the world today.
WB66JJ wrote:
Is there an upgrade path for El Capitan to Ventura.
No, your Late 2009 Mini is hardware-constrained to running no higher than El Capitan.
Any other options?
I am seeing other reports recently of gmail not working with badly out-of-date versions of Apple Mail like the one in El Capitan. However, for now and as long as you can use FireFox, you should be able to check gmail with the browser.
I doubt Google is supporting the El Capitan version of Safari. Safari versions are inexorably linked to Mac OS versions, so you have no upgrade path for Safari when you have none for your base Mac OS.
Just remember that newer versions of FireFox will no longer support El Capitan, so it is time to consider a computer that is now up to 14 years old. Sad, but that seems to the the way of the world today.
What year model is your Mac mini?
see > Identify your Mac mini model - Apple Support
As you look down the list of models, it will tell you what the newest compatible operating system is for each model.
Google has increased security requirements these days.
In order to connect your old version of Mail to GMail – assuming that Google allows it at all – you may need to create a Google app password (for use only by Mail), as Google's condition for letting you use a "less secure" application.
An alternative might be to use the GMail Web interface.
Allan Jones wrote:
WB66JJ wrote:
Is there an upgrade path for El Capitan to Ventura.
No, your Late 2009 Mini is hardware-constrained to running no higher than El Capitan.
The poster who said he had the Late 2009 Mini was Matti Haveri. I don't believe that WB6JJ (the author) has answered den.thed's question yet. So we don't know for certain that he's out of luck. Just that Haveri is.
Looking at the front and back of the Mini is one way to identify it. Another is to select About This Mac, in the Apple () menu, which should reveal the model name (including year and time of year).
Thanks to A Brody, Browsers by Mac operating system…
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-250003586
In our setup gmail works in Firefox 78.15.0esr in OS X 10.11.6 El Capitan (Mac mini late 2009), and at least quite recently worked also in Safari.
OS X El Capitan 10.11.6 & Yahoo Mail & Google Mail
