mac-mini os ventura

I had installed this OS on my device late 2012 Intel I7, however it did not give me connectivity with my iPhone XS on bluetooth, where as OS High Sierra works perfectly. Mostly app stores also restrict many apps as the OS is not supportive. Anyone have any idea about this.

Posted on Jul 30, 2023 8:12 AM

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Jul 30, 2023 9:08 AM in response to fida210

fida210 wrote:

I had installed this OS on my device late 2012 Intel I7, however it did not give me connectivity with my iPhone XS on bluetooth, where as OS High Sierra works perfectly. Mostly app stores also restrict many apps as the OS is not supportive. Anyone have any idea about this.

The latest MacOS that your Mac Mini 2012 i7 runs is 10.15.7, which is Catalina. After that came Big Sur, then Monterey, now Ventura, and soon yet another new version. So your Mac is limited to older MacOS three versions behind the latest and soon to be four. This means that many of the software items in the App Store won't run on your system as many of them require a recent version of the MacOS.


Bluetooth should work, however, barring some sort of hardware issue. Which can be checked by a qualified technician if the basic troubleshooting steps don't resolve it.


If you somehow managed to put Ventura on your 2012 Mac Mini, then unsupported modifications must have been made to the computer (as it only supports through 10.15.7) and then I am not surprised that you are finding other functionality no longer works.

Jul 30, 2023 8:43 AM in response to fida210

There's nothing in the OS that precludes the bluetooth connectivity. Millions of Ventura users use Bluetooth every day. So, I'd start with basic trouble shooting steps like restarting both devices.


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Mostly app stores also restrict many apps as the OS is not supportive


I'm not sure what you mean. Do you mean you now need to upgrade your apps to more resent versions? So does everybody.

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