How to upgrade from MacOS Monterey to MacOS Ventura - and not Sonoma?

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kevinnolan Author

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How to upgrade from MacOS Monterey to MacOS Ventura - and not Sonoma?

Hi,

I'm running a 2019 Intel based 16" MBP (8x iCore9, 64GB RAM) currently on MacOS 12.6.1 (Monterey).

I wish to upgrade to MacOS 13 (Ventura) but do not know how.

Can anyone point me to the steps involved?

I have searched online, but clear guidance is not forthcoming as all available tutorials I've found were released before Sonoma was released and assume Ventura is the latest OS.

I know Apple provide the ability to installed older OS's - but I do not want to do an install - I wish to upgrade.

Any help and pointers very much appreciated.

Thanks,

Kevin Nolan (Dublin().

MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 12.6

Posted on Nov 25, 2023 8:37 AM

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FoxFifth

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Nov 25, 2023 8:42 AM in response to kevinnolan

See the following Apple Support article for information on upgrading to Ventura or other older macOS versions: How to download and install macOS - Apple Support

Those instructions apply to upgrades as well as new installs.

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FoxFifth

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Nov 25, 2023 9:16 AM in response to tbirdvet

tbirdvet wrote:

Why not go with Sonoma if your system is compatible? Sonoma is just Venture with some additional features.

I was thinking the same thing and it is what I personally would do. 2018 and later MBP are compatible. How to upgrade to macOS Sonoma - Apple Support

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kevinnolan Author

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Nov 25, 2023 10:01 AM in response to tbirdvet

Hi -

I use my Mac for music making, and as part of a PhD in astronomy. In both instances, some of the software I run will not run on Sonoma - so I've no choice, for now, but to upgrade to Ventura (and I need to upgrade as some of the software I need won't now run until I upgrade). In short - I have to be on MacOS13 for now - I suspect Sonoma will be OK to use by spring / summer 2024 - but for now, I've no choice on the matter! I know it _might_ be OK - but some of the software (NASA's HEASoft tools for astronomy analysis) is only validated to MacOS13 and I can't take the chance or I could end up not being able to proceed with my PhD work. Thanks.

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tbirdvet

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Nov 25, 2023 8:50 AM in response to kevinnolan

Why not go with Sonoma if your system is compatible? Sonoma is just Venture with some additional features.

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kevinnolan Author

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Nov 25, 2023 9:56 AM in response to FoxFifth

Thanks so much for this pointer and for your time - really appreciated.

Kind regards,

Kevin.

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tbirdvet

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Nov 26, 2023 4:59 AM in response to kevinnolan

What I do is make a clone of my internal drive to an external drive then test all apps on the clone. If OK then I update my internal drive. Just a thought.

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