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The Apple Support Community will permanently close on November 20, 2026. Starting today, the site will no longer accept new posts and is available in a read-only state.
You can continue to find trusted guidance and support on the official Apple Support site.
We want to thank the community members who have contributed their time and expertise to help others with their Apple products.
My 2016 MacPro is working fine, but whenever I want to get support for something I'm always asked to update. Can I put Sonoma on this older, almost vintage laptop?
MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 12.7
A Mac Pro and a MacBook Pro are 2 very different things.
No such thing as a 2016 MacPro exists.
This is a Mac Pro:
A 2016 MacBook Pro cannot be updated beyond macOS 12 Monterrey. It lacks the hardware to properly run Ventura or later macOS versions.
Update to my Mac Pro 2016 running 12.7.4
