Update mojave 10.14.6 operating system on Macbook Air

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Update mojave 10.14.6 operating system on Macbook Air

I have a 2019 Macbook Air with 121 GB storage. Though I have automatic updates turned on, the operating system hasn't updated for a long while and is stuck on Mojave 10.14.6. Several applications I have purchased recently will not open on this system and require an upgraded one. When I try to force an upgrade it gives me OS Monterey, but says it "can't be installed on MacIntosh HD". Possibly there is insufficient storage - I have 36.7GB free, and almost all of the rest is either "system" or a relatively small set of needed applications. What to do?

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 10.14

Posted on Aug 21, 2024 11:25 PM

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Answer 1

Aug 22, 2024 12:06 AM in response to pautgreener

You can upgrade a 2019 MacBook Air all the way to Sonoma - the current version of macOS. You will not be able to upgrade it to Sequoia when Sequoia comes out later this year.

macOS Sonoma is compatible with these computers - Apple Support

If you upgrade to Catalina or later, 32-bit applications will break, and iTunes will go away, replaced by separate applications.

How to download and install macOS - Apple Support

You will need to make enough space to download and install the upgrade, whether that means offloading some files to an external drive, or deleting unneeded documents outright.

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Answer 2

Aug 22, 2024 12:20 AM in response to pautgreener

Not ideal - but you could get a higher-capacity external drive and install macOS on it. Some external SSDs are physically very small.

(OWC does not have internal SSD upgrades for your Mac, and their site seems to indicate that the SSDs in the 2019 models are soldered in.)

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Update mojave 10.14.6 operating system on Macbook Air

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