I have a mac desktop and its currently running on version 10.11.6 and im trying to update to the lastest version and it keeps saying no update available. How can i fix this?
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If this is a Mac Pro "trash can" from Late 2013, a Mac mini from Late 2014, or an iMac from Late 2015, you can upgrade it to Monterey. Monterey is no longer one of the "most recent three", but still is recent enough to be quite a bit more useful than El Capitan.
Worst case is that you have a much older Mac for which El Capitan is the end of the line – and it is past time to replace that Mac (or set it aside for running old 32-bit software like games).
If you go into the About This Mac dialog in the Apple () menu, what does it say about your Mac's model, and hardware release year / time of year? That will determine how far you can update – if at all.
If this is a Mac Pro "trash can" from Late 2013, a Mac mini from Late 2014, or an iMac from Late 2015, you can upgrade it to Monterey. Monterey is no longer one of the "most recent three", but still is recent enough to be quite a bit more useful than El Capitan.
Worst case is that you have a much older Mac for which El Capitan is the end of the line – and it is past time to replace that Mac (or set it aside for running old 32-bit software like games).
If you go into the About This Mac dialog in the Apple () menu, what does it say about your Mac's model, and hardware release year / time of year? That will determine how far you can update – if at all.
What is the exact version of your Mac? You can get this information by clicking the Apple menu & selecting "About This Mac".
Here is a good article showing which versions of macOS are compatible with various hardware (only goes back to macOS 10.8 Mountain Lion):
If you are running 10.11.6, your Mac is much too old to install the latest version. The only fix is to acquire a newer Mac.
Even without further details, knowing that your Mac is running El Capitan now tells us that the "end of the line" for it must be somewhere between El Capitan and Monterey (inclusive).
El Capitan is 9 major versions older than Sequoia. Monterey is 3 major versions older than Sequoia.
Are you sure about that??
Unable to update my iMac to latest versions of macOS.
