MacBook Pro 2012 issues with safari software update

i recently got my macbook back and i reinstalled mac os and it has me on Mac OS X Version 10.7.5 i try to software update and nothing comes up and i can't use safari and it says "Safari can't open the page. Safari can't open the page "any page i type" because safari can't establish a secure connection to the server "any page i type". and App store says "Cannot Connect to the App Store" Please Help

Posted on Mar 9, 2025 10:54 PM

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ajimenez_ wrote:

i recently got my macbook back and i reinstalled mac os and it has me on Mac OS X Version 10.7.5 i try to software update and nothing comes up and i can't use safari and it says "Safari can't open the page. Safari can't open the page "any page i type" because safari can't establish a secure connection to the server "any page i type". and App store says "Cannot Connect to the App Store" Please Help


OS X LIon from 2008-2011 hard to believe anything works.


See if you can download the OS X El Capitan (2015-2018) , this may be a starting point. I would think the goal of a 2012 Mac is to get to macOS Catalina ( the latest OS you can run on that machine.


for El Capitan installer dmg using the Terminal.app copy and paste:

curl -o Desktop/El\ Capitan.dmg -R http://updates-http.cdn-apple.com/2019/cert/061-41424-20191024-218af9ec-cf50-4516-9011-228c78eda3d2/InstallMacOSX.dmg



report back your success or failure.



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Mar 10, 2025 4:25 AM in response to ajimenez_

ajimenez_ wrote:

i recently got my macbook back and i reinstalled mac os and it has me on Mac OS X Version 10.7.5 i try to software update and nothing comes up and i can't use safari and it says "Safari can't open the page. Safari can't open the page "any page i type" because safari can't establish a secure connection to the server "any page i type". and App store says "Cannot Connect to the App Store" Please Help


OS X LIon from 2008-2011 hard to believe anything works.


See if you can download the OS X El Capitan (2015-2018) , this may be a starting point. I would think the goal of a 2012 Mac is to get to macOS Catalina ( the latest OS you can run on that machine.


for El Capitan installer dmg using the Terminal.app copy and paste:

curl -o Desktop/El\ Capitan.dmg -R http://updates-http.cdn-apple.com/2019/cert/061-41424-20191024-218af9ec-cf50-4516-9011-228c78eda3d2/InstallMacOSX.dmg



report back your success or failure.



You can contact your local store


Local USA—

Store List - Apple Store - Apple


Around the World—

Choose your country or region - Apple



Outside the USA—Contact Apple for support and service by phone

See a list of Apple phone numbers around the world.

Contact Apple Support - Apple Support




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