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can my imac 2017 3ghz quad core intel core i5 upgrade to sonoma operating system

i want to upgrade my operating system to sonoma from ventura 13.7.8 is this possible?

iMac 21.5″ 4K, macOS 13.7

Posted on Aug 30, 2025 11:47 AM

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Posted on Aug 30, 2025 11:49 AM

No. The only 2017 iMac which can is the iMac Pro, and that has an Xeon W CPU instead of an i5 one.


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