Can I update to iOS 10 using a Mac with Mountain Lion OS (10.8.5)?

This is what Apple is listing for the iPhone 7 which will be running iOS 10.

http://www.apple.com/iphone-7/specs/

Syncing with iTunes on a Mac or PC requires:

• Mac: OS X v10.9 or later
• PC: Windows 7 or later
• iTunes 12.5 or later (free download from www.itunes.com/download)

My daughter is running Lion on her MacBook Pro and has been syncing her iOS devices running iOS 9.3.5. The requirements for iOS 9 call for Mountain Lion 10.8.5. She never updates via iTunes - always over WiFi - and I think that is how she got away with it. I don't know if that will work this time with iOS 10.

ITunes recognizes her devices just fine. She can connect her iPhone 6 and her iPad Mini 2 with the cable to her MacBook and sync both devices.

This sort of ironic in a way. She never updates through iTunes. She always updates OTA using WiFi. But she never syncs over WiFi. She always uses the cable to connect.

I understand. My daughter will be in the same boat. Just because it has been working is no guarantee that it will continue.

If she can't sync after updating, I will update the OS on her Mac.