What happened to Sierra for Mac Mini mid-2010?

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What happened to Sierra for Mac Mini mid-2010?

What happened to Sierra for Mac Mini mid-2010? At first I saw that it was the bottom end of the system requirements. Numerous citations on support pages and all over the web say "Mac Mini mid-2010 or newer." But now after half a day wrestling with the install, I find it now has to be "mid-2011 or newer"! Whaaaa changed??

"Never promise what you can't deliver!"

Mac mini (mid 2010), 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 8 GB memory, running OS X El Capitan 10.11.6

Mac mini, OS X El Capitan (10.11.6), null

Posted on Sep 22, 2016 2:29 PM

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Answer 1

Sep 22, 2016 2:33 PM in response to preston122

Hi,

It says ...

Mac mini (Mid 2010 or newer)

See Mac Hardware Requirements here > http://www.apple.com/macos/how-to-upgrade/#hardware-requirements

You may be looking a Feature Requirements:

Handoff, Instant Hotspot, and Universal Clipboard

Supported by the following Mac models:

MacBook (Early 2015 or newer)
MacBook Pro (2012 or newer)
MacBook Air (2012 or newer)
Mac mini (2012 or newer)
iMac (2012 or newer)
Mac Pro (Late 2013)

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preston122 Author

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Sep 22, 2016 3:02 PM in response to Carolyn Samit

I know! It says that all over the place! But they changed it! Check this support article dated the 20th:

How to get macOS Sierra - Apple Support

Someone also updated the info on Wikipedia:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacOS_Sierra#System_requirements

Didn't show up in my Software Update and when I downloaded it straight from the App Store Featured tab and tried to install it, it wouldn't take. That's when I looked again and saw that the minimum requirements had changed!

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lllaass

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Sep 22, 2016 3:04 PM in response to preston122

It is not an update, it is an upgrade so it is not in Updates section of Mac App Store.

Just what message are yo getting when you try to install on your Mac?

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preston122 Author

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Sep 22, 2016 3:12 PM in response to lllaass

No message. It just rebooted to Disk Utility on the recovery disk, which I thought was odd. But I figured maybe it just wanted me to run Disk First Aid, so I did, no problems found, and rebooted again. Then it just took me back to El Capitan.

I'm tellin' ya, they changed it! Check the links above.

Cruel to offer something and then take it back!

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stedman1

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Sep 22, 2016 3:15 PM in response to preston122

The info from your link shows:

iMac (Late 2009 or newer)
MacBook (Late 2009 or newer)
MacBook Pro (Mid 2010 or newer)
MacBook Air (Late 2010 or newer)
Mac mini (Mid 2010 or newer)
Mac Pro (Mid 2010 or newer)

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preston122 Author

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Sep 22, 2016 3:21 PM in response to stedman1

No, it doesn't!

How to get macOS Sierra - Apple Support

Can your Mac use Sierra?

macOS Sierra requires one of the following Mac models and versions of OS X. It also requires at least 2GB of memory and 8GB of storage space.

iMac (Late 2009 or newer)
MacBook (Late 2009 or newer)
MacBook Pro (Mid 2010 or newer)
MacBook Air (Mid 2011 or newer)
Mac mini (Mid 2011 or newer)
Mac Pro (Mid 2010 or newer)
OS X El Capitan v10.11
OS X Yosemite v10.10
OS X Mavericks v10.9
OS X Mountain Lion v10.8
OS X Lion v10.7

Why won't anyone believe me?

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lllaass

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Sep 22, 2016 3:25 PM in response to preston122

When I click on your link I get:

iMac (Late 2009 or newer)
MacBook (Late 2009 or newer)
MacBook Pro (Mid 2010 or newer)
MacBook Air (Late 2010 or newer)
Mac mini (Mid 2010 or newer)
Mac Pro (Mid 2010 or newer)
OS X El Capitan v10.11
OS X Yosemite v10.10
OS X Mavericks v10.9
OS X Mountain Lion v10.8
OS X Lion v10.7

What country are you located in?

What happens when you try to upgrade? Exact wording of any message?

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stedman1

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Sep 22, 2016 3:26 PM in response to preston122

I'm not sure what I can tell you. I copy/pasted the info from the page you linked above. The screenshot below is from that same page.

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preston122 Author

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Sep 22, 2016 3:39 PM in response to stedman1

I'm in the US -- Memphis, TN. I'm away from the office, on my phone now, but there was no message no error, nothing. It just didn't take. Here's my screenshot. I don't understand either. Maybe refresh your page, you've got an old version in cache? What's the date on that page? Mine say it was updated Sep. 20. Did you check the Wikipedia link?

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stedman1

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Sep 22, 2016 3:51 PM in response to preston122

Last modified shows as September 22, 2016.

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preston122 Author

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Sep 22, 2016 4:04 PM in response to stedman1

Ok, I just reloaded the page on my iPhone and now it says 2010 and Sep 22. But it must have been updated in the last 90 min., because I'd never loaded that page on the iPhone before this conversation (Which I began on the Mini but continued on the iPhone). And it still says 2011 on Wikipedia, so I'm not delusional! I'll try running the upgrade again tomorrow. Thanks all!

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