can I upgrade directly from OSX 10.7.5 to Sierra?

By the way, technically speaking it says the requirements are OSX 10.7.5 or later, 2 gigs of RAM and 8.8 GB of available storage.

Technically, these are the requirements for El Capitan (which your Mac does not meet in any way):

Upgrade to OS X El Capitan - Apple Support

Can your Mac use El Capitan?

OS X El Capitan requires one of the following Mac models and versions of OS X. It also requires at least 2GB of memory and 8.8GB of storage space.

• iMac (Mid 2007 or newer)
• MacBook (Late 2008 Aluminum, Early 2009, or newer)
• MacBook Pro (Mid 2007 or newer)
• MacBook Air (Late 2008 or newer)
• Mac mini (Early 2009 or newer)
• Mac Pro (Early 2008 or newer)
• Xserve (Early 2009)
• OS X Yosemite v10.10
• OS X Mavericks v10.9
• OS X Mountain Lion v10.8
• OS X Lion v10.7
• Mac OS X Snow Leopard v10.6.8

The requirements for Sierra are slightly more restrictive, and the requirements for Mountain Lion are the same as El Capitan. OS X Mountain Lion system requirements - Apple Support

Can anyone tell me if they have successfully upgraded to Sierra from osx 10.7.5?

Lots of people have, but the OS isn't your problem. It is your hardware. You don't have a 64-bit EFI.

Because of that, your Mac isn't even capable of running Mountain Lion. 10.7.5 is as far as that Mac will go.

If you mac is not supported in Sierra or High Sierra you can still get El Capitan, How to download OS X El Capitan - Apple Support

or if you had previously downloaded it you can access it through the Purchases page in the App Store.

It says for macbook, late 2009 or newer. By the way, technically speaking it says the requirements are OSX 10.7.5 or later, 2 gigs of RAM and 8.8 GB of available storage.

My 13 inch macbook is from early 2008 with OSX 10.7.5. It has 4 gigs of RAM and a 1 TB hard drive with plenty of space available. I added the RAM of course and had to change the hard drive. Do you think it's worth a shot to try and upgrade to Sierra? I don't want to screw up anything. It runs relatively well. The fan gets a bit noisy at times and sometimes when I run firefox it's a little buggy but safari runs pretty well despite sometimes not being able to put videos into fullscreen sometimes but not all the time.

My main issue is that I cannot sync my iPhone SE to my macbook since the version of iTunes is not compatible.

Can anyone tell me if they have successfully upgraded to Sierra from osx 10.7.5?

So I tried getting El Capitan from the App Store but it wouldn't let me download it. My computer is not supported. I don't understand cause technically I meet the requirements. The next step up is Mountain Lion but I would have to pay for that and I'm still technically not supported for it.

EFI is not a processor. It is the Extensible Firmware Interface. Windows computers use BIOS. Same purpose. It interfaces between the hardware and the OS. You must have a 64-bit EFI to use anything beyond Lion.

There is no way to upgrade it.

I run OS X 10.7.5 on a MacBookPro 2013. I tried to upgrade to Sierra after verifying the specs, which seemed

okay, but the app store said my computer isn't compatible; yet, I know that is it. I am baffled and not just a little

frustrated. If you have any notion about this, please let me know. Thanks.

Having read about the mayhem that develops from an upgrade, I realize I can't afford to attempt to make Chrome more responsive. I don't have several days to get my computer working after the upgrade fails!

ghostoperative wrote:

It doesn't work. I have 10.7.5 on 13" Early 2011 macbook. And it says it requires 10.8 or later.

High Sierra requires 10.8 or Later. Sierra, for which this forum is named, only requires 10.6.8 or later.

If you are running Lion, you will need to first upgrade to Sierra before upgrading to High Sierra.

I was on Sierra and the my hard drive failed. I’ve replaced my hardrive and as I wasn’t backed up had to start from scratch as a new machine and it installed Lion. I’m now stuck and can’t get any of the OS updates. Most annoyingly I can’t get iPhoto or Photos now either.

vicki_is_tricki wrote:

I was on Sierra and the my hard drive failed. … Most annoyingly I can’t get iPhoto or Photos now either.

Upgrade your OS to El Capitan, Sierra, or High Sierra. Since you are running Lion, you must upgrade to Sierra before High Sierra.

If your Mac cannot run Sierra, you can upgrade to El Capitan.

Photos is part of all three OS's (I think--maybe not El Capitan).

I fond somthg interesting if you use clover configrater on a Mac and click mount Efi it open the actual Mac EFI as a folder. I wonder has anybody tried addding New EFI from different Mac EFI. I would recommend trying on old Mac you don’t use first And see if anything happens

Try downloading in the Safe Mode or another admin account.

Safe Mode

Yes, as long as your MacBook Pro meets the specs for Sierra. It must be a mid 2010 or later model.

I've got the same operating system and last night I tried downloading the Sierra update. As a result I've lost everything and all attempts to reboot(?) using my original 10.7.5 system have failed miserably. I've been trying to put things right for over 18 hours and I'm at my wits end! I've scanned Apple support for anyone that seems to be in the same boat but can't find anything or anyone to help. It's a nightmare.

What, specifically, makes you think you have "lost everything?"

In other words, please explain what you saw while you installed Sierra and what you are seeing now that it is installed.