macOS Mojave Run On My Mid 2010 MBP?

macOS Mojave requires Macs with Metal API support:^[4]

• MacBook: early-2015 or newer
• MacBook Pro: mid-2012 or newer
• MacBook Air: mid-2012 or newer
• Mac Mini: late-2012 or newer
• iMac: late-2012 or newer
• iMac Pro: 2017 or newer
• Mac Pro: late-2013 or newer, plus mid-2010 and mid-2012 models with recommended Metal-capable GPU

from:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacOS_Mojave

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EDLIU wrote:

I upgraded my MacBook Pro to 2.66 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU, 8 GB 1067 MHz DDR3 RAM, and SSD when I purchased it. Does that let my MBP able to run the macOS Mojave?

No. The limitation is the graphics card.

To be blunt, why this insistence to run a new OS that hasn’t even been released yet? It is just going to be slower and buggier than High Sierra, which is slower and buggier than Sierra. You will get one or two years of security updates before your web browser stops working. After that, you are going to have to buy a new machine.

Hello EDLIU,

No.

So in other words 2010's and 2012's with 5770/5870 AMD GPU's, or Nvidia 3xx's and lower are out of luck unless you want to invest in a new GPU.

...and now is not the time to invest in a new GPU.

No.

Your machine doesn’t support eGPUs, at least not as Apple supports eGPUs.

I’m sorry, but Mojave isn’t ever going to support your machine. Why do you care? I know 17” MBP users are very fond of their systems. But it is not like you are missing much software-wise.

Only if you have a compatible graphics card.

None of that is under dispute. I'm just saying that your machine is never going to run Mojave.

I know that the Mac mini was on the list however the 13 and 17 inch were not and yet my 13 can run Mojave but my 17 inch can not. I just finding it frustrating how its becoming harder and harder to remain an apple supporter.

silverbullet12683 wrote:

does anyone have a list of what processor is needed it just doesn't seem right that my 2014 mac mini which has a slower processor than my 2011 17inch pro can run mojave and yet the 17 inch can not

Hello silverbullet12683,

It isn't the processor, it is the graphics card.

Wow, my old workhorse just squeaked in.

The other annoying fact is that I can RDP into a Mac running Mojave and run with no issues but can’t install it

It looks like our 2012 Mac Pros meet the requirements. However, it remains unclear if 64-bit versions of apple's 'DVD Player' and 'iDVD' will be included with 10.14. Mojave ( Apple's 'DVD Player' and iDVD are still 32-bit programs. ) 


If not, we will be forced to continue with 10.13.

On macOS, Metal supports Intel HD and Iris Graphics from the HD 4000 series or newer, AMD GCN-based GPUs, and Nvidia Kepler-based GPUs or newer.

AMD links:

GCN is fabricated in 28 nm and 14 nm graphics chips, available on selected models in the

Radeon HD 7000,

HD 8000,

200,

300,

400and

500 series

of AMD Radeon graphics cards. GCN is also used in the graphics portion of

AMD Accelerated Processing Units (APU), such as in the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One APUs.

NVIDIA links:

Kepler was Nvidia's first microarchitecture to focus on energy efficiency. Most

GeForce 600 series,

most GeForce 700 series, and

some GeForce 800M series GPUs were based on Kepler, all manufactured in 28 nm. Kepler also found use in the

GK20A,

the GPU component of the Tegra K1SoC, as well as in the

Quadro Kxxx series, the

Quadro NVS 510, and

Nvidia Tesla computing modules.

Kepler was followed by the Maxwellmicroarchitecture and used alongside Maxwell in the

GeForce 700 series and

GeForce 800M series.

from:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metal_(API)

and links thereinto totter wikipedia pages

We go through this sort of anguish whenever Apple leaves some Macs behind.

Your Mac is perfectly capable of doing everything it did the day you took it out of the box, and likely a whole lot more if it has been upgraded.

But Apple security update tend to fade away after about three years more or less, so eventually, it will need to be replaced by a a more modern system.

Well, my company's policy is only buy machines where RAM and HDD can be replaced and since I can't update the drive on any iMac after 2011 (glued shut) that means High Sierra is my last Mac OS.

My 2011 iMacs are now officially unsupported by the latest OS, so that's pretty much signed my company's move back to Windows in the next three or four years since all my macs except an old Core Duo 32 bit model support the latest windows 10.

It was a nice stint, started in 2005 with a bunch of Mac Minis and maintenance consisted of OS updates, RAM and HDD updates until i updated all my machines to iMacs between 2007 and 2011.

That's a shame because I enjoy the OS X experience more than Windows 10 which is clunkly and annoying. But compatibility trumps everything when you're using SAAS.