iMac 2011 for Mojave Upgrade

Mine is a MacBook Pro 15", Late 2013

1 TB SSD, 2.6 GHz Intel Core i7

And Mojave keeps giving me grief and won't like to install, even tried save mode, first aid, etc.

Downloaded the app now 6 times, no success!

I spent a fortune to use my mac for my design job - 20 GB RAM and I CAN'T upgrade. Mac will be obsolete in this office when I can no longer use my design apps. That is for sure. I am a freelancer who is not a millionaire

The original poster asked "Hoping to get a reasonable response on this matter" and your response while factually correct is not a reasonable response. The original poster asked "What is the reason he can't upgrade?" and the response he was looking to be addressed is: Is the processor to slow, not enough memory, graphics card not supported etc.

djf1965 wrote:

The original poster asked "Hoping to get a reasonable response on this matter" and your response while factually correct is not a reasonable response. The original poster asked "What is the reason he can't upgrade?" and the response he was looking to be addressed is: Is the processor to slow, not enough memory, graphics card not supported etc.

I would like to know why you decided you had to attack macjack?

He gave factual information. He was not rude nor condescending.

As you have more information, as shown in another of your replies, you should have just provided the additional information without including the attack wording.

I generally do not stray away from technical information, but these forums are mostly friendly and helpful, without a lot of negative content from the volunteers that frequently reply.

And many times multiple volunteers will reply with different information based on their interpretation of what the user was asking, without actively trying to discredit another volunteer's reply.

Hi macjack, I have a MacBook Pro mid 2012 not late 2012, is it OS Mojave compatible or not? I thought it was but still didn't upgrade, my High Sierra works fine, should I even try?... Please advise, thanx!

macOS High Sierra

Version 10.13.6 (17G65)

MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2012)

Processor 2.6 GHz Intel Core i7

Memory 8 GB 1600 MHz DDR3

Graphics Intel HD Graphics 4000 1536 MB

netmeester wrote:

You do realize that other OSses (like Windows 7/8/10) don't have this issue?

Apple has not been trying to compete with Windows for a long time. And I suspect they are not going to change, as long as they are getting the current high-profit margins and corporate profitability.

As far as I know 'Windows-machines' don't exist. You probably mean non-proprietary intel x64 machines.

Lucky for me I don't really need MacOS so I'll be running Windows on my iMac 2011. It's just that some of my audio hardware works better on MacOS. Still, it's way cheaper to replace that hardware than to get a new iMac.

I -really- like the iMac hardware, and the hardware is powerful enough to run every recent OS, so it's not the raw computing power (being CPU or GPU, doesn't matter - both are up to the task). This makes me think not supporting 2011 models is a deliberate choice by Apple. It certainly isn't a hardware issue.

Don't get me wrong, there could be a good reason Apple chose to not support this device, I just don't see it.

it looks you are an Apple employee in your ivory tower .. remember your answer when you will continue to loose customer for your kindness and loyal apple policy

maybe you will learn not to joke with people giving hard earned moneys to m*R*o*s

It looks you still are in your ivory tower

1: You are not in the position to tell me what i want or don't want to do

2: sorry to say but your behaviour is quite dumb and arrogant

if you want to defend your apple god feel free to appear even dumber but

the mojave patch done by dosdude do show what is clear to almost everyone except you

apple intentionally excluded customers with old apple to upgrade in order to push new apples adoption

fr4nk18, You should contact Apple Customer Relations (Customer Relations is NOT Support). Call the main Apple number and ask for Customer Relations. Have your existing case number handy and all the details on your Mac issues.

As for all your other suggestions on future Apple behavior

macOS Feedback

<https://www.apple.com/feedback/macos.html>

They will not reply, but it does get read.

I did it yet obviously with no answer maybe apple is becoming the new microsoft

also their unloyal commercial policies changed from Stever Jobs death greatly

now i greatly perefer to deal with chinese companies and this is really depressing

That stinks! My Mac is barely 7 years old, and now considered absolute! Grrrrr

On my MacBookPro Late 2013 I keep getting “An error occurred while preparing the installation”

Why?

Tried both suggestions without success!

Hello,

I followed your recommendations, however without success.

I downloaded the update now several times and on installation keep getting the same error.