I have an imac late 2009 and am unable to download the macOS Mojave

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I have an imac late 2009 and am unable to download the macOS Mojave

I have an imac late 2009 with macOS High Sierra version 10.13.6 and am unable to download the macOS Mojave

iMac, iOS 6, bluetooth seems to be not working

Posted on Sep 27, 2018 11:11 AM

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Old Toad

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Sep 27, 2018 11:27 AM in response to ApplesoftwareTechGenius

No.

Compatible models are:

MacBook Pro (mid 2012 and newer)
MacBook Air (mid 2012 and newer)
MacBook (early 2015 and later)
iMac (late 2012 or newer)
iMac Pro (2017 or newer)
Mac Pro (late 2013 or newer, or mid 2010 and mid 2012 models with Metal capable GPU)
Mac Mini (late 2012 or newer)

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Answer 2

Sep 27, 2018 5:04 PM in response to manab63

Your 2009 iMac is not officially supported! Only Late-2012 and newer iMacs can install Mojave. Now, there are workarounds but they are not supported by Apple and no one from Apple will assist you with this.

Now you can go here: macOS 10.14 Mojave on Unsupported Macs Thread | Page 320 | MacRumors Forums and read everything and ask for help. Again keep in mind that your results will vary and it may not be possible to get Mojave working.

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Sep 27, 2018 5:06 PM in response to ApplesoftwareTechGenius

Also not officially supported. The GPUs inside do not support Metal which Apple now requires for Mojave and every OS going forward. Again there are workarounds but they may be technical and your results will vary. If you have to ask this question and don't have experience modifying your computer's hardware or clean installing operating systems, I would not risk damaging your machine since you must be very knowledgeable to get any workaround to work.

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