- #Macbook pro early 2013 os update update
- #Macbook pro early 2013 os update software
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#Macbook pro early 2013 os update mac
Although not always essential, for a Mac to have a new kernel for a major release of macOS, there’s normally an accompanying firmware update. My list is based on preparatory firmware updates, as I have explained. However, all the other remaining 2013 Macs would most likely be dropped. My best guess of supported devices in macOS 12 would be:Īlso, I would say that the 2013 Mac Pro would still receive support, it was not discontinued until 2019. Both of which are not very old computers, thus they should be receiving support for at least another 3 years. In addition, the 2018 MacBook Air was actually discontinued on the exact same date as the 2017 model, so both of which would probably be dropped from support around the same time frame.
#Macbook pro early 2013 os update software
For example, I have a 2017 MacBook Air, which has only been discontinued for 2 years, and it would be weird for that computer to receive software updates for such a short period of time. I would have to agree with you, but disagree with the above list…….to be honest, this list of supported devices would actually be unlikely. Or there could be another explanation, of course. I’m not saying this is what’s going to happen, but the changes in firmware version numbers are unprecedented and suggest that we might be in for a shock. For example, the iMac G5 20-inch, which was sold between October 2005 and March 2006, was last supported by OS X 10.5.8 which was released in August 2009, only just over three years after many were bought new. Look back a little further to the last architecture transition, and you’ll find even younger orphans. My Mac Pro 8-core (then the top-end Mac), which was sold between April 2007 and January 2008, was last supported by OS X 10.7.5 in September 2012, and those who bought the MacBook Late 2008, which was sold as late as January 2009, suffered the same fate, just over three years after many had bought them brand new. When Apple made the transition to 64-bit, several recent Macs were caught out and orphaned very early. I wrote above that the cut-offs seen in firmware updates at present seem unduly harsh. If you know of any Apple document or recorded statement on these ‘policies’, then I’d really appreciate a link, please. Indeed, the widespread belief that Apple is committed to supporting the last two major releases of macOS with security updates seems an unwritten understanding, not a written policy. I’ve been unable to discover any explicit commitment by Apple in this respect. Several comments make claims about how long Apple is committed to support Macs with current releases of macOS, without citing any written statement which supports that claim. (I am very grateful to Pico for unravelling the firmware updates in 11.4, without which this speculation wouldn’t have been possible.) That seems more brutal than usual, particularly with MacBook Air and Mac mini models, and it’s possible that the next round of firmware updates in macOS 11.5 might redeem some older models. On that basis, macOS 12 is most likely to be officially supported on the following hardware: The only exception to those is the iMac19,1, with its oddball 1554.120.15.0.0, which is close, but not identical, to the EFI firmware in T2 models. Interestingly, most of those non-T2 models which were updated in 11.4 have standardised on a single firmware version number of 429.120.4.0.0, which is the first time that I have seen such uniformity across models.
#Macbook pro early 2013 os update update
iMacs up to and including iMac16 haven’t had a firmware update for several months, but from iMac17 onwards they have recently been updated in macOS 11.4.All Macs with a T2 chip, and M1 Macs, have had firmware updates in macOS 11.4.Similarly, those Macs whose firmware isn’t updated during the May-August period are those which are most likely to be unsupported by that major release. In a good year, the updates released in that period may remain current until well after that major release. Some time between May and August, Apple likes to release firmware updates which come close to those required for the first release of the autumn/fall macOS. It has made it clear in its version numbering that the next major version of macOS will be 12, rather than 11.x, and a little speculation following firmware updates suggests which Macs it will support. If Apple is true to its annual cycle of operating systems, it will announce macOS 12 at WWDC next week.