MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Mid 2014) 2.6 GHz Intel Core i5. 8 GB 1600 MHz DDR3. Mac OS Sierra 10.12.6 (16G2136) APPLE SSD SD0128F Media. First time owning a Mac and want to perform a full format/clean wipe of the HD and upgrade OS from Sierra 10.12.6 to (or considering) Mojave (since it seems stable for my 6 y/o MBP). MacBook Air (Mid 2012 or newer) MacBook Pro (Mid 2012 or newer). Here are the Macs that will work with MacOS Mojave Sign in to comment. Upgrade to Windows 10 for free right now.
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Here is the series of tips for related Macs. 10.6,10.7, 10.8, 10.9, 10.10,10.11,
- Learn how to upgrade to macOS Mojave to have the best performance, security, and features that let you do more than ever on your Mac. Special Offer: All students, parents, & educators get 50% off tech support for the entire school year.
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10.12 ,10.13, 10.14 Mojave, 10.15 Catalina.
See special note about resetting the SMC during updates and upgrades, later in the tip.
is an article I wrote that everyone updating their Mac should read. No update should be ventured into with operating systems or software without first ensuring your data is backed up in two separate places. Slowing down of your Mac should not lead you to assume an update will fix everything. First isolate why your Mac is slowing down or crashing before installing anything new.
Apple released for 10.14.6 users, 2020-003 Mojave security update. If running an earlier version of 10.14, run the 10.14.6 Combo update first.
Apple recommends you have these Macs according to: https://support.apple.com/kb/SP777?locale=en_US
- MacBook (Early 2015 or newer) [model identifier 8,1 or later]
- MacBook Air (Mid 2012 or newer) [model identifier 5,1 or later]
- MacBook Pro (Mid 2012 or newer) [model identifier 9,1 or later]
- Mac mini (Late 2012 or newer) [model identifier 6,1 or later]
- iMac (Late 2012 or newer) [model identifier 12,1 or later]
- Mac Pro (Late 2013; Mid 2010 and Mid 2012 models with recommended Metal-capable graphics cards) [model identifier 5,1 or later]
Macbook Mojave Upgrade
bracketed items in quotes were added for additional identification purposes. Your Apple menu -> About This Mac -> System Report or System Profiler gives you the model identifier.
All of the Macs that are older than 10.11, need to be updated to 10.11 first before installing Mojave.
The oldest MacBook Air, Mac mini, and iMac which can upgrade to Mojave shipped with 10.8, Mountain Lion.
The oldest MacBook Pro which can upgrade to Mojave shipped with 10.7, Lion.
The oldest MacBook had Mac OS X 10.10 installed.
The oldest Mac Pro on the list above with the compatible graphics cards, had 10.6 originally installed, and is the only Mac that shipped with 10.6 that can install Mojave. Before upgrading to 10.7 or later, read this tip as Apple has not reintroduced a series of software that made older Mac compatible software compatible with Intel Macs since 10.6.8's release.
Apple released Mojave on September 24, 2018. Reports from:
earlier than that date were made with pre-release Mojave versions and can not be relied upon.
September 30, 2018 driver additions from third party update pages:
HP, and Samsung (HP has become the download site for at least some Mojave Samsung printers, if you have Samsung see if any are Catalina compatible)
Silverfast.
Upgrade To Mojave Macbook Pro
10.14.3 was released January 22, 2019. Free security software for macbook pro. Note, some users are reporting 10.14.3 will not successfully apply as an update without an SMC reset as described how to do in this link: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201295
Frequently both updates and upgrades will require multiple reboots to successfully apply. Do NOT become impatient if you find the screen go blank during the update or upgrade process. If you press the power button to shut it down while it is rebooting for the update or upgrade, it may quit the process, and leave you stuck.
Use the macOS Mojave forum for operating system specific questions of other end users such as yourself.
Note: https://support.apple.com/guide/disk-utility/partition-a-physical-disk-dskutl14027/mac
are directions for creating a separate partition that will allow you to dual boot into an older operating system
if you find something not compatible with the current. Once you install the older operating system, you can use the Startup manager to dual boot to the older system.
You can't install Mojave from the Finder, unless you are running 10.13.6 or earlier.
The direct download link for Mojave is:
Note: some people have had trouble downloading the latest Mojave links. https://brave.com/ has been found to be a better web browser than some if you run into issues and is known to work on Mac OS X 10.10 and later.
Note: the 2020-004 security update for Mojave has a bug with the screen saver getting stuck. To repair delays in the screen saver, 'The workaround is to choose a non-picture screen saver such as Flurry, Message, etc.' (special thanks to community member dialabrain for this report.
Unsupported Macs may have Mojave installed with a patch from http://dosdude1.com/mojave/
This is at your own risk. Follow the directions given by the patch author.
With Apple having released macOS 10.14 (codename: Mojave) in late September, I found myself maintaining and running an operating system that was now two generations in arrears. Should I take the plunge to upgrade? Read on to learn the basis for my decision.
Step 1: Does your Mac support the new OS?
As indicated in the About This Mac popup menu, I operate a MacBook Pro 9,2 that meets the minimum system requirements for running Mojave.
The Macs that will run macOS Mojave:
iMac – all models from late 2012, iMac 13,1 – 18,3
iMac Pro – all models, iMac Pro 1,1
MacBook & MacBook Retina – all models from late 2009, MacBook 8,1 – 10,1
MacBook Pro – all models from 2012, MacBook Pro 9,2 – 15,1
MacBookAir – all models from 2012, MacBook Air 5,1 – 7,2
Mac Mini – all models from 2012, Mac Mini 6,1 – 7,1
Mac Pro – all models from 2012, Mac Pro 6,1 and from 2010-2012
Mac Pro 5,1 models with recommended Metal-capable GPU
iMac – all models from late 2012, iMac 13,1 – 18,3
iMac Pro – all models, iMac Pro 1,1
MacBook & MacBook Retina – all models from late 2009, MacBook 8,1 – 10,1
MacBook Pro – all models from 2012, MacBook Pro 9,2 – 15,1
MacBookAir – all models from 2012, MacBook Air 5,1 – 7,2
Mac Mini – all models from 2012, Mac Mini 6,1 – 7,1
Mac Pro – all models from 2012, Mac Pro 6,1 and from 2010-2012
Mac Pro 5,1 models with recommended Metal-capable GPU
Step 2: Back up your Mac before upgrading
Backing up is a standard recommendation for everyday computing, and it is especially advisable before you upgrade your OS so you can revert back if things don’t work out as you had hoped. Using SuperDuper, I make a regular habit of cloning my startup drive onto SSD media that I can boot from using an external drive enclosure that connects to my Mac using either a FireWire or USB cable.
The inherent limitation of using Apple’s Time Machine software as a system backup tool is described in John Martellaro’s 2016 report published in The Mac Observer.
Time Machine doesn’t, in normal operation, create a bootable backup of the internal drive. It can only restore a damaged (or new) internal drive from the Time Machine archive. Modern best practices always dictate that one use, for example, an app like Carbon Copy Cloner. This app does create a file by file perfect copy of the internal drive that’s bootable.
Step 3: Before upgrading, take note of your hardware and software
When upgrading your OS, do you gain significant functionality? Are you able to use an software application or peripheral device that your current OS doesn’t support? Conversely, will upgrading prevent you from running a much-needed software package or require you pay an additional license fee to run the latest version that is supported under Mojave?
There is nothing extraordinary about any of the hardware devices that I regularly connect to my MacBook Pro (iPhone, USB printer, and scanner) and I didn’t foresee any problems in using them under Mojave.
The primary focus of my concern was on the software side, with Mojave representing the last macOS that will support 32-bit applications, according to Wikipedia. My mix of third-party apps include the latest releases of Parallels and Skype as well as vintage but still usable versions of Final Cut Pro, Soundtrack Pro, Compressor, Microsoft Office 2011, and Adobe Photoshop CS3.
Step 4: Test First, Then Decide
I connected and booted off of my cloned macOS 10.12 drive to perform the Mojave upgrade and left my internal boot drive alone. Because I wanted to download the full-size 6 GB Mojave installer instead of the 22 MB stub that many Mac users obtain when they initiate the upgrade from the App Store menu, I followed the special instructions provided by OSX Daily in its Sep 29 report entitled, “How to Download the Full MacOS Mojave Installer File.” By obtaining the full-size installer in this manner, I can copy and use this same disk image to install Mojave on other Macs, saving myself time in the process.
Despite having a fast cable modem connection to the Internet, my Mojave OS installation did take a couple hours to complete. I suspect that I was attempting the installation at a peak time when there was substantial Internet traffic in my area. After completing the standard setup menus and logging into my Mac, I noticed that the dock was located in the familiar spot on the bottom.
Glancing at the program icons displayed on the dock enabled me to make my OS decision. I first checked the icons for Word 2011 and Adobe Photoshop CS3 and they both looked normal.
However, the Final Cut Pro and Soundtrack Pro icons contained a diagonal slash through them, indicating that they were unsupported under Mojave.
How to put office 365 on macbook. Being required to upgrade my copy of Final Cut Pro to X or switching to another application like Adobe Premiere would severely disrupt my video production workflow and was not a task that I wanted to undertake. As a result, I decided to continue using macOS 10.12 Sierra for the time being.
Moral: If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.
Postscript: On Nov 7, Apple released software updates for Pages, Numbers, Keynote, and iMovie that have advanced features that are designed to run under Mojave but are unsupported in Sierra 10.12.
Macbook Air 2014 Upgrade To Mojave Os
References
Minimum System Requirements for macOS Mojave 10.14 – Is yours good enough?
Neil Gee | Coolest Guides on the Planet
Sep 9, 2018
Neil Gee | Coolest Guides on the Planet
Sep 9, 2018
How to Download the Full MacOS Mojave Installer File
OSX Daily
Sep 29, 2018
OSX Daily
Sep 29, 2018
Why Apple’s Time Machine Utterly Fails User Needs
By John Martellaro | The Mac Observer
Feb 4th, 2016
By John Martellaro | The Mac Observer
Feb 4th, 2016
macOS Mojave
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