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I’m thinking about getting a macbook for school and I 1. want it to be able to share/link with my phone and 2. need it to be cheap, lol. I currently have a Windows laptop and, while it links with my phone, it’s kind of jank. My dad told me to avoid macbooks with intel processors but all of the ones with apple processors are out of my budget 🫠
iPhone SE, iOS 17
Apple computers are not cheap and have never been cheap
That is part of what makes Apple Products a " Status Symbol " for some
Apple does offer Refurbished Computer at an Apple Discount
Even these are not cheap for some and more affordable for others
billb59 wrote:
Hi I just got a laptop with Yosemite on it and that’s kinda old now I’m fixing to find out & see if it will hook up with my iPad and iPhone I’m pretty sure it will do that
Yosemite is not enough to manage the latest iPhones.
For "manual" management of a directly-connected iPhone, the bar used to be the latest release of El Capitan. That was right before the iPhone 15s and iOS 17 came out. Now the minimum requirement is High Sierra – but many people in these forums have reported problems when trying to manage iPhones running iOS 17 with High Sierra.
Yosemite is also too old to work with any of the iCloud features, like iCloud Photos. El Captain is the minimum. (It's not recent enough to support all iCloud features, but it supports some of them.)
System requirements for iCloud - Apple Support
iPad and iPhone management aside, you have another problem.
I believe that Yosemite may predate the change to use a stronger implementation of https security. If so, you are likely to run into problems getting Safari to connect to many modern Web sites. Even if it can connect,, it may not be able to render a lot of modern Web sites properly.
You could try looking somewhere like OWC for older and/or refurbished Macs. Wide range of years, configurations (Intel and Apple Silicon) and cosmetic quality to choose from at various price points.
https://eshop.macsales.com/shop/Apple_Systems/Used/Macs_and_Tablets
I have Macs that are functionally obsolete that sync to the latest iPhone models, so I don't think you will find a useful Mac that won't.
Hi I just got a laptop with Yosemite on it and that’s kinda old now I’m fixing to find out & see if it will hook up with my iPad and iPhone I’m pretty sure it will do that
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Oldest Macbook That Will Link to iPhone?
