Hi. Can my MacBook Pro upgrade to Tahoe

I have a MacBook Pro 2019 13inch 2 Thunderbolt.

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 15.6

Posted on Sep 15, 2025 5:23 AM

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Sep 19, 2025 2:06 PM in response to iqraa288

iqraa288 wrote:

Can my macbook pro 13-inch 2020, two thunderbolt 3 bolts be updated or no?


Do I need to read this out loud ?




? do you see your MBP in the list— then YES


? if you do not see your MBP in the list — then NO


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Sep 15, 2025 10:29 AM in response to Servant of Cats

Servant of Cats wrote:
• There are only four Intel-based Macs that support Tahoe – each the last Intel-based model of its kind.

Those four models are ones that were discontinued in late 2021, and given that Apple supports models for 5 years after they stop selling them, that's why those models are on the list for macOS 26 but won't be for macOS 27.


For example, the MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2020, Four Thunderbolt 3 ports) was launched concurrently with the MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2020, Two Thunderbolt 3 ports), but the former was sold until October 2021 while the latter was discontinued in November 2020 and thus is at the end of its 5 year 'official' life.


Sep 19, 2025 2:38 PM in response to iqraa288

iqraa288 wrote:

Can my macbook pro 13-inch 2020, two thunderbolt 3 bolts be updated or no?


No. For it, Sequoia is the end of the line.


Although the MacBook Pro (13-inch., 2020, Two Thunderbolt 3 Ports) and MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2020, Four Thunderbolt 3 Ports) models came out at the same time, only the latter are eligible to run Tahoe.


Although Apple has not announced an official reason for this,

  • The two-port models had Intel 8257U or 8557U ("Coffee Lake") processors.
  • The four-port models had Intel 1038NG7 or 1068NG7 ("Ice Lake") processors.

Aside from the number of USB-C / Thunderbolt ports, and the maximum amount of RAM you could order, this generation gap stands out as one of the big differences between the two- and four-port models.


Another factor might be that Apple discontinued the two-port model in November 2020, when the 13" M1 MacBook Pro came out. They kept the four-port model in the lineup until October 2021 – when the 14" M1 Pro and M1 Max MacBook Pros came out. Since they stopped selling the two-port model sooner, it makes sense that support for it might stop sooner.

Sep 15, 2025 10:13 AM in response to tsand

There are only four Intel-based Macs that support Tahoe – each the last Intel-based model of its kind. They are:

  • MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2020, Four Thunderbolt 3 ports)
  • MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2019)
  • iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, 2020)
  • Mac Pro (2019)


All Apple-Silicon-based Macs released to date support Tahoe.


Your MacBook Pro can run Sequoia. Sequoia is still one of the "most recent three" (Sonoma, Sequoia, Tahoe) and should be for another couple of years, until macOS 28 comes out. Then the "most recent three" would be (Tahoe, macOS 27, macOS 28) and you may see vendors like Microsoft and Adobe abandoning support for Sequoia.

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