Does refurbished MacBook Air come with original macOS or macOS Tahoe?

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Original Title: refurbished MacBook Air

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 15.7

Posted on Oct 13, 2025 2:28 PM

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Oct 13, 2025 2:50 PM in response to jmsy

If it was refurbished by Apple, it will likely have whatever the most recent OS it supports was when it was refurbished.


If it was recently refurbished, that could be Tahoe.


Otherwise, it would most likely some version of Sequoia.


Regardless of what it comes with, you can always update to the most recent version it supports or erase it and install any older version it also supports and you can get an installer for.


You can download other versions of macOS to install, from Apple at the following website.

click here ➜ How to download and install macOS - Apple Support


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