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upgrade from macOS Catalina

I have an iMac late 2013 running on macOS Catalina. I have 738GB of storage, is there anyway I can update to Big Sur or later?

iMac 21.5″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Oct 20, 2022 7:30 AM

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Posted on Oct 20, 2022 7:45 AM

sorry, no. Catalina is as far as that iMac can go. you need a 2014 and later iMac to upgrade to Big Sur.


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Oct 20, 2022 8:09 AM in response to 1961MJE

two things to consider:


there will likely be one more Catalina update before it possibly becomes "unsupported" after Ventura is released.


and


if it still works for what you use it for, you can keep using it. when I bought my current iMac, I gifted my old one (late 09 model) to my dad. it cannot upgrade beyond high Sierra, but it still does everything that he needs from it. and he loves it.

upgrade from macOS Catalina

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