According to Apple, my 2019 iMac 27 5K with a Coffee Lake CPU should be
upgradeable to Sonoma, but it isn't.
Specs:
i5 3.0 ( Coffee Lake CPU ) 64RAM, 2TB SSD, 1.5TB available.
Current macOS Sequoia 15.7.1
Check for update results in = Your Mac is up to date
What am I missing...
iMac 27″
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Question " 2019 iMac 27 5k doesn't upgrade to Sonoma "
" Current macOS Sequoia 15.7.1 " is Newer that macOS 14 Sonoma
These types of things do happen even to the best of use
Though, if you really meant upGrade to macOS 26 Tahoe
Sorry, the machines does not qualify
The user may need to review what has been posted ( written )
Question " 2019 iMac 27 5k doesn't upgrade to Sonoma "
" Current macOS Sequoia 15.7.1 " is Newer that macOS 14 Sonoma
These types of things do happen even to the best of use
Though, if you really meant upGrade to macOS 26 Tahoe
Sorry, the machines does not qualify
viducce wrote:
You're right, Sequoia is the newest available.
My mistake.
As I said, this does happen to of many of us, including myself 🦉-53
FYI
Be on the lookout for yet another update to Sequoia, " coming to theatre near you " (humour, if you please )
Here’s another Apple reference indicating that Sequoia is the ”upper limit” for your model.
Identify your iMac model - Apple Support
Being “left behind” is always an unsatisfying feeling; when you purchased the “Latest and” Greatest” hardware seemingly not that long ago.
Depending on your long term plans regarding the usages of macOS
You may consider planning for a purchase of an Apple Silicon machine at sometime to too far off.
Currently, macOS 26 Tahoe is the last version of macOS for INTEL Computers as Apple transitions away from Intel and only to In-House M-Class Silicon computers
This is kind of like when Apple moved from the Motorola PPC to the Intel CPUs back in the days of yore
About the Rosetta translation environment | Apple Developer Documentation
You're right, Sequoia is the newest available.
My mistake.
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