Or for you terminal freaks… system_profiler SPHardwareDataType > Apple Menu > About This Mac > More Info … > System Report … Model Identifier Which means most devices made prior to 2008 won’t be able to run it.

Mac Pro – all models from 2010, Mac Pro 5,1 – 6,1.

Mac Mini – all models from 2010, Mac Mini 4,1 – 7,1.

MacBookAir – all models from 2010, MacBook Air 3,1 – 7,2.

MacBook Pro – all models from 2010, MacBook Pro 7,1 – 11,5.

MacBook – all models from late 2009, MacBook 6,1 – 9,1.

You’ll still require a 64bit Intel processor, 8GBs of free disk space – if upgrading, as appose to clean install min plus at least 2GB of RAM.

And anything pre 2010 for MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, Mac Mini and Mac Pro. Apple has dropped support for any models pre late 2009 for MacBook and iMac. The name Sierra continues on with their California landmark theme, in this operating system the use of the term ‘OSX’ has now dropped the ‘X’ to ‘OS’.ĭisappointedly for some the new macOS will run on less machines than its predecessors including OSX 10.11 El Capitan. Apple have released a public beta of their new operating system named macOS Sierra.

Mac pro 2010 el capitan vs sierra