Apple’s latest desktop operating system, macOS Sierra, is now here, but the stipulate that it’s only supported by certain Apple hardware. Fear not, there’s a way to install the new software on older devices – here it is. Despite Apple’s guidance that it’s only late-2009 devices and onwards that will be able to run the OS, theoretically you should be able to run Sierra on computers with a CPU utilising the Penryn microarchitecture. Related: That would mean support for devices from early-2008, namely. Early-2008 (or newer) Mac Pro, iMac, or MacBook Pro. Late-2009 (or newer) MacBook Air or unibody MacBook.
As David Anders suggested, Mac OS High Sierra uses AFPS protocol instead of HFS used in the old versions. Now, this new file system is implemented automatically on MacBooks with SSD but for hard drives and fusion drives, that is not applicable. For other laptops, it’s a really stable update but for.
Early-2009 (or newer) Mac Mini or white MacBook Of course, just because it’s possible doesn’t mean it’s straightforward, which is why developer Colin Mistr (aka ) created the macOS Sierra Patch Tool. That utility, along with a USB drive with a capacity of at least 8GB and a copy of Sierra, should let you install macOS on that handful of older devices. All the usual caveats apply: installing macOS Sierra on an unsupported computer could bork it (and your data), as well as likely voiding your warranty. On certain devices, too, the workaround will kill your Wi-Fi functionality. These are the late-2008 and mid-2009 MacBook Air, early-2008 and mid-2008 MacBook Pro, early-2008 iMac and early-2008 Mac Pro.
Mac os sierra installation Mac OS Sierra features to look for: macOS sierra is next generation of Mac OS operating system. The main feature to look for in macOS sierra is inclusion of Siri. Siri is Apple personal assistant to help users, Siri provides same capabilities available on iOS, along with Mac-specific functionality like the ability to search through documents to quickly find files. Deep cloud integration it saves all the files from document and desktop iCloud,Continuity features are expanding in macOS Sierra with the introduction of a new “ Auto Unlock” option for Apple Watch owners. Sierra is giving competition to Windows 10.
Steps to install macOS sierra on Apple Laptop: upgrade from El Captian to macOS sierra mac os el captian. Click on the link below. It will ask for permission to open external application iStore on macOS. There you find option to download macOS sierra for your Macbook pro appstore with installation option for sierra. Click on download button(ensure that you have good wifi or LAN connectivity). Size of the OS is approx 4.7GB it will take approx half to 1 hour depends on net speed.
You can check the progress of download as shown in above picture. After complete download Sierra os install version is appear in Application menu.
If you want to install afterwards you can install by simply clicking on application option.(Take backup of files from folders documents,desktop and download folder before installing os). On click of Install macOS sierra it will display window to accept terms and conditions. MacOS sierra logo. Option to select drive will appear where you want to install the OS.
After following above steps it will ask you for reboot the Macbook laptop. Hardly it will take 15 minute to install the OS macOS sierra. After installation it will show windows to enable Siri integration and enable iCloud integration after logging to iStore to store document and desktop folder data on iCloud server. You can check the OS version in About this mac. (Note: Applications previously installed remain intact after the os upgrade from EL Captain to mac OS Sierra) These are the simple steps to install mac OS sierra on macbook pro retina.