{"id":49475,"date":"2019-06-13T01:00:50","date_gmt":"2019-06-13T06:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/?p=49475"},"modified":"2019-06-17T16:16:18","modified_gmt":"2019-06-17T21:16:18","slug":"a-complete-list-of-catalina-compatible-macs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/49475-a-complete-list-of-catalina-compatible-macs\/","title":{"rendered":"A Complete List of Catalina Compatible Macs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-49271 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/img_0688.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1989\" height=\"972\"\/><\/p>\n<p>WWDC 2019 gave us an official preview of Apple\u2019s new macOS 10.15 Catalina. As with any new release, users are always left wondering\u2026 Do I need to buy a new computer, or will my current Mac be supported?<\/p>\n<p>Below is Apple&#8217;s official list of macOS 10.15 compatible Macs.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>12-inch MacBook (2015 and later)<\/li>\n<li>MacBook Air (2012 and later)<\/li>\n<li>MacBook Pro (2012 and later)<\/li>\n<li>Mac mini (2012 and later)<\/li>\n<li>iMac (2012 and later)<\/li>\n<li>iMac Pro (2017)<\/li>\n<li>Mac Pro (2013 and later)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Most Mac models from 2012 or later (apart from the Mac Pro 2010-12) will have at least another year of Apple OS updates \u2013 that is great news for anyone who isn\u2019t quite ready to cough up the cash for a new machine. And as always, OWC has you covered with plenty of <a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/shop\/Apple_Systems\/Used\/Macs_and_Tablets\">Catalina compatible Macs<\/a> available\u2014not to mention <a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/upgrades\/\">upgrades<\/a> galore to keep your current Mac running its best with macOS 10.15!<\/p>\n<p>Looking at the list of <a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/44862-a-complete-list-of-mojave-compatible-macs\/\">Mac\u2019s compatible with Mojave<\/a>, you will notice that it is primarily the same. One exception is the above noted Mac Pro 2010-12. But OWC has a <a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/item\/OWC\/MP1012R580V\/\">graphics upgrade solution<\/a> that makes this particular model Mojave compatible as well!<\/p>\n<p>Read more about Rocket Yard&#8217;s take from <a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/49157-deeper-dive-dissecting-apples-wwdc-2019-keynote-address\/\">WWDC 2019<\/a> and make sure your Mac is ready to run its Catalina best with <a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/upgrades\/\">My Upgrades<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WWDC 2019 gave us an official preview of Apple\u2019s new macOS 10.15 Catalina. As with any new release, users are always left wondering\u2026 Do I need to buy a new computer, or will my current Mac be supported? Below is Apple&#8217;s official list of macOS 10.15 compatible Macs. 12-inch MacBook (2015 and later) MacBook Air [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":110,"featured_media":49602,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2366],"class_list":["post-49475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-apple-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v20.2 (Yoast SEO v20.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>A Complete List of macOS 10.5 Catalina Compatible Macs<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"WWDC 2019 gave us a preview of Apple\u2019s new macOS 10.15 Catalina. 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