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Mac Compatible Hardware List

Here is the list of Mac hardware compatible with its Operating System:

macOS Sequoia is compatible with these computers

macOS Sonoma is compatible with these computers

macOS Ventura is compatible with these computers

macOS Monterey is compatible with these computers

macOS Big Sur is compatible with these computers

macOS Catalina is compatible with these computers

macOS Mojave is compatible with these computers

macOS High Sierra is compatible with these computers

macOS Sierra is compatible with these computers

macOS El Capitan is compatible with these computers

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Apple Marketing PR Sites

Apple used to have a standard Apple PR site Apple.com/PR which allowed all the access to the image artwork for the latest products. If you try that url it will take you to the Newsroom website. Below are some useful sites within the web to help location the information you require.

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How to create a USB Boot Stick for Legacy MacOX

Tools you will need:

  • USB Memory stick 32GB
  • Mac that can run 10.15 or below
  • Good Internet Speed

So this one is a little tricky as you need an old machine to setup the installer from. I would recommend a machine that has 10.15 Catalina or below as the Operating System anything more I think you will have an issue trying to download and run the installer. I did try it on a newish machine but when I downloaded the installer it timed out saying the OS would not be able to install. This is due to the machine being to young to run the old OS as the downloader thinks your trying to install say El Capitan to that machine which is why you need a old machine that can handle the old software. I have a old 2012 MacBook Pro which is fine to run the software and as it cannot run any OS higher that Catalina it works fine as the machine to run the terminal command to create the USB installer.

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How to make a Bootable External Hard drive for a Mac with multiple Operating Systems

This is a quick video on how to create a bootable hard drive and install 3 Operating Systems. For this video we are going to install 10.10 Yosemite, 10.11 El Capitan, 10.12 macOS Sierra. You must create a bootable USB of each of the Operating system before you reboot the machine to run the installer. Here is a link to the website to help you do this.
http://macuser.org.uk/2017/02/02/command-line-to-create-usb-os-stick/Once you have created your USB Bootable OSX drive reboot the machine you will use to install the OS to the external drive. YOU MUST PRESS THE ALT KEY ON THE REBOOT. This will open up the bootable options for the machine. Select the USB bootable installer you created and run through the installer selecting the Ext hard drive for that OSX as seen in the early part of this video i.e Yosemite 1010. Once the OSX is installed create use for the new OSX you just installed on that drive and run the updates. Repeat the process for all other OSX you want to install.
Remember only certain machines will boot certain OSX systems. In short anything under 2010 will not install macOS Sierra (there are a few exceptions)
Here is the video on how to create a USB installer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOjyy5L23R0&feature=youtu.be

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Magic Mouse 2 and Magic keyboard

The Magic Keyboard and Magic Mouse 2 have been out since Oct 2015 replacing the similar designed mouse and a more flatter triangle shaped design keyboard with a rechargeable battery instead of the AA batteries. In theory gone now are the days of having a issue with a keyboard or mouse losing connection to the mac. Now you just plug in the lighting cable and away you go, well the keyboard anyhow, the mouse is a bit difficult to work with while its plugged in for regarding. Continue reading “Magic Mouse 2 and Magic keyboard”