I have tried via the classic Software Update route but nothing comes up. I want to update it as I appreciate that El Capitan is well out-of-date and my apps (and system in general) is starting to reallllllly slow down. Once done you'll use it to first test your systems drive using Disk Utility, then run the installer. I currently have an iMac (20-inch, mid 2009) running on OS X El Capitan (version 10.11.6). macOS Sierra (10.12) - based on the desktop photo - presumably is named after the Sierra Nevada mountain range in keeping with Apples recent theme of naming its Mac operating systems after attractive locations in.
Now you'll need to prep up a 16 GB USB thumb drive (GUID) following these steps How to make a bootable OS X 10.11 El Capitan installer drive. macOS Sierra is the twelfth version of Mac OS X/OS X, so it is reasonable to refer to it as Mac OS X 10.12 or OS X 12, as well. You'll find the Installer in the Apps folder, copy it and paste it onto the desktop. Once it downloads it will ask you to run it, you want to quit the installer. He should then be able to download it again for you (he may still have it in his Application folder). Have him go the the 'Purchased' tab on his App Store account. OK, you found a friend who at one point had El Capitan. Click on the button below to start downloading MacOS Sierra 10.12.1 for mac OS X. Download Free MacOS Sierra 10.12.1 Mac Dmg Mac Os 10.12 Update Download.
Guide includes OS X 10.8.x to macOS 11.0.x. While once you've installed it on your system from the Apps Store you can access to it again, its hard to get it afresh like what you're doing here! Easily check which versions of mac OS, iOS, iPadOS, or watchOS are compatible with your Mac model or iDevice. Apple has removed from the App store availability of the older OS to push people to the newer OS's. Compatible with recommended Metal-capable graphics processors, including the MSI Gaming Radeon RX 560 and the Sapphire Radeon PULSE RX 580. You'll need to upgrade your system to at least 2 GB of RAM (best to go all out to the max 6 GB of RAM).Īs far as getting the OS you'll need to find a friend with a Mac that had at one point downloaded it.