Here’s how to get CloudReady up and running on an old Mac. I was able to get CloudReady running on a 2014 Mac mini and a 2012 13″ MacBook Pro. Both of these machines have run-of-the-mill specs for their time. Each of these Macs had 4GB of RAM and much older Intel processors. Neither run recent versions of macOS particularly well, and they certainly aren’t good for power-hungry tasks. The MacBook Pro model that I used for this experiment only runs macOS up to Catalina, so it’s already out-of-date. The Mac mini that I used can run Big Sur, but it’s severely underpowered, being seven years old and not physically upgradeable. You can install CloudReady on virtually any Intel Mac from 2007 on. CloudReady will not work on PowerPC Macs, so sadly, you can’t revive your sunflower iMac G4 or your blueberry iBook. Compatibility with CloudReady technically begins with Macs from 2006, but it’s not recommended. CloudReady has officially only certified 11 Mac models, but it’s likely you’ll be able to get the OS up and running on non-certified Intel machines as well. MacBook 6,1 (Unibody 13″ Core 2 Duo Late 2009).Mac mini 7,1 (Core i5 or Core i7 Late 2014).There are a few specific Intel graphics cards that don’t play nicely with CloudReady, including the GMA 500, 600, 36.ĬloudReady requires at least 2GB of RAM, at least 16GB of storage, and graphics components made during or after 2007. MacBook Air 5,1 (11″ Core i5 or Core i).MacBook Air 6,1 (13″ Core i5 or Core i-Early 2014). MacBook Pro 9,2 (13″ Core i5 or Core i).
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