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Upgrade old MacBook? (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by shinebright9x@alien.top to c/apple@hardware.watch

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Basically I have a almost 10yr MacBook Pro, not really used. Wanted to know if I can upgrade everything so like it’s a new one? Like os etc

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[–] 4v3ngR@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

if the laptop is a 2012 or later, have a look at opencore legacy patcher (https://dortania.github.io/OpenCore-Install-Guide/)

I'm running Sonoma on a 2013 macbook air, 2x 2014 macbook airs, 2x 2015 macbook airs (all 11 inch, 4gb), a 2012 macbook pro (with the dvs, 16GB ram) and a 2015 macbook pro (i7 16GB ram).

[–] stiffanys_creek@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Depends a bit on what model year it is. If it is a "Retina" machine, you won't be able to upgrade the components in the machine except for the drive with some adapters. If you have a machine from 2012 or before which ich chunkier and has a DVD drive, you will be able to change the memory (RAM) and the hard disk. Software wise the machine is no longer supported by the newest OS, but with so called patchers you can run modern macOS versions on your laptop, as the other comment mentioned.