Check Your Mac for Compatibility

All currently shipping Macs, as well as most models introduced within the past five years or so, can run Ventura. Sadly, Ventura does drop support for some Mac models that were able to run macOS 12 Monterey.

The next few pages will help you verify that your hardware is fully compatible with Ventura.

Model Support

Macs that can run Ventura include the following:

  • iMac (2017 or newer)

  • iMac Pro (2017)

  • MacBook (2017)

  • MacBook Air (2018 or newer)

  • MacBook Pro (2017 or newer)

  • Mac mini (2018 or newer)

  • Mac Pro (2019 or newer)

  • Mac Studio

Unfortunately, that excludes the following models that were able to run Monterey, but can go no further:

  • iMac (Late 2015)

  • MacBook (Early 2016)

  • MacBook Air (Early 2015, 2017)

  • MacBook ...

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