The Late 2012 Mac Mini runs everything from Mountain Lion (10.8) to Catalina (10.15). That's eight major versions of the OS – and all but two were free upgrades. The Late 2009 iMac that I'm typing this reply on runs everything from Snow Leopard (10.6) to High Sierra (10.13). It's just that apple doesn't allow it because it cuts in on their sales because of planned obsolescence. I won't be using this as my main system as I have two very powerful windows systems.

I will have to get a 2014 I guess, to get monterey to run. I just want to see if the new MacOS is worth me trying again. I want a mini because of the inexpensive up front costs, I can do the upgrades myself, and I have great monitors now. Good enough for me, I don't go overboard on tech performance data and it is quick. I run it via an NEC MultiSync PA272w set up with SpectraView II and an x-rite i1 Display sensor. It seems better to me to be able to replace a part rather than the whole system. I used to have an iMac but went off this style when it developed issues and had to be replaced. I believe my repair shop could possibly go to the later OS's? but I do not need that. It has an Intel i7 chip and 16Gb memory installed and runs Catalina which is more than enough for me. I am very happy with the Mini's performance now and see this as a great improvement. I got this done by my knowledgeable local Mac repair service and it was not expensive to do. I bought a 2Tb Crucial SSD and had this installed internally in place of the HDD and set up to continue to function as a Fusion drive. Lately I thought that it might be prudent to replace the HDD with a SSD, there already being 128Gb SSD already installed as part of the Fusion drive. I have had this since new and it has performed well. Hi, I have a late 2012 MacMini running Catalina. You can connect external drives using USB-C (TB3) and USB-A (USB 3.0) ports. They likely will disappear from the product line once Apple releases Minis based upon the M1 Pro and M1 Max, or similar, SoCs. These have socketed RAM (maximum 64 GB) and non-upgradable internal PCIe SSDs and date from October 2018. They can run the latest version of macOS.Īpple still sells some Intel-based Mac Minis. The Late 2014 Minis have soldered-in RAM, although it appears that you can get 2.5' SATA drives and PCIe SSD sticks for them. They can't run the latest version of macOS – just Catalina, which will likely drop off the 'most recent three' list late this year. The drive interface is 2.5' SATA (not PCIe). The Late 2012 Minis are the last Minis that are internally upgradable in both respects. Meaning I could upgrade ram, and SSD space at my convenience? Can it run the latest version of MacOS?

What year was the last fully upgradeable mac mini.

M1 mac mini memory upgrade