why does my MacBook Air show no updates when I'm running 10.13.6

why does my MacBook Air not update-running 10.13.6 it is only four years old

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 10.13

Posted on Jan 10, 2021 07:55 PM

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Jan 10, 2021 08:19 PM in response to minkweasel

Sometimes Software Update only shows updates instead of upgrades. Updates are just, as they say, updates to the major system version you are running, i.e. 10.13 10.13.6 was released only two and a half months ago.


Upgrades are a jump to the next major system version, in your case Mojave or 10.14 Apple has since also released 10.15 and 11. Typically Apple only supports system versions for a couple of years so it is likely the next "update" for you is actually going to be upgrading to Mojave or higher. I was reading one university web site where they said that even Mojave is considered "end of life" and they are not supporting it anymore. Do pay attention to application compatibility though. Catalina in particular "broke" a lot of older applications.



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