What are the minimum hardware requirements for MacOS Ventura?

I have a 20" mid-2007 iMac with a 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor and 4gb 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM, currently running MacOS 10.8.5.


Is it possible to update the OS to Ventura on this hardware? Or is the computer simply too old and thus incompatible? Or must I first upgrade to an intermediate OS and then to Ventura as the second step?


If it's not possible to upgrade to Ventura on this iMac, what is the latest OS software it can run? Thanks.

Posted on Nov 7, 2022 3:39 PM

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Posted on Nov 7, 2022 3:43 PM

Back up your data, check your applications for compatibility, click here, and then on the download link for El Capitan. It can't run anything newer than that.


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Nov 7, 2022 3:50 PM in response to dialabrain

Thanks for the info. Marked the question as "Solved."


You probably won't know the answer to this follow-up question, but:


Does the version of Safari that comes with El Capitan 10.11.6 function acceptably in the modern Web/https environment? I ask this because the latest version of Safari that was compatible with 10.8.5 (i.e. the one I am now using) is now fairly obsolete and simply can't run the code currently used on 2022-era Web pages very well -- about 30%-40% of web pages will run into some code glitch or simply not load at all, or won't run videos nor display embedded comments or tweets, etc. etc. Is the Safari that comes bundled with El Capitan 10.11.6 pretty much as obsolete as the version that came with 10.8.5, or is it modern/updated enough such that it will work decently well with the 2022-era internet?

Nov 7, 2022 3:54 PM in response to Niel

I already backed up all data and migrated it to another device. My goal now is to wipe the drive of this iMac and start afresh with new user account and no leftover user-created files, and the most updated OS possible. (I'm prepping the computer to give to a family member who will likely mostly just use it for Web browsing, email, and basic apps.) Thanks for the link!

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