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My MacBook Pro is running Catalina but says it is up to date. How do I get big sur?

My MacBook Pro is running Catalina but says it is up to date. How do I get big sur?

Posted on Nov 17, 2020 08:58 AM

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Posted on Nov 17, 2020 09:12 AM

X5 wrote:

My MacBook Pro is running Catalina but says it is up to date. How do I get big sur?

Big Sur macOS 11.0.1

https://support.apple.com/macos

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Nov 17, 2020 09:12 AM in response to X5

X5 wrote:

My MacBook Pro is running Catalina but says it is up to date. How do I get big sur?

Big Sur macOS 11.0.1

https://support.apple.com/macos

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Nov 17, 2020 09:29 AM in response to X5

The general answer is that updates are available for the Major version currently installed. To get to the next major version requires an UPGRADE, and that looks like a purchase (but luckily, on sale for $0).

You generally need 50GB free disk space to install Big Sur.

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