Can I update Yosemite to Monterey?
Is it possible to upgrade Yosemite to Monterey directly without installing previous versions?
Is it possible to upgrade Yosemite to Monterey directly without installing previous versions?
Hello Lasoledad82,
Welcome to Apple Support Communities. You won't need to install the other macOS versions between macOS Yosemite and macOS Monterey yourself, you can just go straight to macOS Monterey. But, your system will require additional available storage since it is on macOS Yosemite and not macOS Sierra or later.
You'll want to make sure your Mac meets other system requirements for macOS Monterey:
macOS Monterey is compatible with these computers - Apple Support
If you have additional concerns, reply back. We'll be happy to ensure you are able to upgrade your OS as you'd like.
Take care.
Hello Lasoledad82,
Welcome to Apple Support Communities. You won't need to install the other macOS versions between macOS Yosemite and macOS Monterey yourself, you can just go straight to macOS Monterey. But, your system will require additional available storage since it is on macOS Yosemite and not macOS Sierra or later.
You'll want to make sure your Mac meets other system requirements for macOS Monterey:
macOS Monterey is compatible with these computers - Apple Support
If you have additional concerns, reply back. We'll be happy to ensure you are able to upgrade your OS as you'd like.
Take care.
The Age of this computer will Govern what newer version of macOS it will Qualify to install. Use About this Mac from the Apple Icon on Desktop - the required Information will be there.
With the above information in-hand - follow this How to get old versions of macOS and verify what version this computer Qualifies to install. For Best results use Safari to commence the download as Others may not work.
Safari will open a redirect and open the Apple Store where the download can commence.
In this computer case a word of caution
Jumping over all the newer versions and directly to Monterey on Qualifying computers is Technically possible - there are those who have attempted and were successful.
Then there are those who attempted and had less than good results.
If this is a Production or Mission Critical Set-up - a more prudent and measure approach is suggested.
The above is from observations on the Apple Support Community Forums and IMHO
Computer Qualify for the Monterey upgrade
macOS Big Sur 11 hardware requirements
macOS Catalina 10.15 hardware requirements
macOS Mojave 10.14 hardware requirements
macOS High Sierra 10.13 hardware requirements
macOS Sierra 10.12 hardware requirements
OS X El Capitan - Technical Specifications
Tips Big Sir Upgrade Released Nov 2020
Tips Monterey Upgrade Released Oct 25, 2021
Make Time Machine Backup is very useful and can be used to Revert to Previous Working macOS
Notation - Mojave is the Last version to support 32 bit applications / extensions and Drivers. Catalina, Big Sur & Monterey supports only 64 bit and there is no workaround.
Suggest using Go64 to find 32 bit application before attempting the upGrade. Some or many of the Application already installed may require an update or upGrades to 64 Bit Version
Can I update Yosemite to Monterey?