I recently purchased a refurbished MacBook Air 2017 that is updates to OS Sierra 10.12.6. I am unable to watch Netflix, Hulu or HBOMax. I understand given the age of the processor that perhaps it won't be able to handle these, but I was curious if anyone has found a work around.
MacBook Air 13″, macOS 10.12
You can upgrade a 2017 MacBook Air all the way to macOS 12 (Monterey).
You may need to do this in stages – upgrading first to High Sierra, then to Monterey. (High Sierra introduced the APFS filesystem, and the High Sierra installer will automatically convert a SSD to APFS format. Later versions of macOS expect that SSDs are in APFS format, but might not have code to do the conversion.)
How to download and install macOS - Apple Support
Monterey is not one of the "most recent three" supported by vendors such as Microsoft and Adobe. However, even Catalina is enough to run current versions of the Firefox browser and the LibreOffice office suite. Monterey is enough to run current versions of most other major third-party browsers (Brave, Opera, Chrome, Microsoft Edge).
So if you upgrade macOS, install a current version of a third-party browser, and use that when accessing the sites for these streaming services, you'll probably have a much better chance of getting to watch TV shows and movies.
You can upgrade a 2017 MacBook Air all the way to macOS 12 (Monterey).
You may need to do this in stages – upgrading first to High Sierra, then to Monterey. (High Sierra introduced the APFS filesystem, and the High Sierra installer will automatically convert a SSD to APFS format. Later versions of macOS expect that SSDs are in APFS format, but might not have code to do the conversion.)
How to download and install macOS - Apple Support
Monterey is not one of the "most recent three" supported by vendors such as Microsoft and Adobe. However, even Catalina is enough to run current versions of the Firefox browser and the LibreOffice office suite. Monterey is enough to run current versions of most other major third-party browsers (Brave, Opera, Chrome, Microsoft Edge).
So if you upgrade macOS, install a current version of a third-party browser, and use that when accessing the sites for these streaming services, you'll probably have a much better chance of getting to watch TV shows and movies.
Unable to Use Streaming Sites on MacBook Air 2017
