Prices of Apple's Mac OS X have long been on the wane. Now, as Apple just confirmed, the prices of OS licenses are headed towards zilch. Eighteen years ago, the tech industry's dominant company made nearly half its revenue selling OS licenses. Due to this anyone with an unsupported OS will not be able to connect to the Wi-Fi here on campus.The desktop operating system is dead as a major profit center, and Apple just delivered the obituary.Īmid a slew of incremental improvements to its iPad tablets and MacBook laptops, Apple today announced some landmark news about its oldest surviving operating system: It will not charge for the latest big upgrade, Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks, breaking from a tradition that goes back 16 years and shining a light on a long-unfolding reversal in how tech profits are made. Note: If you run into any issues with the upgrade, please contact apple or your local support PC store.Īpple is no longer supporting certain Mac OS, meaning that security patches will no longer be provided and systems running these operating systems will be vulnerable to security threats. Check to make sure you have enough space on your Mac.Move everything to your OneDrive provided by Gannon.NOTE: Once on the website you will need to go down to the "Or use the App Store or your browser" section and select " Big Sur 11". Your Mac also needs at least 4GB of memory and 35.5GB available storage on MacOS Sierra or later. You can upgrade to MacOS Big Sur generally from OS X 10.9 Mavericks or on any of the following Mac models. Step 2: Find out if your MacOS is compatible with MacOS Big Sur Step 1: Find out which MacOS version is installed. *If at any point you do not feel comfortable with doing the upgrade yourself, you can go to PCCare (see the PCCare attachment on the KB) or another vendor for assistance with getting your computer upgraded. Upgrading to supported version MacOS Big Sur Manually: Click here to visit Apples site for instructions on how to check for this.Minimum requirements for hardware and software can be found here.Ĭheck to see if your MacBook is pulling a supported MacOS through software update:.Upgrade to a computer that runs a supported OS.Upgrade your OS to a supported version if your system’s hardware meets upgrade requirements.The following options are available to you to ensure your continued access to GUWireless.
Click here to visit our full list of supported and unsupported MacOS versions. This means security patches will no longer be provided and systems running these operating systems will be vulnerable to security threats.Ĭomputers running these operating systems or older, will not be granted access to GUWireless. The following operating systems are no longer be supported by Apple.
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