PS: The advice the other poster has given you is nonsense - of course you don't need to buy a newer Mac in order to upgrade to a new OS X version. If you want details about this, notify me.

If you want OS X 10.10 Yosemite and no other version, you'll have to install it from a bootable USB installer which are available on e.g. I am stuck between Mac Office 2011 and Mac Office 2016 because of Mac OS X 10.9.5. I have tried to download Mac Office 2016 and even just Excel 2016, but both need Mac OS X 10.10. When I tried to re-load my Mac Office 2011, it wasn't supported. In order to access the macOS 10.13 High Sierra installer, click on this link in Safari:Īpple does not offer OS X 10.10 Yosemite downloads from the Mac App Store anymore, as all machines that were compatible with OS X 10.10 Yosemite are also compatible with OS X 10.11 El Capitan. My hard drive died so after I had a new one installed, the Apple Store loaded Mac OS X 10.9.5. it even supports both macOS 10.12 Sierra and macOS 10.13 High Sierra. If your Mac is within the following system minimum requirements. The Mac App Store should now start, and from there you can install OS X 10.11 El Capitan.

Those Apple chaps do love to break stuff. It all worked fine until I upgraded to Mac OS X 10.9.5, which broke my signing script. It has to be Safari, not Chrome or Firefox or any other browser. I have written previously about signing Qt applications for Mac OS X.

In order to access the OS X 10.11 El Capitan updater, do the following: If your Mac can run OS X 10.9 Mavericks, it can also run OS X 10.10 Yosemite and OS X 10.11 El Capitan.Īpple still offers the official OS X 10.11 El Capitan updater on the Mac App Store it is just hidden.

Mac 10.9.5 upgrade to 10.10