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Will your Mac run MacOS Monterey? Check your hardware compatibility

Which Macs can -- and can't -- run Apple's upcoming macOS release?

Written by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Senior Contributing Editor June 28, 2021 at 5:33 a.m. PT

Unlike Windows 11, there's no confusion over which Mac will or won't run the next-generation MacOS. There's no clumsy compatibility tool to run, and there's no doubt.

There's a clear list. And here it is.

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MacOS Monterey hardware compatibility list

iMac - Late 2015 and later
iMac Pro - 2017 and later
MacBook - Early 2016 and later
MacBook Air - Early 2015 and later
MacBook Pro - Early 2015 and later
Mac Pro - Late 2013 and later
Mac mini - Late 2014 and later

That's it. Some features of the new release won't be available to Intel-based Macs, but the list of features is small and hardly going to get many Mac users clutching at their pearls.

This does mean that it's the end of the line for some Macs running MacOS Big Sur. If you're running one of these Macs, the end of the road is nigh.