Installing macOS Big Sur on a MacBookPro9,1

Stephan Pringle Friday, February 26, 2021

Today, I will be installing macOS Big Sur on a MacBookPro9,1. It’s not the first time but on this occasion, I will capture it on video so that you may follow along. Please note that the MacBookPro9,1 will lose access to the internal Wi-Fi hardware once you upgrade and will need to either patch, swap hardware, utilize USB tethering or utilize a USB Wi-Fi connection. You may also partition the drive in half so that you can boot to Catalina (or earlier) which is still supported.

Chapters:
00:00 – macOS Catalina
02:00 – USB 3.0 Hard Drive Installer
02:40 – Snow Leopard through macOS Big Sur
03:10 – Attempted a straight install.
03:30 – Discovers MacBook9,1 is unsupported.
03:50 – Getting creative for six minutes.
09:50 – Unsupported MacBook Pro accepts macOS Big Sur 11.3.

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Stephan Pringle

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About The Author: Stephan Pringle is an Information Technology Support Specialist. He covers hardware and software and provides tips for you to troubleshoot and repair issues on your own. In his spare time, he writes articles about the State of New York on his Hackintosh and HackBook and that has helped him to become the top contributor of the New York City section of Yahoo! Answers.
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About The Author: Stephan Pringle is an Information Technology Support Specialist. He covers hardware and software and provides tips for you to troubleshoot and repair issues on your own. In his spare time, he writes articles about the State of New York on his Hackintosh and HackBook and that has helped him to become the top contributor of the New York City section of Yahoo! Answers.

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