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Published Date: November 04, 2022
I have an old mid-2014 13" MacBook Pro. It is max configuration, i.e. 3GHz i7 w. 16GB RAM. It is usually connected to an Apple Thunderbolt Display.
I’d say it’s worth a shot- it’s only one year out of support, so it should run just fine. Now the question is, do all of your apps work on Monterey? If they work on Big Sur, they should work on Monterey, but it’s still worth checking before you upgrade.
It is of course running on macOS Big Sur. I see no point in installing Monterey, unless you want to annoy your wife.
lol - I am running Monterey on all my own Macs, and have no problems.
My 2015 MacBook Pro 15 is running Mojave. I tried Monterey for a while and it uses more RAM and it has an annoying network issue. I run Monterey on my 2021 MacBook Pro 16 and have to reboot it once a week over the network issue. Big Sur also has the memory leak that I see on Monterey and the network issue. No problems on Mojave and High Sierra (I have a 2010 iMac and it runs High Sierra
smoothly). I also have a 2014 MacBook Pro 15, currently loaned out to my son for work and he's running High Sierra I think.
Eleven years in the Apple ecosystem and I've decided it's usually best to only upgrade when you have to rather than being on the bleeding-edge of OS rollouts. So I'd say stick with what works. My exception will be this year when OS13 rolls out in October, because my theory is that even 13.0 has to be better than the buggy mess I'm now forced to live with having bought a Mac Studio
with Monterey installed.
I have always been of the other opinion; update when you can. And I am running Monterey on all the other Macs in the family - with NO problems. I even run Beta versions on my nMP.
One other approach would be to just install it on an external SSD and run it from there - that is if it's at a desk all the time. I did this with the 2014 and 2015. I had to do the OCLP thing on the 2014.
One other approach would be to just install it on an external SSD and run it from there - that is if it's at a desk all the time. I did this with the 2014 and 2015. I had to do the OCLP thing on the 2014. I nkow it is possible, but it is just so slow - the
MacBook Pro mid-2014 only has TB2 ports, and not TB3.
I nkow it is possible, but it is just so slow - the MacBook Pro mid-2014 only has TB2 ports, and not TB3. I ran it off USB 3.0. My external SSDs only run at 500 Mbps so no loss in performance with USB 3.
Using USB3 or TB2 doesn't matter. It is still significantly slower than any internal SSD, which are running at:
Using USB3 or TB2 doesn't matter. It is still significantly slower than any internal SSD, which are running at: What I found on those systems is that performance between the internal and external SSDs didn't really matter.
I don't know about that. My nMP boots significantly faster on the internal SSD than on an externally connected SSD, even via TB2/USB3.
I don't know about that. My nMP boots significantly faster on the internal SSD than on an externally connected SSD, even via TB2/USB3. My approach was to leave it running for months at a time - I never rebooted. If everything is in RAM and cached, the SSD
speed doesn't make much of a difference. Can a mid 2014 MacBook Pro run Monterey?macOS Monterey is compatible with many of the Macs that were able to run macOS Big Sur, but it drops support for some older MacBook Air and iMac models from 2013 and 2014. A full compatibility list is below: iMac - Late 2015 and later. iMac Pro - 2017 and later.
Is macOS Monterey good for older Macs?The 2016 MacBook is supported, and if you have a 2014 Mac mini or a 2013 Mac Pro you are in luck, but those are basically the oldest Macs that can support macOS Monterey.
What is the oldest MacBook Pro that can run Monterey?MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2017, Two Thunderbolt 3 ports). MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2016). MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2016, Four Thunderbolt 3 ports). MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2016, Two Thunderbolt 3 ports). MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015). MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015). Should I update my old MacBook Pro to Monterey?Yes! Upgrading to macOS Monterey is highly recommended, especially if you have a newer Mac powered by one of the Apple silicon chips, such as the M1 or M2 processors. Not only will you get better performance, but you'll also be able to take advantage of all the new features, some of which are really helpful.
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