I'm glad you cannot be killed by regret. Bought a brand new M5 Macbook Pro and for the third time I really tried to use Tahoe. Gave up. Erased everything and voilà, you cannot clean install anything but Tahoe. Thanks, Apple. Really silly, but I guess stupidity is on me for not asking first at the Apple Store. Should have sticked with a basic M4 Pro. Man, this is really, really silly.
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Sequoia cannot be installed on M5 Macbook. Silly me.
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This is and has been the case for many years, when new HW is released at the same time as a new OS, it only runs on the new OS... like and iPhone 17 requires iOS 26, nothing new...
its an interesting problem,
usually we are always hearing about the reverse problem: when a computer is so old that it can't be updated to the latest OS after several years.
it must be disappointing.
i think there is a way to get the OS before 26 on it. but that might violate the terms of the warranty.
although apple does do it this way, i have always presumed that it is due to system security and integrity reasons.
usually we are always hearing about the reverse problem: when a computer is so old that it can't be updated to the latest OS after several years.
it must be disappointing.
i think there is a way to get the OS before 26 on it. but that might violate the terms of the warranty.
although apple does do it this way, i have always presumed that it is due to system security and integrity reasons.
