Usage and Licence Terms
- Catalina is the latest operating system for Mac (will be released late September 2019) and is free to upgrade from Mac OS X Snow Leopard (10.6) or later.
- In 2010 the University of Otago purchased Mac OS X Snow Leopard (10.6) licences for every Mac owned by the University, so all University owned Macs are licenced to run the latest compatible version of macOS.
- Macs not owned by the University that came with Mac OS X Lion (10.6) and newer are licenced to run the latest compatible version of macOS.
macOS is available:
- from on-campus in the Licenced folder on its-software server (smb://storage.hcs-p01.otago.ac.nz/its-software/its-software/Licensed/macOS). See Software Downloads for more information on accessing the its-sfotware server.
- the Apple website
System requirements for macOS
macOS High Sierra (10.13)
macOS High Sierra runs on the following Macintosh computers:
- iMac: Late 2009 or later
- MacBook: Late 2009 or later
- MacBook Pro: Mid 2010 or later
- MacBook Air: Late 2010 or later
- Mac Mini: Mid 2010 or later
- Mac Pro: Mid 2010 or later
macOS High Sierra requires at least 2 GB of RAM and 14.3 GB of available disk space.
macOS Mojave (10.14)
macOS Mojave runs on the following Macintosh computers:
- MacBook: Early 2015 or newer
- MacBook Air: Mid 2012 or newer
- MacBook Pro: Mid 2012 or newer
- Mac Mini: Late 2012 or newer
- iMac: Late 2012 or newer
- iMac Pro: All models
- Mac Pro: Late 2013 or newer; Mid 2010 or Mid 2012 with a Metal-capable GPU
macOS Mojave requires at least 2 GB of RAM and at least 12.5 GB of available disk.
macOS Catalina (10.15)
macOS Catalina will run on these Macintosh computers:
- iMac: Late 2012 or newer
- iMac Pro: all models
- Mac Pro: Late 2013 or newer
- Mac Mini: Late 2012 or newer
- MacBook: Early 2015 or newer
- MacBook Air: Mid 2012 or newer
- MacBook Pro: Mid 2012 or newer
Older operating systems
Macs running older operating systems than macOS High Sierra (10.13) should have their operating systems updated to a supported operating system as soon as possible.
If you have any questions about macOS, please contact AskOtago.
