In front of the multi-coloured bar, you will see the phrase, 'X.XX GB free out of XX.XX GB.' If you don't have at least 8 GB of free space, you should delete some old files.īefore you update macOS, don’t forget to: In the same About this Mac, menu select the 'Storage' tab. Cool, eh?ĭisk space: 8 GB of free space on the drive. Sierra is pretty lightweight, so you only need 2 GB of RAM to upgrade.

Click the Apple icon in the top left corner.

Here’s how to find out which OS version you’re running now: Check your macOS for Sierra compatibility If your current operating system is OS X Lion (10.7), you can skip a few versions and upgrade directly to macOS High Sierra. To upgrade to Sierra from, say, Mavericks, you’ll have to consequently upgrade to Yosemite and then to El Capitan first. Here are the models of Macs that are compatible with macOS 10.12 and can upgrade to Sierra:ĭoes order matter when you upgrade macOS?

Choose Apple menu () > System Preferences, then click Displays.How to upgrade macOS: Sierra 10.12 compatibility listĪs with the previous versions, macOS Sierra is available for a limited list of Mac models.

You should be able to find the Night Shift toggle in your System Preference>Display. When prompted for the password, type in your user password. In terminal, cut and paste the following:Ĭd /tmp curl -o NightPatch.zip unzip -o NightPatch.zip cd NightPatch-master chmod +x NightPatch.sh. Open up the Terminal app found under your Applications>Utilities folder.

In the Terminal window, type in csrutil disable and press Enter.

Reboot your Mac into Recovery Mode by restarting your computer and holding down Command+ R until the Apple logo appears on your screen.

Here are the exact step-by-step instructions:įirst, turn off System Integrity Protection (SIP). It is a little technical and may not be for the faint-hearted.Īn easier method, supplied in the form of a patch can be found here.

An Internet user Pike has found how that the feature is controlled by the amework file and has illustrated how the filesystem can be patched to enable Night Shift feature for older unsupported Macs. There’s no reasonable explanation from Apple why older models are not supported as their hardware is perfectly capable of supporting Night Shift.

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