The video below demonstrates a tutorial walking through the process of using the DosDude Catalina patcher tool to install the macOS 10.15 system software on an unsupported Mac. If you’re going to attempt to install MacOS Catalina on an unsupported Mac, do so at your own risk, and let us know how it goes in the comments below. Thanks alot for this web! Finally i can save my data, delete some files, so i can continue update big sur. I have macbook air 2017. First i used macbook pro 2012 with high sierra as 2nd mac using thunderbolt 2 to thunderbolt 2 cable but it can’t detect my macintosh disk. I tried again with macbook air 2013 with mojave and it works! MacOS Mojave Patcher, the successor to macOS High Sierra Patcher, is an easy-to-use tool that allows anyone to install macOS Mojave on unsupported Macs. MacOS High Sierra Patcher. MacOS High Sierra Patcher, the successor to macOS Sierra Patcher, is an easy-to-use tool that allows anyone to install macOS High Sierra on unsupported Macs.
Carbon Copy Cloner requires macOS. CCC will not run on Windows.
How To Upgrade Unsupported Mac To Macos Mojave
Carbon Copy Cloner 5 is the latest version available. Users running Yosemite (10.10), El Capitan (10.11), Sierra (10.12), High Sierra (10.13), Mojave (10.14), or Catalina (10.15) should use this version of CCC. If you are having trouble downloading CCC from the link above, try this alternate download location.
Upgrading from CCC 4? CCC 5 is a paid upgrade. CCC 4 Personal and Household licenses purchased prior to May 22, 2017 are eligible for upgrade pricing. When you open CCC 5, it will automatically retrieve your new license or an upgrade coupon that you can use to purchase CCC 5 at 50% off. CCC 4 licenses purchased on or after May 22, 2017 are eligible for a free CCC 5 upgrade license.
CCC 5: Support for macOS 11 Big Sur
CCC 5.1.22 (and later) is qualified for macOS 11 Big Sur. Open CCC and choose 'Check for updates...' from the Carbon Copy Cloner to get the update, or click the 'Download CCC 5' button above. Please take a moment to review the following resources prior to upgrading to macOS Big Sur:
Carbon Copy Cloner 4.1.24 is compatible with Mountain Lion (10.8), Mavericks (10.9), Yosemite (10.10), El Capitan(10.11), Sierra (10.12) and High Sierra (10.13). Note that while this version of CCC may work on El Capitan and newer OSes, we recommend that El Capitan+ users upgrade to CCC 5. We offer technical support for CCC 4, but we are no longer actively developing it. If you are having trouble downloading CCC from the link above, try this alternate download location.
Upgrade Unsupported Mac To Mojave 10.14
CCC 4 and Mojave+: CCC 4 is qualified up to macOS High Sierra. CCC 4 license holders are welcome to continue using CCC 4 on later OSes with the understanding that this is an untested and unsupported configuration. CCC 5 is fully qualified on macOS Mojave and offers extensive support for APFS, including support for point-in-time restores via APFS filesystem snapshots.
Unsupported Versions
Download CCC 3.5.7 for use on Snow Leopard (10.6) and Lion (10.7). Download CCC 3.4.7 for use on Tiger (10.4) and Leopard (10.5). CCC 3.4.7 and 3.5.7 are provided as-is; we regret that we cannot offer any support for the installation or use of these older versions of CCC.