No por el rendimiento del software, sino por los requisitos del hardware.
Apoyo total Versión 10.12 de MacOS (también conocida como Sierra)
Compatible Macs: MacBook (Late 2009 or newer), MacBook Pro (Mid 2010 or newer), MacBook Air (Late 2010 or newer), Mac mini (Mid 2010 or newer), iMac (Late 2009 or newer), Mac Pro (Mid 2010 or newer)
OS X 10.7.5 or later
2GB of memory
8.8GB of available storage
Mac OS X versión 10.11 (también conocido como El Capitán)
Compatible Macs: iMac (Mid 2007 or newer), MacBook (Late 2008 Aluminum, Early 2009, or newer), MacBook Pro (Mid 2007 or newer), MacBook Air (Late 2008 or newer), Mac mini (Early 2009 or newer), Mac Pro (Early 2008 or newer) Xserve (Early 2009)
Mac OS X Mountain Lion, Lion, or Snow Leopard v10.6.8 already installed
At least 2GB of RAM
At least 8.8 GB of disk space available
Mac OS X versión 10.10 (también conocido como Yosemite)
Compatible Macs: iMac (Mid 2007 or newer), MacBook (Late 2008 Aluminum, Early 2009 or newer), MacBook Pro (Mid 2007 or newer), MacBook Air (Late 2008 or newer), Mac mini (Early 2009 or newer), Mac Pro (Early 2008 or newer), Xserve (Early 2009)
Mac OS X Snow Leopard v10.6.8 or later already installed
At least 2GB of RAM
At least 8GB of disk space available
Mejor esfuerzo Mac OS X versión 10.9 (también conocido como Mavericks)
Compatible Macs: iMac (Mid-2007 or later), MacBook (13-inch Aluminum, 2008 or 13-inch, Early 2009 or later), MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid-2009 or later), MacBook Pro (15-inch or 17-inch, Mid/Late 2007 or later), MacBook Air (Late 2008 or later), Mac mini (Early 2009 or later), Mac Pro (Early 2008 or later), Xserve (Early 2009)
Mac OS X Mountain Lion, Lion, or Snow Leopard v10.6.8 or later already installed
At least 2GB of RAM
At least 8GB of disk space available
Mac OS X versión 10.8 (también conocido como Mountain Lion)
Compatible Macs: iMac (Mid 2007 or newer), MacBook (Late 2008 Aluminum, Early 2009 or newer), MacBook Pro (Mid/Late 2007 or newer), MacBook Air (Late 2008 or newer), Mac mini (Early 2009 or newer), Mac Pro (Early 2008 or newer), Xserve (Early 2009)
Mac OS X 10.6.8 or OS X Lion installed
At least 2GB of RAM
At least 8GB of disk space available
Mac OS X versión 10.7 (también conocido como Lion)
Mac computer with an Intel Core Duo, Core i3, Core i5, Core i7, or Xeon processor
Mac OS X 10.6.6 or later to install via the Mac App Store, an internal or external DVD drive, or install using an OSX Lion USB Thumb Drive
At least 2GB of RAM
At least 7GB of disk space available
Mac OS X versión 10.6 (también conocido como Snow Leopard)
Mac computer with an Intel processor
An internal or external DVD drive
At least 1GB of RAM (additional RAM recommended)
A built-in display or a display connected to an Apple-supplied video card supported by your computer
At least 5GB of disk space available or 7GB of disk space if you install the developer tools
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