<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Aug 15, 2021, at 6:43 PM, Dave Horsfall <<a href="mailto:dave@horsfall.org" class="">dave@horsfall.org</a>> wrote:</div></blockquote><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><a href="https://everymac.com/mac-answers/macos-11-big-sur-faq/macos-big-sur-macos-11-compatbility-list-system-requirements.html" class="">https://everymac.com/mac-answers/macos-11-big-sur-faq/macos-big-sur-macos-11-compatbility-list-system-requirements.html</a><br class=""><br class=""> System Requirements<br class=""><br class=""> In marketing and technical documentation and elsewhere, Apple<br class=""> specifies that macOS Big Sur runs on these Macs:<br class=""><br class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>MacBook (2015 and later)<br class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>MacBook Air (2013 and later)<br class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>MacBook Pro (Late 2013 and later) <=====<br class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>iMac Pro (2017 and later)<br class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>iMac (2014 and later)<br class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Mac mini (2014 and later)<br class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Mac Pro (2013 and later)<br class=""><br class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Compared to the previous version of the macOS -- macOS<br class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Catalina (10.15) -- macOS Big Sur (macOS 11) drops support<br class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>for the Mid-2012 MacBook Air; Mid-2012, Late 2012, and Early<br class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>2013 MacBook Pro; Late 2012, Early 2013, and Late 2013 iMac;<br class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>and Late 2012 Mac mini models.<br class=""></div></div></blockquote><br class=""></div><div>Yes, that looks like a nice list of the hardware that runs BigSur, indeed.</div><div><br class=""></div><div>For the systems that can run MacPorts, see this page:</div><div><br class=""></div><div><a href="https://www.macports.org/install.php#installing" class="">https://www.macports.org/install.php#installing</a></div><div><br class=""></div><div>Best,</div><div><br class=""></div><div>K</div><div><br class=""></div><div><br class=""></div><br class=""></body></html>