![]() ![]() No support is provided for any version outside of the above. Other versions may work, albeit in a broken state.The patcher is designed to target macOS Big Sur 11.x to macOS Ventura 13.x. OS X El Capitan 10.11 or later is required to make macOS Ventura installers.The patcher application requires OS X Yosemite 10.10 or later to run. The below tables can be used to reference issues with a particular model, and see which OS would work best on your machine. If your model is not listed below, it is not supported by this patcher.OpenCore Legacy Patcher does not support PowerPC- or Apple Silicon-based Macs.This applies even if Apple supports the model natively.To check your hardware model, open System Information and look for the Model Identifier key. Subscribers get access to an exclusive podcast, members-only stories, and a special community.Any Intel-based Mac listed below can install and make use of OpenCore Legacy Patcher. If you appreciate articles like this one, support us by becoming a Six Colors subscriber. Apple might not claim compatibility with your Mac, but that doesn’t mean the trackpad won’t work just fine. ![]() But don’t despair-if you’ve got an older Mac and really, really want a Magic Trackpad 2, you should give it a try. My guess is that some old Macs will support the Magic Trackpad 2, in some way, though wired mode might be required (for battery life, if nothing else). I assume that if I upgraded that laptop to El Capitan, though, it would work as expected.Īll I can share are my experiences with these two older Macs in my house, running older versions of OS X. When I plugged the Magic Trackpad 2 into the MacBook Pro, it worked immediately-but didn’t recognize any gestures, only single clicks and standard cursor movement. I also have possession of my mother’s old laptop, a mid-2009 13-inch MacBook Pro running Mavericks. But it worked, so there’s at least some hope for older Macs to use the Magic Trackpad 2. It’s possible that, because the iMac doesn’t support Bluetooth 4.0, it will drain the battery of that trackpad rapidly. Then I unplugged the trackpad… and it still worked. So I upgraded it to El Capitan and tried again-and sure enough, when I plugged the Magic Trackpad into the iMac, it worked-everything, including Force Touch, was supported. It didn’t recognize it at all, and I couldn’t pair it using Bluetooth, either. When I plugged the Magic Trackpad into the iMac, nothing happened. However, there is a mid-2009 iMac on my daughter’s desk. In the old Macworld days I’d have access to a lab full of old Macs, but the Macworld Lab works at Apple now, I work in my garage, and my house is not big enough to support a large collection of old computers. (iMore has a nice article about how to tell if your Mac has Bluetooth 4.0.) But, a few people asked me, if you can run these devices in wired mode, does that mean you can run them on Macs that don’t support Bluetooth 4.0? The next mystery: The Magic Trackpad claims that it requires OS X El Capitan and a Mac that supports Bluetooth 4.0. So that’s one mystery solved-they definitely work over USB without Bluetooth. So I plugged the Magic Trackpad 2 and the Magic Keyboard into my iMac, and they worked just fine. And of course, the Magic Mouse 2-with its Lightning port, um, interestingly placed on the bottom-is a no-go in that scenario.Įach of these devices comes with a Lightning-to-USB cable, for charging as well as the plug-to-pair feature that makes it easy to move them from one Mac to another. One question surprised me: Do these devices work over USB, or just Bluetooth? I admit I hadn’t really ever thought about it. Like the Magic Trackpad 2, Mouse 2 pairs instantly when connected to your Mac via Lightning cable. ![]() ![]() Turns out people really care about input devices! (As is only right.) Since I wrote about the Magic Keyboard and Magic Trackpad earlier this week, I’ve received a lot of questions and feedback. Note: This story has not been updated for several years. ![]()
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