How to upgrade an older Mac Mini to newest OS and newest firmware?
I am having trouble to download the latest OS Update. When I try to install the update using native mac features I get an error like
update couldn't be verified. While loading it was probably damaged...
So I tried command line.
softwareupdate -i -a
Result:
Software Update Tool
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2018-05-26 20:12:49.918 softwareupdate[4498:4207] PackageKit: Missing bundle path, skipping: <bundle id="com.apple.XsanAdmin"></bundle>
2018-05-26 20:12:49.963 softwareupdate[4498:4207] PackageKit: Missing bundle path, skipping: <bundle id="com.apple.airport.airportutility"></bundle>
Downloading Mac OS X Update
Package failed: The operation couldn’t be completed. (SUSessionErrorDomain error 4.)
My Mac Mini has the following specs: 2 GB DDR 2 Memory enough HDD Space 1,83 GHZ x2
Here all specs in german:
Modellname: Mac mini
Modell-Identifizierung: Macmini2,1
Prozessortyp: Intel Core 2 Duo
Prozessorgeschwindigkeit: 1,83 GHz
Anzahl der Prozessoren: 1
Gesamtanzahl der Kerne: 2
L2-Cache: 2 MB
Speicher: 2 GB
Busgeschwindigkeit: 667 MHz
Boot-ROM-Version: MM21.009A.B00
SMC-Version (System): 1.19f0
Seriennummer (System): YM7350C8YL1
Hardware-UUID: 00000000-0000-1000-8000-0016CBABF5B5
I am currently running on Version 10.7.4
What are my options? Thank you in advance
Solution 1:
Unfortunately, this Mac Mini can only be upgraded to macOS version 10.7.5.
Source: MacTracker.app on both iOS and macOS.
This Apple Community post also verifies this.