On Nov 12, 2018, at 15:40, Dave Horsfall wrote:
> On Mon, 12 Nov 2018, Mojca Miklavec wrote:
>
>> Since you are talking about the optical drive and 10.6: is your
>
> I take it you mean 10.12.6 (Sierra)? The OS works fine, but Mojave is
> officially not supported on this model (and I couldn't install High Sierra).
I think you said before you weren't interested, but if you change your mind, or
if anyone else is interested, if you Google "unsupported Mojave" you can find a
method of installing Mojave on your MacBook6,1. Read the FAQ at the bottom of
the page to learn what compromises that might entail.
>> hardware even officially supported? The last OS officially working with my
>> MacBook pro from 2009 (hardly different from those from 2012, the last ones
>> being sold with optical drives) was 10.11. The fun thing is that once I
>> finally decided to upgrade it, I could no longer even download 10.11. Yes, I
>> could probably upgrade to 10.12 in one way or another, but I would then
>> likely get into troubles with security patches, and I could run into
>> performance issues, at which point I would probably be better off with
>> hackintosh :)
>
> The model here (after much digging around) is "MC207xx/A, 13" screen, serno
> 45008Q7Exxx, late 2009, firmware 6,1 (note the comma)" with 4GB memory
> (dealer-installed). I'm told that it can go to 8GB to cut down on the
> paging, but it's not a supported configuration (otherwise it would compete
> with the MacBook Pro), and I don't feel like futzing around with the firmware
> to make it pretend that it's a Pro.
According to EveryMac.com, MacBook6,1 supports 8GB of RAM. No futzing would be
required. Apple only supports RAM configurations that were available at the
time the model was sold. If 4GB modules were not available in 2009, then they
would not claim to support a total of 8GB of RAM. But according to EveryMac
your Mac does work with that amount of RAM.
