I don't know why I was unable to update before - maybe it was before El Capitan came out? Maybe apple noticed this problem and created an update path for Lion users? Not sure but glad it worked. Mods if you want to move this to an OSX forum that’s fineĮdit- Looks like going from Lion to El Capitan to High Sierra worked great. can I bypass all of this and just use a clone of another MacBook Pro on high Sierra or Mojave to clone the system drive and run it as that system? Or is this a bad idea? Does anybody know if there is an easy update path from 10.7.5 now? The apple site is telling me that to get to Catalina from Lion I have to first upgrade to El Capitan, so I'm going to give that a try and skip the last step, lol no interest in Catalina.īut I was wondering. Last time I tried to update the OS I was lost because there was no way to download the file for the next update, and I couldn't get past it to the subsequent updates without that stepping stone. A file named Install macOS Sierra downloads to your Applications folder. Click the Download button on the macOS Sierra page. Search the App Store for macOS Sierra, or go directly to the macOS Sierra page.

Then follow these steps: Open the App Store app on your Mac. I have a 2012 MacBook Pro that is stuck on 10.7.5. Before upgrading, it's a good idea to back up your Mac.

How to upgrade mac 10.7.5