Hey all,

So I still have my old Macbook Pro from mid 2012, and I just updated it to the latest available "official" OS version, 10.15.7 Catalina.

I was wondering if it was possible to either a) get a newer than officially supported macOS version on here? Thinking like Monterey perhaps (v12) or b) should I bin off macOS and go get Ubuntu 25.10 and install that on it.

I really don't need anything specific to macOS, I'm not bought into that ecosystem, it would be cool to keep it as close to stock as possible perhaps, but I think it might be more usable (for me perhaps) with Linux on it rather than macOS... but, as I haven't fired it up for over a year until today, chances are I'll probably not again for another year lol.

What would y'all do? Give me your thoughts and opinions.

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Re: Macbook Pro 15" retina mid-2012
By: MeaTLoTioN to All on Thu Dec 18 2025 02:56 pm

Howdy,

So I still have my old Macbook Pro from mid 2012, and I just updated it to the latest available "official" OS version, 10.15.7 Catalina.

I was wondering if it was possible to either a) get a newer than officially supported macOS version on here? Thinking like Monterey perhaps (v12) or b) should I bin off macOS and go get Ubuntu 25.10 and install that on it.

So I had an old MacBook Air 11 which was running so slowly it was a pain. (Actually the wife uses it).

So I installed Mint on it (XFCE) and it runs surprisingly well.

She only needs a browser and thunderbird for mail, and I have localsend on their to transfer stuff between her phone...

I'm about to do the same to a 2012 iMac, which my son uses to play minecraft.


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So I still have my old Macbook Pro from mid 2012, and I just updated it
to the latest available "official" OS version, 10.15.7 Catalina.

I was wondering if it was possible to either a) get a newer than officially supported macOS version on here? Thinking like Monterey
perhaps (v12) or b) should I bin off macOS and go get Ubuntu 25.10 and install that on it.

Yer gonna wanna take a look at OLCP - OpenCore Legac Patcher. It will let you put up to MacOS Sequoia on older Macs... I do have a YT video covering my 20XX iMac, but I think you'll get it.



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Hello MeaTLoTioN,

18 Dec 25 14:56, you wrote to All:

So I still have my old Macbook Pro from mid 2012, and I just updated
it to the latest available "official" OS version, 10.15.7 Catalina.

I was wondering if it was possible to either a) get a newer than
officially supported macOS version on here? Thinking like Monterey
perhaps (v12) or b) should I bin off macOS and go get Ubuntu 25.10 and install that on it.

I really don't need anything specific to macOS, I'm not bought into
that ecosystem, it would be cool to keep it as close to stock as
possible perhaps, but I think it might be more usable (for me perhaps)
with Linux on it rather than macOS... but, as I haven't fired it up
for over a year until today, chances are I'll probably not again for another year lol.

What would y'all do? Give me your thoughts and opinions.

i think the best is to install linux, so you can get software updates. :)

i have an old 17" macbook pro (2007 maybe?) in my studio with mac os x (snow leopard maybe?) just for running ableton live. (the ableton is also an oldish version, but does the job well and its stable as hell)

ByEbYe
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MeaTLoTioN wrote to All <=-

Hey all,

So I still have my old Macbook Pro from mid 2012, and I just updated it
to the latest available "official" OS version, 10.15.7 Catalina.

I was wondering if it was possible to either a) get a newer than officially supported macOS version on here? Thinking like Monterey
perhaps (v12) or b) should I bin off macOS and go get Ubuntu 25.10 and install that on it.

If you don't NEED MacOS, put Linux on it... But if you prefer the MacOS interface, leave Catalina. BUT -- it won't do as much as you'd like
I'm sure. :-)




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I have a MacBook Pro Retina Mid 2012 8GB and I am running the latest version of Sequoia 15.7.3 with no problems at all and use it as my daily driver I used Open Core Legacy Patcher to achieve this. I am using SyncTerm on it to right this message, as they say it's not obsolete it's just old.

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I really don't need anything specific to macOS, I'm not bought into that ecosystem, it would be cool to keep it as close to stock as possible perhaps, but I think it might be more usable (for me perhaps) with Linux on it rather than macOS... but, as I haven't fired it up for over a year until today, chances are I'll probably not again for another year lol.

That's what I did with iMac from 2011, I jail broke UEFI boot loader so I don't need bootcamp and installed Linux on it, and Windows 7 and FreeDOS as multiboot, no MacOS what so ever.

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Hello hollowone,

10 Jul 26 13:50, you wrote to MeaTLoTioN:

I really don't need anything specific to macOS, I'm not bought
into that ecosystem, it would be cool to keep it as close to
stock as possible perhaps, but I think it might be more usable
(for me perhaps) with Linux on it rather than macOS... but, as I
haven't fired it up for over a year until today, chances are I'll
probably not again for another year lol.

That's what I did with iMac from 2011, I jail broke UEFI boot loader
so I don't need bootcamp and installed Linux on it, and Windows 7 and FreeDOS as multiboot, no MacOS what so ever.

i don't understand why people afraid of the mac 'ecosystem'... if you don't want, you don't turn on these features. i am a long time mac/apple user and never turned on icloud, i use it as a normal linux desktop, just without sucking my ass off configuring X the whole time. 'it just works'...
and... in december i had to buy a new laptop because my 2016 mbp started to wear off, and i looked after a solution without apple, but all i found was
much worse.

the macbooks have three things which is unbeatable:
- display
- touchpad
- battery
- (oh and dont forget that you dont have Adobe stuff under linux)

so at the end i bought an M5 pro and works great - still without all the vendor lock-in cloud shits.

ps: Windows is a no-go for me. once i broke my ibook and had to switch back
to my mom's windows laptop for a month or two, and it was such a great trauma, that i bought a second macbook for backup. :)

ByEbYe
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