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vincenzo79

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Feb 17, 2016
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Rome, Italy
Hello to all,
I am writing to you for information.
Currently on my MacBook Pro 13 ”Mid 2012 I have Big Sur Beta 9 installed. I must say that for being an unsupported MacBook Pro it works quite well and I am very happy because I can develop on IOS without problems.
But I would like to update to the Beta 10 version or to the GM version when this is released, I presume in the next week with the November 10 event.
I then made a backup copy to an external drive via Carbon Copy Cloner, and although the copy was verified, I expected, when the MacBook Pro was started, in addition to the internal drive where Catalina is, the backup copy of Big Sur and Big Sur, but unfortunately nothing, I can't see it.
Is there any passage that you think I'm wrong?
Thanks,
Vincenzo
 

vincenzo79

macrumors regular
Original poster
Feb 17, 2016
106
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Rome, Italy
Hi,
I finally succeeded but without Carbon Copy Cloner.
I entered Recovery mode (CMD + R) and performed the Restore on the external disk.
For the moment it works fine .... now I just have to figure out how to upgrade to the Beta 10 version or wait for the official release.
 

SmOgER

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Jun 2, 2014
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As for the first part of your post I don't think Apple dropped support for 2012 MBA because it can't handle it per se. I think this was a decision purely from marketing standpoint. ;)
 

vincenzo79

macrumors regular
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Feb 17, 2016
106
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Rome, Italy
As for the first part of your post I don't think Apple dropped support for 2012 MBA because it can't handle it per se. I think this was a decision purely from marketing standpoint. ;)

I believe too. I am so sorry that it is no longer supported because it is a very good computer, with 16GB and 512GB of SSD it works very very well and also with Big Sur it works very well
 

Macdctr

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Nov 25, 2009
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I saw your thread last night Vince and it inspired me to successfully install MacOS 11 Big Sur 11.2.3 to my Mid 2012 13-inch MacBook Pro with functional wifi.

For me I used @Barry K. Nathan micro patcher 0.5.1 to get the new OS installed. Thanks for the inspiration to do this :)
 

Jack Neill

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Sep 13, 2015
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Big Sur breathed new life into both my 2012's MBP/Air. Quite a shame Apple didn't support them, but the Pro did ship with a spinner and I can't imagine that BS would work well on a platter.
 
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