Upgrade to Monterey from El Capitan

[brainwave89]

I want to upgrade my 2016 MacBook Pro El Capitan to Monterey. What operating systems do I need to install before I can install Monterey?

Thank you for help.

 

[Nguyen Duc Hieu]

I want to upgrade my 2016 MacBook Pro El Capitan to Monterey. What operating systems do I need to install before I can install Monterey?

Thank you for help.

I would suggest installing High Sierra first, then all the updates of High Sierra. Some came along with critical firmware updates.
After that, create a Monterey USB installer and install Monterey with it.

 

[ewu]

don't upgrade to Monterey, try to use Big Sur

Big Sur is very stable for old devices.

 

[maverick100]

Be very aware that if you use Time Machine it has lots of changes in Monterey