
You’ll find more details about the exact models onĪpple’s dedicated page, but the lists above will give you a general idea. This model will no longer be supported with software as of autumn of 2022 as it can only run macOS Catalina, which will be dropped when macOS 13 arrives. This is the last Mac Apple sold with a CD/DVD drive. This is because Apple stopped selling the model in October 2016, which more than five years ago. The mid 2012 model of the 13-inch MacBook Pro joins Apple’s list of vintage products as of 31 January 2022. This meant that Apple dropped support for a couple of Macs that were previously supported in software updates: With the advent of Monterey in 2021 Apple stopped supporting Mojave (which launched in 2018). Does this mean that Macs last ten years? Unfortunately not.īy the autumn of 2022, when Apple introduces the next version of macOS, all these 2012 Macs will no longer be supported with software. This means that no Macs sold before 2012 are supported by Apple right now.

Apple has now added an extra year to the program.Īs noted by MacRumors, the official support article published on Apple’s website with details of the repair program was recently updated with the following message: In some cases, the backlight of the display could stop working completely.Īffected models were sold between October 2016 and February 2018, and the free repair program covered the defective machines for up to four years after the launch of each model. Apple says that some units may exhibit unexpected behavior on the display, such as bright vertical areas at the bottom of the screen.

The original program was announced in May 2019 for owners of the 13-inch MacBook Pro models introduced in 2016. While the original program covered eligible laptops for four years after the first unit was sold, the company changed it today to five years.

Apple has silently extended its worldwide program that offers free repair to 13-inch MacBook Pro models with display backlight issues.
