It’s official: macOS Sierra is already available; know your news – CNET in Spanish

macOS Sierra, the new operating system for Apple’s Mac computers, is now available for download officially, and without spending a single penny.

macOS Sierra does not have any cost, since Apple has already several years, releasing their operating systems –any platform– for free for all its users.

The list of Mac computers that are compatible with macOS is the following:

• MacBook (late 2009 onwards)
• iMac (late 2009 onwards)
• 11-inch MacBook Air and 13-inch (2010 and later)
• MacBook Pro 13-inch and 15-inch (2010 onwards)
• Mac Mini (2010 and later)
• Mac Pro (2010 and later)

If your Mac is on this list, congratulations, because you will receive the new features of macOS Sierra, such as the Clipboard cross-platform, Siri on the Mac, Apple Pay on the Web, among others. Find out all the news from Sierra here.

To discover what part of the year and what year is your Mac, you explain below. Take into account that Apple named to their models of three different forms: Early (Early), Mid (Mid) and End (Late), in addition to the year.

So you can know if your Mac is compatible with macOS. My MacBook Air, although is four years old, yes it will be updated to Sierra.

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Go to the apple icon in the upper-left corner, in the menu bar. Click the apple and select About this Mac, a window will open with the general information of your Mac, including the model, processor, RAM, and serial number. There appears the year and which season is your Mac. Now corroborates the model of your Mac in the compatibility list above.

in Addition to all the news, macOS Sierra represents the first name change to the operating system for computers in past years. Previously, the operating system took the name of Mac OS X or simply OS X. Apple changed the name for which all their platforms have a similar terminology (iOS, macOS, tvOS and watchOS).

How to install macOS Sierra

Install macOS mountain is very simple. Just go to the Mac App Store from your Mac and search for macOS Sierra — or go to this link that takes you directly to the Mac App Store, so you only have to press the download button.

macOS Sierra has a size of almost 5GB, so have patience to download.