Old Mac won't load AO website or forum

[MaryEllen]

So it's actually a 2014 that I bought on sale in 2015. We're looking at updating it to Monterey as you suggested but it looks like it requires a 3rd party package purchase to do that because it still has the original operating system that it came with on it. How did you go about uploading it for yours? Apple Tech support told me in 2021 that I couldn't update and had to buy a new laptop. I'm seeing that that information must have been false if you worked out an update on yours.

I know that it is important to do the updates as they come out, otherwise that can happen, it reaches a point where there is too large of a gap between the system you are using and the newest version if you haven't updated step by step over the years. I'm sure there must be a way around that, so hopefully someone knows a way for you.