MacBook Air · 2013–2014
MacBook Air 2013–2014: the newest macOS it can run
Every MacBook Air sold in 2013–2014, what Apple supports, what OpenCore Legacy Patcher adds, and what to expect on each macOS version. Generated from the OCLP 3.0.0 source.
On this page 6 sections
Short answer
Apple stopped at macOS Big Sur. With OpenCore Legacy Patcher the MacBook Air 2013–2014 runs macOS Big Sur through macOS Tahoe 26. Our pick for most people: macOS Sequoia. No Intel Mac can run macOS 27.
Which MacBook Air 2013–2014 do you have?
Apple sold 2 different models as the MacBook Air 2013–2014. They can behave differently with OCLP, so check your model identifier: choose Apple menu > About This Mac, then More Info > System Report, and read Model Identifier. Or open Terminal and run sysctl hw.model
| Identifier | Sold as | Graphics | Apple's last macOS | OCLP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
MacBookAir6,1 | MacBook Air (11-inch, Mid 2013) MacBook Air (11-inch, Early 2014) | Intel Iris / HD (Haswell) | Big Sur | Yes |
MacBookAir6,2 | MacBook Air (13-inch, Mid 2013) MacBook Air (13-inch, Early 2014) | Intel Iris / HD (Haswell) | Big Sur | Yes |
macOS versions compared
- Apple supported by Apple, no patcher needed
- runs with OpenCore Legacy Patcher
- runs with OCLP; older “legacy Metal” GPU, more patches
- runs with OCLP; GPU without Metal, apps that need Metal fail
- No not possible
| Model | Catalina10.15 | Big Sur11 | Monterey12 | Ventura13 | Sonoma14 | Sequoia15 | Tahoe26 | Golden Gate27 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MacBookAir6,1 | Apple | Apple | OCLP | No | ||||
| MacBookAir6,2 | Apple | Apple | OCLP | No |
Model by model
MacBook Air (11-inch, Mid 2013) · MacBook Air (11-inch, Early 2014)MacBookAir6,1
- Model identifier
MacBookAir6,1- Board ID
Mac-35C1E88140C3E6CF- CPU generation
- 4th-gen Core i (Haswell)
- Graphics
- Intel Iris / HD (Haswell)
- Wi-Fi
- Broadcom BCM4350/4360-class (AirportBrcmNIC)
- Last macOS from Apple
- macOS Big Sur
- T1 / T2 chip
- None
- Battery rating
- 1,000 cycles to 80% capacity, Apple
Our pick
macOS SequoiaNewest possible: macOS Tahoe
Graphics: Intel Iris / HD (Haswell), patched as Legacy Metal (3802). Sequoia is the newest macOS the stable OCLP 2.5.1 supports. How we pick
| macOS | Status | Root patches OCLP applies |
|---|---|---|
| macOS Big Sur11.7.11 | Apple | Supported by Apple: install from Software Update. |
| macOS Monterey12.7.6 | OCLP | OpenCore only, no root patches |
| macOS Ventura13.7.8 | Intel Haswell | |
| macOS Sonoma14.8.9 | Intel Haswell · Modern Wireless · PCIe FaceTime Camera | |
| macOS Sequoia15.8.2 | Intel Haswell · Modern Wireless · PCIe FaceTime Camera | |
| macOS Tahoe26.7.2 | Intel Haswell · Modern Wireless · Modern Audio · PCIe FaceTime Camera | |
| macOS Golden Gate27 | No | No Intel Mac can run macOS 27, with or without OCLP. |
Compared with the MacBook Air (11-inch, Mid 2012) MacBookAir5,1
| What | MacBookAir5,1 | MacBookAir6,1 |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | 3rd-gen Core i (Ivy Bridge) | 4th-gen Core i (Haswell) |
| Graphics | Intel HD Graphics 4000 (Ivy Bridge) | Intel Iris / HD (Haswell) |
| Wi-Fi | Broadcom BCM4360 (802.11ac) | Broadcom BCM4350/4360-class (AirportBrcmNIC) |
| Bluetooth | BRCM20702 v1 | BRCM20702 v2 |
| Last macOS from Apple | macOS Catalina | macOS Big Sur |
| AVX2 in the CPU | No | Yes |
- Root patches on Tahoe. New compared with the MacBook Air (11-inch, Mid 2012): Intel Haswell and PCIe FaceTime Camera. No longer needed: Intel Ivy Bridge.
- Kexts OpenCore loads. Added:
MonteAHCIPort.kext,IOS3XeFamily.kext,AppleHSSPISupport.kext,AppleHSSPIHIDDriver.kext,AppleTopCaseInjector.kextandAppleCameraInterface.kext. Dropped:CryptexFixup.kext,AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement.kext,AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient.kextandBlueToolFixup.kext. (17 kexts on the MacBook Air (11-inch, Mid 2012), 19 here, from our builds.)
How much patching MacBookAir6,1 needs on each macOS
| macOS | Patch sets | Files installed | Files removed | KDK | MetallibSupportPkg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monterey | OpenCore only | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| Ventura | Intel Haswell | 8 | 0 | No | No |
| Sonoma | Intel Haswell · Modern Wireless · PCIe FaceTime Camera | 13 | 0 | No | No |
| Sequoia | Intel Haswell · Modern Wireless · PCIe FaceTime Camera | 152 | 1 | No | Yes |
| Tahoe | Intel Haswell · Modern Wireless · Modern Audio · PCIe FaceTime Camera | 18 | 0 | Yes | No |
OCLP installs 0 files for this Mac on Monterey and 18 on Tahoe. A Kernel Debug Kit is needed from Tahoe. MetallibSupportPkg is needed from Sequoia.
From OCLP's own documentation
Universal Control. Wi-Fi and Bluetooth hardware: Wi-Fi 5 + BT 4.0. Universal Control works out of the box. Universal Control will work. Dortania, Universal Control guide
OCLP changelog entries that name this Mac, newest release first, word for word:
1.4.1Resolve Keyboard/Trackpad support for MacBookAir6,x running macOS 14.4 and newer1.4.1Resolve Keyboard/Trackpad support for MacBookAir6,x running macOS 14.4 and newer → Expands SPI Keyboard and Trackpad patch to include MacBookAir6,x0.6.0Implement proper `APPLE SSD TS0128F/256F` detection → Avoids usage of patch when host lacks affected drive (ex. MacBookAir6,x with upgraded SSD)0.5.1Add support for `APPLE SSD TS0128F/256F` SSDs in macOS Ventura → ie. stock SSD found in MacBookAir6,x0.1.7Add support for following models: → MacBookAir6,1
On Tahoe this Mac needs Intel Haswell, Modern Wireless, Modern Audio and PCIe FaceTime Camera. What each of those restores, and what to keep ready when root patching: macOS Tahoe: what works and what does not.
Known issues
- Legacy Metal (macOS 13+) (source) Dortania, Supported Models
What OCLP puts on the EFI partition for MacBookAir6,1 OpenCore 1.0.6 RELEASE · 19 kexts
From our build with the OCLP 3.0.0-rc.5 app's command line (--build --model MacBookAir6,1) on a GitHub macOS runner, 2026-11-05. Boot arguments: keepsyms=1 debug=0x100 -lilubetaall amfi=0x80.
Kexts Reasons are shown for kexts that set this Mac apart; the rest are explained in the kext glossary.
Lilu.kext 1.7.2ECM-Override.kext 1.0.0CatalinaIntelI210Ethernet.kext 1.0.0AirportBrcmFixup.kext 2.2.1IOSkywalkFamily.kext 1.2.0IO80211FamilyLegacy.kext 1.0.0AirPortBrcmNIC-Tahoe.kext 1.0.0KDKlessWorkaround.kext 1.0.0Helps with Mac os updates on KDKless patched systemsMonteAHCIPort.kext 1.0.0Fixes SSD support for stock SSD found in MacBookAir6,xIOS3XeFamily.kext 1.0.0Restores S1X/S3X NVMe support removed in macOS 14.0 beta 2 (Apple SSDs such as AP0128H and AP0256H); also covers Macs with the 12+16 pin SSD layout and newer drives.CSLVFixup.kext 2.6.1AMFIPass.kext 1.4.1RestrictEvents.kext 1.1.7AppleHSSPISupport.kext 1.0.0macOS 14.4 beta 1 strips SPI-based top case (keyboard and trackpad) support for Broadwell through Kaby Lake MacBooks and the MacBookAir6,x; OCLP adds it back.AppleHSSPIHIDDriver.kext 1.0.0Part of the same SPI top case support: restores the keyboard and trackpad on Broadwell to Kaby Lake MacBooks and the MacBookAir6,x.AppleTopCaseInjector.kext 1.0.0Part of the same SPI top case support: restores the keyboard and trackpad on Broadwell to Kaby Lake MacBooks and the MacBookAir6,x.AppleUSBTopCase.kext 1.0.0Restore USB Keyboard support on Mac OS VenturaAppleUSBMultitouch.kext 1.0.0Restore USB Trackpad support on Mac OS VenturaAppleCameraInterface.kext 1.0.0
Settings specific to this Mac
- Enabling VMX Bit for non-macOS OSes 11 of 86 builds
- Enabling AHCI SSD patch 2 of 86 builds
- Disabling mediaanalysisd 24 of 86 builds
- Setting RestrictEvents block arguments: media 22 of 86 builds
- Setting RestrictEvents patch arguments: sbvmm 43 of 86 builds
- Enabling SPI-based top case support 14 of 86 builds
6 more settings are applied to most of the 86 Macs we built; they are listed in the full build log.
Our build for MacBookAir6,1 loads 19 kexts in an EFI folder of 36.7 MB. Across the 86 Macs we built, the median is 18; 51% of builds load fewer.
No issue in OCLP's tracker was filed with MacBookAir6,1 as the machine model (searched 2026-11-05), so there is no owner feedback to summarise for this exact model.
MacBook Air (13-inch, Mid 2013) · MacBook Air (13-inch, Early 2014)MacBookAir6,2
- Model identifier
MacBookAir6,2- Board ID
Mac-7DF21CB3ED6977E5- CPU generation
- 4th-gen Core i (Haswell)
- Graphics
- Intel Iris / HD (Haswell)
- Wi-Fi
- Broadcom BCM4350/4360-class (AirportBrcmNIC)
- Last macOS from Apple
- macOS Big Sur
- T1 / T2 chip
- None
- Battery rating
- 1,000 cycles to 80% capacity, Apple
Our pick
macOS SequoiaNewest possible: macOS Tahoe
Graphics: Intel Iris / HD (Haswell), patched as Legacy Metal (3802). Sequoia is the newest macOS the stable OCLP 2.5.1 supports. How we pick
| macOS | Status | Root patches OCLP applies |
|---|---|---|
| macOS Big Sur11.7.11 | Apple | Supported by Apple: install from Software Update. |
| macOS Monterey12.7.6 | OCLP | OpenCore only, no root patches |
| macOS Ventura13.7.8 | Intel Haswell | |
| macOS Sonoma14.8.9 | Intel Haswell · Modern Wireless · PCIe FaceTime Camera | |
| macOS Sequoia15.8.2 | Intel Haswell · Modern Wireless · PCIe FaceTime Camera | |
| macOS Tahoe26.7.2 | Intel Haswell · Modern Wireless · Modern Audio · PCIe FaceTime Camera | |
| macOS Golden Gate27 | No | No Intel Mac can run macOS 27, with or without OCLP. |
Compared with the MacBook Air (13-inch, Mid 2012) MacBookAir5,2
| What | MacBookAir5,2 | MacBookAir6,2 |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | 3rd-gen Core i (Ivy Bridge) | 4th-gen Core i (Haswell) |
| Graphics | Intel HD Graphics 4000 (Ivy Bridge) | Intel Iris / HD (Haswell) |
| Wi-Fi | Broadcom BCM4360 (802.11ac) | Broadcom BCM4350/4360-class (AirportBrcmNIC) |
| Bluetooth | BRCM20702 v1 | BRCM20702 v2 |
| Storage | mSATA | NVMe |
| Last macOS from Apple | macOS Catalina | macOS Big Sur |
| AVX2 in the CPU | No | Yes |
- Root patches on Tahoe. New compared with the MacBook Air (13-inch, Mid 2012): Intel Haswell and PCIe FaceTime Camera. No longer needed: Intel Ivy Bridge.
- Kexts OpenCore loads. Added:
MonteAHCIPort.kext,IOS3XeFamily.kext,AppleHSSPISupport.kext,AppleHSSPIHIDDriver.kext,AppleTopCaseInjector.kextandAppleCameraInterface.kext. Dropped:CryptexFixup.kext,AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement.kext,AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient.kextandBlueToolFixup.kext. (17 kexts on the MacBook Air (13-inch, Mid 2012), 19 here, from our builds.)
How much patching MacBookAir6,2 needs on each macOS
| macOS | Patch sets | Files installed | Files removed | KDK | MetallibSupportPkg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monterey | OpenCore only | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| Ventura | Intel Haswell | 8 | 0 | No | No |
| Sonoma | Intel Haswell · Modern Wireless · PCIe FaceTime Camera | 13 | 0 | No | No |
| Sequoia | Intel Haswell · Modern Wireless · PCIe FaceTime Camera | 152 | 1 | No | Yes |
| Tahoe | Intel Haswell · Modern Wireless · Modern Audio · PCIe FaceTime Camera | 18 | 0 | Yes | No |
OCLP installs 0 files for this Mac on Monterey and 18 on Tahoe. A Kernel Debug Kit is needed from Tahoe. MetallibSupportPkg is needed from Sequoia.
From OCLP's own documentation
Universal Control. Wi-Fi and Bluetooth hardware: Wi-Fi 5 + BT 4.0. Universal Control works out of the box. Universal Control will work. Dortania, Universal Control guide
OCLP changelog entries that name this Mac, newest release first, word for word:
1.4.1Resolve Keyboard/Trackpad support for MacBookAir6,x running macOS 14.4 and newer1.4.1Resolve Keyboard/Trackpad support for MacBookAir6,x running macOS 14.4 and newer → Expands SPI Keyboard and Trackpad patch to include MacBookAir6,x0.6.0Implement proper `APPLE SSD TS0128F/256F` detection → Avoids usage of patch when host lacks affected drive (ex. MacBookAir6,x with upgraded SSD)0.5.1Add support for `APPLE SSD TS0128F/256F` SSDs in macOS Ventura → ie. stock SSD found in MacBookAir6,x0.1.7Add support for following models: → MacBookAir6,2
On Tahoe this Mac needs Intel Haswell, Modern Wireless, Modern Audio and PCIe FaceTime Camera. What each of those restores, and what to keep ready when root patching: macOS Tahoe: what works and what does not.
Known issues
- Legacy Metal (macOS 13+) (source) Dortania, Supported Models
What OCLP puts on the EFI partition for MacBookAir6,2 OpenCore 1.0.6 RELEASE · 19 kexts
From our build with the OCLP 3.0.0-rc.5 app's command line (--build --model MacBookAir6,2) on a GitHub macOS runner, 2026-11-05. Boot arguments: keepsyms=1 debug=0x100 -lilubetaall amfi=0x80.
Kexts Reasons are shown for kexts that set this Mac apart; the rest are explained in the kext glossary.
Lilu.kext 1.7.2ECM-Override.kext 1.0.0CatalinaIntelI210Ethernet.kext 1.0.0AirportBrcmFixup.kext 2.2.1IOSkywalkFamily.kext 1.2.0IO80211FamilyLegacy.kext 1.0.0AirPortBrcmNIC-Tahoe.kext 1.0.0KDKlessWorkaround.kext 1.0.0Helps with Mac os updates on KDKless patched systemsMonteAHCIPort.kext 1.0.0Fixes SSD support for stock SSD found in MacBookAir6,xIOS3XeFamily.kext 1.0.0Restores S1X/S3X NVMe support removed in macOS 14.0 beta 2 (Apple SSDs such as AP0128H and AP0256H); also covers Macs with the 12+16 pin SSD layout and newer drives.CSLVFixup.kext 2.6.1AMFIPass.kext 1.4.1RestrictEvents.kext 1.1.7AppleHSSPISupport.kext 1.0.0macOS 14.4 beta 1 strips SPI-based top case (keyboard and trackpad) support for Broadwell through Kaby Lake MacBooks and the MacBookAir6,x; OCLP adds it back.AppleHSSPIHIDDriver.kext 1.0.0Part of the same SPI top case support: restores the keyboard and trackpad on Broadwell to Kaby Lake MacBooks and the MacBookAir6,x.AppleTopCaseInjector.kext 1.0.0Part of the same SPI top case support: restores the keyboard and trackpad on Broadwell to Kaby Lake MacBooks and the MacBookAir6,x.AppleUSBTopCase.kext 1.0.0Restore USB Keyboard support on Mac OS VenturaAppleUSBMultitouch.kext 1.0.0Restore USB Trackpad support on Mac OS VenturaAppleCameraInterface.kext 1.0.0
Settings specific to this Mac
- Enabling VMX Bit for non-macOS OSes 11 of 86 builds
- Enabling AHCI SSD patch 2 of 86 builds
- Disabling mediaanalysisd 24 of 86 builds
- Setting RestrictEvents block arguments: media 22 of 86 builds
- Setting RestrictEvents patch arguments: sbvmm 43 of 86 builds
- Enabling SPI-based top case support 14 of 86 builds
6 more settings are applied to most of the 86 Macs we built; they are listed in the full build log.
Our build for MacBookAir6,2 loads 19 kexts in an EFI folder of 36.7 MB. Across the 86 Macs we built, the median is 18; 51% of builds load fewer.
What owners reported for MacBookAir6,2 6 reports on GitHub
6 issues were filed in OCLP's tracker with MacBookAir6,2 as the machine model (6 closed, 0 open), filed 2021; the newest is from 2021-12-09. The topics that come up most, by keyword match in the title and text: black screen or boot failure (2) and install or update (2). These are owners' reports, not confirmed bugs, and all of them were filed on OCLP versions from before 2024, so many describe problems that have since been fixed.
- #780 2021-12-09 · closed · Monterey · 3 comments Long boot time due card reader?
- #749 2021-11-19 · closed · Monterey · 1 comment MacBookAir 6,2 early 2014 wrong processor
- #723 2021-11-11 · closed · Monterey · 2 comments intermittent connection to MIDI device
- #386 2021-07-15 · closed · Monterey · 2 comments Delta Update to macOS Monterey 12 beta 3 from beta 2?
Installing on the MacBook Air 2013–2014
Choose MacBookAir6,1 or MacBookAir6,2 as the target model when OCLP builds OpenCore (it detects it automatically when you run OCLP on this Mac). Before that, install the newest macOS Apple offers for it, macOS Big Sur, so the firmware is current. The steps themselves are the same for every Mac: How to install OpenCore Legacy Patcher.
Common questions
What does OCLP patch on a MacBook Air 2013–2014 running Tahoe?
What is the latest macOS for a MacBook Air 2013–2014?
Other Macs from 2013–2014
- MacBook Pro 2013 MacBookPro10,1, MacBookPro10,2, MacBookPro11,1, MacBookPro11,2, MacBookPro11,3
- MacBook Pro 2014 MacBookPro11,1, MacBookPro11,2, MacBookPro11,3, MacBookPro11,5
- iMac 2013 iMac13,3, iMac14,1, iMac14,2, iMac14,3
- iMac 2014 iMac14,4, iMac15,1
- Mac mini 2014 Macmini7,1
- Mac Pro 2013 MacPro6,1
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