Building Jamf Pro smart groups for Ventura-compatible and Ventura-incompatible Mac models

As part of preparing for macOS Ventura, it may be useful to have a way to easily distinguish between the Macs in your fleet which can run macOS Ventura and those which can’t. Apple has published the following list of Macs which are compatible with Ventura, which will help with both identitying the compatible Mac models as well as the incompatible Mac models.

• iMac: 2017 and later models
• iMac Pro: All models
• MacBook: 2017 and later models
• MacBook Pro: 2017 and later models
• MacBook Air: 2018 and later models
• Mac Mini: 2018 or later models
• Mac Pro: 2019 or later models
• Mac Studio: All models

From there, here’s the list of Mac models which are compatible with macOS Ventura:

	Mac13,1
	Mac13,2
	Mac14,2
	Mac14,7
	MacBook10,1
	MacBookAir10,1
	MacBookAir8,1
	MacBookAir8,2
	MacBookAir9,1
	MacBookPro14,1
	MacBookPro14,2
	MacBookPro14,3
	MacBookPro15,1
	MacBookPro15,2
	MacBookPro15,3
	MacBookPro15,4
	MacBookPro16,1
	MacBookPro16,2
	MacBookPro16,3
	MacBookPro16,4
	MacBookPro17,1
	MacBookPro18,1
	MacBookPro18,2
	MacBookPro18,3
	MacBookPro18,4
	MacPro7,1
	Macmini8,1
	Macmini9,1
	VirtualMac2,1
	iMac18,1
	iMac18,2
	iMac18,3
	iMac19,1
	iMac19,2
	iMac20,1
	iMac20,2
	iMac21,1
	iMac21,2
	iMacPro1,1
	iSim1,1

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We can use this information to build smart groups which can help identify which Macs are compatible with Ventura and which are not. For more details, see below the jump: