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installing box drive on old macbook

  • October 20, 2025
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Hello,

When I try to install Box Drive on my old Macbook Air, I get the following message

 

 

Please help. I have a MacBook air, 13-inch from early 2014, Mac OS Big Sur version 11.7.10. My processor is i7. 

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    Rona Box
    • Rona Box
    • Community Manager
    • October 20, 2025

    Hi ​@olivia2024, 

    Welcome to Box Community, and we’ll assist install Box Drive. 

     

    To successfully install Box Drive in your machine, please ensure that you’ve met all the prerequisites to be able to use Box Drive.

    Prerequisites:

    Recommended minimum system specifications:

    • 1.6GHz dual core processor
    • 4GB of RAM

    Note
    If your machine does not meet the recommended system specifications, you may still be able to install and run Box Drive. However, you may encounter a degraded experience.

     

    macOS - The two latest major versions. For Mac devices with Apple Silicon chips:

    • Box Drive is natively supported on Apple Silicon devices.

    And to get the latest Box Drive version, please install it here. 

     

    Hope it helps, and please let us know if you have questions. 

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