You can upgrade to OS X Mavericks from: Snow Leopard (10.6.8), Lion (10.7) and Mountain Lion (10.8) but if you have a version prior to Snow Leopard 10.6 You must first upgrade to OS X Snow Leopard in order to install OS X Mavericks.įor this we only have to buy the version of OS X Snow Leopard which is only available for purchase from the Mac App Store and which has u n price of 18 euros in Spain and 19,99 dollars in the United States. Now the OS should start downloading automatically onto the external drive. Within OS X Utilities, choose Reinstall OS X. The OS X version of your Mac is in the About this Mac window, click on More information and just below the serial number we find the version of the operating system, it can be accessed from the menú menu in the menu bar. For several years, Apple continued to sell Snow Leopard at its online store for the benefit of users that required Snow Leopard in order to upgrade to later. Apple says you can upgrade to OS X Mavericks directly if youre running Snow Leopard (version 10.6. The update is called ‘Mac App Store Update for OS X Snow Leopard’ and is only a 3.5MB download from Apple’s support site. Prepare a clean external drive (at least 10 GB of storage). The next step is to see the version of OS X that we have on our Mac MacBook (late 2008 or early 2009 aluminum model or later) Installing Snow Leopard and Migrating Data New Macs come with Snow Leopard (10.6) preinstalled, but if youre running Leopard or earlier.3.Upgrade RAM to 3gb or 4gb DUAL CHANNEL (try to stick with mainstream companies). 1.Back up data 2.Do a clean install which means wiping the HD (look up the user 'bullychris' or search keywords 'clean install snow leopard' on youtube for a very nice how-to. This appears on the Apple website and is the following: The 2,1 macbook will stay viable for many more years. The list is long and it is almost certainly our Mac appears in those that can be updated, but it is always better to make sure before taking any step.

2 The next step is to see the version of OS X that we have on our MacĬheck if our Mac is compatible with OS X Mavericks.1 Check if our Mac is compatible with OS X Mavericks.

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