Moving from 10.5 to a more modern OS
04/08/14 Filed in: general troubleshooting
Hey Scotty, I have osx 10.5.8 and need at least 10.7. How do I do the upgrade, do I need to purchase software to install.??
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In order to move from 10.5 to anything beyond that, you’ll first need a copy of 10.6 Snow Leopard on Disk. Apple sells through its online store. You may also find it on eBay. I also have copies. After your computer has 10.6 installed, you’d run all the updates there to get to 10.6.8. The disk would only have 10.6.3 and you have to have 10.6.8 in order to get the Mac App Store. Once the Mac App Store has installed after 10.6.8 then you can update to 10.7 or 10.8 depending on the age of your computer. Most likely, if your computer had 10.5, that means its rather old and will not go to the latest version of the OS.
If you would prefer I move the computer to the most modern OS it can run, I would be happy to do so. In this situation, I would pick it up and return it the next day. One more note: You must have at least 2 gigs or ram to move past 10.6.8.
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In order to move from 10.5 to anything beyond that, you’ll first need a copy of 10.6 Snow Leopard on Disk. Apple sells through its online store. You may also find it on eBay. I also have copies. After your computer has 10.6 installed, you’d run all the updates there to get to 10.6.8. The disk would only have 10.6.3 and you have to have 10.6.8 in order to get the Mac App Store. Once the Mac App Store has installed after 10.6.8 then you can update to 10.7 or 10.8 depending on the age of your computer. Most likely, if your computer had 10.5, that means its rather old and will not go to the latest version of the OS.
If you would prefer I move the computer to the most modern OS it can run, I would be happy to do so. In this situation, I would pick it up and return it the next day. One more note: You must have at least 2 gigs or ram to move past 10.6.8.
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