HT201364 upgrade to Mavericks

I was advised to purchase and install OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.3 because I would be able to upgrade to Mavericks OS. I installed and tried to up grade to Mavericks and message back says I cannot load on this computer. My Mac notebook is 6 years old. After some searching I found out that if I download 10.6.8 Snow Leopard it should work for Mavericks. Apparently that was wrong as well. Any ideas out there on what I can do or am I flogging a dead horse trying to upgrade

melskie12 wrote:
I was advised to purchase and install OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.3 because I would be able to upgrade to Mavericks OS. I installed and tried to up grade to Mavericks and message back says I cannot load on this computer. My Mac notebook is 6 years old. After some searching I found out that if I download 10.6.8 Snow Leopard it should work for Mavericks. Apparently that was wrong as well. Any ideas out there on what I can do or am I flogging a dead horse trying to upgrade
If your computer is compatable to install Mavericks, then you do it through the App Store which would have been included in your Applications when you updated to 10.6.8
Check your model here
http://www.apple.com/au/osx/specs/
Pete

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HT201364 How do I get more free space in order to upgrade to Mavericks OS. I only have 1gb available and I need 2

How do I get more memory so I can upgrade to Mavericks OS? It is telling me I need 2GB and I only have 1GB available.

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HT201364 I have most of the requirements for mavericks, however, can I still upgrade to mavericks with 1GB of ram??

I was wondering If I can upgrade to Mavericks if I have MOST of the requirements available..... The only thing I need to do is upgrade the ram. I currently have 1GB of Ram
Or MUST I upgrade the ram???????

And check the Mavericks requirements again. A MacBook that shipped with only 1 Gig of RAM is probably too old for use with Mavericks. As I believe that all of the qualifying MacBooks shipped with a minimum of 2 Gigs RAM.
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MacBook (Late 2008 Aluminum, or Early 2009 or newer)
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HT201364 I have a macbook air bought in 2008 and am unsure if it can be upgraded to maverick. Is there a serial number beyond which it is OK?

I have a macbook air bought in 2008 and am unsure if it can be upgraded to maverick. Is there a serial number beyond which it is possible to upgrade? I know that first I need to upgrade to mountain lion or some other fierce cat.
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HT201364 I have a Mac Pro that was purchased 8/06. How can I upgrade to Mavericks?

Is there any way to upgrade tp Mavericks on a Mac Pro built in the summer of 2006?

No.
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iMac (Mid-2007 or later)
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MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid-2009 or later),
MacBook Pro (15-inch or 17-inch, Mid/Late 2007 or later)
MacBook Air (Late 2008 or later)
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Mac Pro (Early 2008 or later)
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HT201364 How to upgrade to Mavericks? I can't find the installer in App Store

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I can't find the Mavericks installer in the App Store. No longer possible to upgrade to Mavericks? I'm running M/Lion.
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Once Yosemite was released, Mavericks was removed. Contact App Store support. They may be able to provide a redemption code.

HT201364 Am trying to upgrade to mavericks from Lion 10.7 but whenever i press upgrade, i told that The server gave an error during download: 403 Forbidden.

Am trying to upgrade to mavericks from Lion 10.7 but whenever i press upgrade, am told that ``The server gave an error during download: 403 Forbidden``.
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Model Identifier:          MacPro4,1
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Total Number of Cores:          8
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L3 Cache (per Processor):          8 MB
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http://www.apple.com/support/mac/app-store/contact/

HT201364 UNABLE TO UPGRADE TO MAVERICK

Hi folks I'm trying to upgrade to Maverick and it says 'OS X Mavericks requires a Core 2 Duo, Core i3, Core i5, Core i7, im running mac osx 10.6.8 on a mac mini Processor 1.66Ghz intel core duo 2GB 667 Mhz of memory. Am i missing something ?

Here's what you are missing:
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HT201364 How easy is it to upgrade to Mavericks from 10.6.8? How long does it take and what benefits do you get, please?

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Check here for compatibility of 3rd party Software you may be using...
http://roaringapps.com/apps:table
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http://www.apple.com/osx/how-to-upgrade/
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HT201364 I can't upgrade to Maverick! Help!

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Upgrading to Mavericks
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HT201364 can't upgrade to Maverick: help!

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13 GB of free HD space,
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a current OS X v10.6.8 installed
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3255
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HT201364 If I upgrade to Mavericks from Snow Leopard will I still be able to use Microsoft office??

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My Apple Mini Display Port/HDMI adapter is not working after upgrading to Maverick?

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