I have mac OSX 10.5.8 and I need to upgrade ti icloud....My disc drive is broken so any upgrades or updates need to be done online..what do I need to do to achieve this?
I am running mac OSX 10.5.8 and need to upgrade to icloud.....I know I need to purchase a later operating system but what do I need to do and how??
Also my disc drive is broken and any upgrades/updates will need to be done online....
Lion:
We need more info about your Mac to see if it will even be capable,
So we know more about it...
At the Apple Icon at top left>About this Mac, report OSX version, then click on More Info, then click on Hardware> and report this upto but not including the Serial#...
version 10.7.3
Hardware Overview:
Model Name: iMac
Model Identifier: iMac7,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.4 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 4 MB
Memory: 6 GB
Bus Speed: 800 MHz
Boot ROM Version: IM71.007A.B03
SMC Version (system): 1.21f4
You'll need to buy SL/10.6 first & get it to 10.6.8, then get Lion... if you can run it. But then you'd need another Mac with a good Disc Drive & Firewire on both.
Or if you can erase your disk...
http://store.apple.com/us/product/MD256
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Supported macs
iMac (Mid 2007 or newer)
MacBook (Late 2008 Aluminum, or Early 2009 or newer)
MacBook Pro (Mid/Late 2007 or newer)
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*https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Installing+Firefox+on+Mac
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