Macbook capable run Snow Leopard smoothly
hello,
just wondering if my macbook is capable of running SL smoothly without anything crashes,
1st generation macbook:
2GHz Intel Core Duo
80GB HDD
upgraded 2GB SDRAM <--- that's the highest capacity my generation is allowed right?
also, i like to reformat my mac once in a while. so if i get SL, will i be able to use it again after reformats? or will that one use be it?
thanks for the help.
Snow Leopard should work fine on your Mac.
I don't know what the maximum RAM capacity is. Maybe this site will help:
http://forums.macnn.com/69/mac-notebooks/358184/a-guide-to-macbook-ram-upgrades/
Once you purchase Snow Leopard you can re-install it as many times as you want.
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rayvonr wrote:
...I have 18 yrs. worth of financial records on Quicken that I have read will not work with Lion and I've read bad things about running music programs on Maverick.
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Will my mac mini run Snow Leopard smoothly?
Hi
I'm looking to upgrade the operating system on a mac mini. It's running Tiger 10.4.11 and i want to upgrade it to something newer and more secure. Snow Leopard is the highest it can go, but it doesn't meet the requirements for some of the key features, such as the 64bit processing nor the OpenCL. So i'm unsure if snow leopard will run smooth on my mac. Any info at all would be nice.
it's an early 2006 mac mini
Processor - 1.66GHz Intel Core Duo
Memory - 1GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM
Graphics - Intel GMA 950 - VRAM: 64MB of shared system memory
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Choose About this Mac from the Apple menu, click on More Info, and check the model identifier against the following, which are the earliest Macs of each type that can run Mountain Lion and newer:
iMac7,1
MacBook5,1
MacBookPro3,1
MacBookAir2,1
Macmini3,1
MacPro3,1
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Before Resetting the SMC
Try each of the following steps in this order before you reset the SMC. Test the issue after completing each troubleshooting step to determine if the issue still occurs.
Press Command + Option + Escape to force quit any application that is not responding.
Put your Mac to sleep by choosing the Apple () menu from the upper-left menu bar and then choosing Sleep. Wake the computer after it has gone to sleep.
Restart your Mac by choosing the Apple () menu from the upper-left menu bar and then choosing Restart.
Shut down your Mac by choosing the Apple () menu from the upper-left menu bar and then choosing Shut Down.
Resetting the SMC on Mac portables with a battery you can remove
Shut down the computer.
Disconnect the MagSafe power adapter from the computer, if it's connected.
Remove the battery (to remove the battery - click here: MacBook or MacBook Pro).
Press and hold the power button for 5 seconds.
Release the power button.
Reconnect the battery and MagSafe power adapter.
Press the power button to turn on the computer.
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Press the power button to turn on the computer,
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Resetting the SMC on portables with a battery you should not remove on your own
Shut down the computer.
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I was hoping to easily transfer data from one MacBook Pro to another. Would this workout ok?
Both macs include the port.
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