Need to upgrade from 10.5.8 leopard to what?
I would like to upgrade my operating system. I have 10.5.8 Leopard. I do not know what to upgrade to. Help.
Upgrade Paths to Snow Leopard, Lion, and/or Mountain Lion
You can upgrade to Mountain Lion from Lion or directly from Snow Leopard. Mountain Lion can be downloaded from the Mac App Store for $19.99. To access the App Store you must have Snow Leopard 10.6.6 or later installed.
Upgrading to Snow Leopard
You can purchase Snow Leopard through the Apple Store: Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard — Apple Store (U.S.). The price is $19.99 plus tax. You will be sent physical media by mail after placing your order.
After you install Snow Leopard you will have to download and install the Mac OS X 10.6.8 Update Combo v1.1 to update Snow Leopard to 10.6.8 and give you access to the App Store. Access to the App Store enables you to download Mountain Lion if your computer meets the requirements.
Snow Leopard General Requirements
1. Mac computer with an Intel processor
2. 1GB of memory
3. 5GB of available disk space
4. DVD drive for installation
5. Some features require a compatible Internet service provider;
fees may apply.
6. Some features require Apple’s iCloud services; fees and
terms apply.
Upgrading to Lion
If your computer does not meet the requirements to install Mountain Lion, it may still meet the requirements to install Lion.
You can purchase Lion by contacting Customer Service: Contacting Apple for support and service — this includes international calling numbers. The cost is $19.99 (as it was before) plus tax. It's a download. You will get an email containing a redemption code that you then use at the Mac App Store to download Lion. Save a copy of that installer to your Downloads folder because the installer deletes itself at the end of the installation.
Lion System Requirements
1. Mac computer with an Intel Core 2 Duo, Core i3, Core i5, Core i7,
or Xeon processor
2. 2GB of memory
3. OS X v10.6.6 or later (v10.6.8 recommended)
4. 7GB of available space
5. Some features require an Apple ID; terms apply.
Upgrading to Mountain Lion
To upgrade to Mountain Lion you must have Snow Leopard 10.6.8 or Lion installed. Purchase and download Mountain Lion from the App Store. Sign in using your Apple ID. Mountain Lion is $19.99 plus tax. The file is quite large, over 4 GBs, so allow some time to download. It would be preferable to use Ethernet because it is nearly four times faster than wireless.
OS X Mountain Lion — System Requirements
Macs that can be upgraded to OS X Mountain Lion
1. iMac (Mid 2007 or newer) — Model Identifier 7,1 or later
2. MacBook (Late 2008 Aluminum, or Early 2009 or newer) —
Model Identifier 5,1 or later
3. MacBook Pro (Mid/Late 2007 or newer) — Model Identifier 3,1 or later
4. MacBook Air (Late 2008 or newer) — Model Identifier 2,1 or later
5. Mac mini (Early 2009 or newer) — Model Identifier 3,1 or later
6. Mac Pro (Early 2008 or newer) — Model Identifier 3,1 or later
7. Xserve (Early 2009) — Model Identifier 3,1 or later
To find the model identifier open System Profiler in the Utilities folder. It's displayed in the panel on the right.
Are my applications compatible?
See App Compatibility Table — RoaringApps.
For a complete How-To introduction from Apple see Upgrade to OS X Mountain Lion.
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What do I need to do to upgrade my Mac OS X 10.4.11? Can I purchase Mac OS X Snow Leopard or do I need to have Leopard Mac OS X 10.5? Please help me!
A somewhat naive and insensitive response to the problem:
benwiggy wrote:
Perhaps. But it's been several years since Apple binned Rosetta -- and much rumpus has been made of it. (It was of course an optional download in Snow, which gave the game away.) So there has been considerable "fair warning".
Fair warning to who: geek-heads like us who frequent tech boards on a somewhat consistent basis?
That is not who is continuing to use Snow Leopard in 2014. These are people who purchased a Mac for a few specific tasks and believe in the well-worth aphorism that: "if it ain't broke, don't fix it!"
Optional install of Rosetta in Snow Leopard -- minimal significance in that the first time they ran a PowerPC app, it directed them to download Rosetta. This happened once and long ago. Few would even remember this occurrence.
benwiggy wrote:
I can only presume that people who have been happily using Snow Leopard or earlier for many years, who suddenly now decide to upgrade, are doing so because the apps they use demand it.
A mis-reading of the current tea leaves!
Apple's latest update of the Snow Leopard App Store continuously reminds these users that a new version of OS X, Mavericks, is available; and... FOR FREE! With the only option to close this dialog box, a click on DETAILS...
Pretty hard for the inexperienced (let alone the unexperienced) to ignore.
These people have not thought much about upgrading their OS X since Snow Leopard's introduction in June 2009. That is a long time to have had computer stability and ignorant bliss! I am somewhat jealous of their status!
benwiggy wrote:
Of course you should always make sure that your apps will run in any new OS version.
Sage advice: but only if the end user has read it! How often do we see the roaringapp website cited to those Snow Leopard users that are educated enough to come to this forum and inquire about the update?
Unfortunately too many of them have already taken the plunge and now are confused why their individual set of important programs will not operate after the upgrade! They at least have options...
Far worse are those who upgraded from Snow Leopard to Mavericks for hardware reasons: they purchased a new Mac, potentially to replace one whose hardware has failed. Now after their migrate their data from their backup or clone, they are faced with a much more limited set of options.
The fact of the matter is that there is significant history here: the 'miracle' of Rosetta. Apple designed it to be transparent and mostly invisible. Most Snow Leopard users today have no idea what the difference is between PowerPC software and that which will run on an Intel family processor; and why should they?
Again, only when faced with the dreaded "PowerPC apps will not run" dialog box, do they realize that something is wrong, very wrong!
The proof of the pudding are the significant numbers of recent Snow Leopard to Mavericks upgraders who, for the most part, find their way to this forum facing a problem they are neither reasonably educated about by Apple beforehand, nor are they at fault for the problem they are facing.
Telling them that somehow it is their fault for not having taken the proper precautions only adds to their frustration!
The fact that you personally have seen this problem happen countless times, has no significance to that one user who tomorrow will post the problem anew...
For those who are lucky enough to have the same hardware and have inquired about the problem ahead of their upgrade to Mavericks, the proper advice is to partition or add another hard drive and install Mavericks there!
Experiment with their existing environment in Mavericks but have the dual-boot ability to immediately go back to using Snow Leopard as needed.
Any other advice is heartless and cruel and certainly not harsh! -
I haven't upgraded from Fusion 4.1.3 not because of procrastination or cheapness, but because 4.1.3 is WORKING -- and it took a LONG, LONG time
to get it that way!
In other words, my Fusion PTSD tells me that if I mess around with what I have AT ALL, I will be back in the half-time-job-hell of finding solutions to my unique
situation that I endured when I installed Fusion in the first place.
Anyway, does anybody know:
Will Fusion 7 open the current ".vmwarevm" files (i.e., created from Fusion Version 4.1.3) I am successfully using for running Windows XP Pro on my MacBook Pro (circa 2011)???
(I don't mind spending the money -- I just don't want to create another blooming disaster!)
Thanks a million if you know the answer, or can point me somewhere to find it!Ditto on all those points. I recommend Carbon Copy Cloner to make a full bootable backup. Time Machine is NOT adequate, particularly for virtual machines.
After upgrading to Yosemite, make sure you do a repair permissions in disk utility....and be prepared for some 10.10 bugs (it's just now becoming stable). -
Hello,
I need to upgrade from my present operating version Mac OS X , Version 10.6.8 to the Snow Leopard. However, I am unable to locate this app. Is it still available? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
JohnPrior to upgrading to Maverick, you must FIRST make sure your iMac meets all of its system requirements.
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I need to upgrade to mac os snow leopard from 10.5.8, and have the lion OS usb. I can't upgrade to snow leopard as my father doesn't remember the admin password. If anyone can help it would be appreciated
Restart with the Mac OS X 10.6 DVD in the drive or with the Lion USB drive connected, hold down the Option key just after the restart, tab to the installation disk, and press Enter. If the computer has a firmware password set, it needs to be provided for this to work.
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I need to upgrade from Snow Leopard. I want Mountain Lion, but apparently I need 10.7 Lion first. How do I buy this? It is not available in the App Store.
Update Snow Leopard to 10.6 Snow Leopard to 10.6.8.
Download OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion and install it.
Mountain Lion system requirements.
http://www.apple.com/osx/specs/
Fore more info:
http://www.macworld.com/article/1167855/installing_mountain_lion_what_you_need_t o_know.html -
After I upgrade from tiger to snow leopard, my macbook pro more often freezes. Any solution? Do I need to increase memory? If so, how?
After I upgrade from tiger to snow leopard, my macbook pro more often freezes. Any solution? Do I need to increase memory? If so, how?
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I NEED TO UPGRADE FROM 10.5.8 TO USE MY ITUNES MATCH, WHAT DO I NEED TO DO TO DO THIS? I HAVE PAID FOR IT AND HAVE DONE ALL THE NECESSARY TASKS TO GET ICLOUD UP BUT MY ITUNES WILL NOT WORK?
jbrie8210 wrote:
I NEED TO UPGRADE FROM 10.5.8 ...
The first step in Upgrading... is to Snow Leopard = OS X 10.6.x
It is Not available as a download... It is a Paid Upgrade.
Do this first...
Check that your Mac meets the System Requirements for Snow Leopard...
Snow Leopard Tech Specs
http://support.apple.com/kb/SP575
If so... Purchase a Snow Leopard Install Disc...
http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC573Z/A/mac-os-x-106-snow-leopard
Other countries...
http://support.apple.com/kb/HE57
After the Successful Install, run Software Update to get the latest updates for Snow Leopard.
Be sure to make a Backup of your Current System Before Upgrading...
Next...
Upgrade to Mountain Lion
With Regard to ML... Check here for compatibility of 3rd party Software you may be using... Also note that Rosetta is no longer supported in Lion and Mountain Lion...
http://roaringapps.com/apps:table
You should also consider more RAM... Get the Maximum you can for your Mac...
It is important to get the Correct and Matching RAM
See Here > OWC RAM > http://www.macsales.com
The above site also has videos on how to Install RAM should you need it... -
I need to upgrade from Mac OS x 10.6 8 what is the next step?
I need to upgrade from Mac OS x 10.6 8 what is the next step?
Upgrading to Lion
If your computer does not meet the requirements to install Mavericks, it may still meet the requirements to install Lion.
You can purchase Lion at the Online Apple Store. The cost is $19.99 (as it was before) plus tax. It's a download. You will get an email containing a redemption code that you then use at the Mac App Store to download Lion. Save a copy of that installer to your Downloads folder because the installer deletes itself at the end of the installation.
Lion System Requirements
1. Mac computer with an Intel Core 2 Duo, Core i3, Core i5, Core i7,
or Xeon processor
2. 2GB of memory
3. OS X v10.6.6 or later (v10.6.8 recommended)
4. 7GB of available space
5. Some features require an Apple ID; terms apply.
Upgrading to Mountain Lion
To upgrade to Mountain Lion you must have Snow Leopard 10.6.8 or Lion installed. Purchase a redemption code at the Online Apple Store: OS X Mountain Lion. Mountain Lion is $19.99 plus tax. Use the code to redeem a download of Mountain Lion from the App Store. The file is quite large, over 4 GBs, so allow some time to download. It would be preferable to use Ethernet because it is nearly four times faster than wireless.
OS X Mountain Lion - System Requirements
Macs that can be upgraded to OS X Mountain Lion
1. iMac (Mid 2007 or newer) - Model Identifier 7,1 or later.
2. MacBook (Late 2008 Aluminum, or Early 2009 or newer) - Model
Identifier 5,1 or later.
3. MacBook Pro (Mid/Late 2007 or newer) - Model Identifier 3,1 or later.
4. MacBook Air (Late 2008 or newer) - Model Identifier 2,1 or later.
5. Mac mini (Early 2009 or newer) - Model Identifier 3,1 or later.
6. Mac Pro (Early 2008 or newer) - Model Identifier 3,1 or later.
7. Xserve (Early 2009) - Model Identifier 3,1 or later.
To find the model identifier open System Profiler in the Utilities folder. It's displayed in the panel on the right.
Are my applications compatible?
See App Compatibility Table - RoaringApps.
Upgrading to Yosemite
You can upgrade to Yosemite from Lion or directly from Snow Leopard. Yosemite can be downloaded from the Mac App Store for FREE.
Upgrading to Yosemite
To upgrade to Yosemite you must have Snow Leopard 10.6.8 or Lion installed. Download Yosemite from the App Store. Sign in using your Apple ID. Yosemite is free. The file is quite large, over 5 GBs, so allow some time to download. It would be preferable to use Ethernet because it is nearly four times faster than wireless.
OS X Mavericks/Yosemite- System Requirements
Macs that can be upgraded to OS X Yosemite
1. iMac (Mid 2007 or newer) - Model Identifier 7,1 or later
2. MacBook (Late 2008 Aluminum, or Early 2009 or newer) - Model Identifier 5,1 or later
3. MacBook Pro (Mid/Late 2007 or newer) - Model Identifier 3,1 or later
4. MacBook Air (Late 2008 or newer) - Model Identifier 2,1 or later
5. Mac mini (Early 2009 or newer) - Model Identifier 3,1 or later
6. Mac Pro (Early 2008 or newer) - Model Identifier 3,1 or later
7. Xserve (Early 2009) - Model Identifier 3,1 or later
To find the model identifier open System Profiler in the Utilities folder. It's displayed in the panel on the right.
Are my applications compatible?
See App Compatibility Table - RoaringApps. -
I need to upgrade from 10.5.8 to 10.6.6 before I can download MOUNTAIN LION OSX. I am having trouble finding this download for 10.6.6.
10.7/10.8 will NOT run your older PPC or most Intel software, you going to have to spend money on a older machine that might not be worth it.
http://roaringapps.com/apps:table
Also 10.7/10.8 is slower and has more memory needs you machine might not be able to handle (4GB+) also your older CPU and graphics card.
If you want fast, OS X 10.6.8 is simply the fastest with a fresh install, even faster than 10.5. AND it runs your older software, no need to purchase new ones.
Run 10.6 until the wheels fall off that machine before you inflicted yourself with a backwards crap of the Lions.
For Snow Leopard Speed Freaks
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Do I need to upgrade from tiger to leapord before upgrading to snow leopord?
Do I need to upgrade from tiger to leapord before upgrading to snow leopord?
No. You can update directly to Snow Leopard.
How to Install OS X Updates Successfully
A. Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions:
Boot from your current OS X Installer disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. Then select Disk Utility from the Installer menu (Utilities menu for Tiger and later.) After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the installer. Now restart normally.
If DU reports errors it cannot fix, then you will need Disk Warrior (4.0 for Tiger) and/or TechTool Pro (4.5.2 for Tiger) to repair the drive. If you don't have either of them or if neither of them can fix the drive, then you will need to reformat the drive and reinstall OS X.
B. Make a Bootable Backup Using Restore Option of Disk Utility:
Open Disk Utility from the Utilities folder.
Select the destination volume from the left side list.
Click on the Restore tab in the DU main window.
Check the box labeled Erase destination.
Select the destination volume from the left side list and drag it to the Destination entry field.
Select the source volume from the left side list and drag it to the Source entry field.
Double-check you got it right, then click on the Restore button.
Destination means the external backup drive. Source means the internal startup drive.
C. Important: Please read before installing:
If you have a FireWire hard drive connected, disconnect it before installing the update unless you will boot from this drive and install the update on it. Reconnect it and turn it back on after installation is complete and you've restarted.
You may experience unexpected results if you have installed third-party system software modifications, or if you have modified the operating system through other means. (This does not apply to normal application software installation.)
The installation process should not be interrupted. If a power outage or other interruption occurs during installation, use the standalone installer (see below) from Apple Downloads to update. While the installation is in progress do not use the computer.
D. Download and install update(s) if updating:
Use Software Update, or
Download standalone updater(s).
E. To upgrade from an earlier major version:
Purchase the requisite installer package (Snow Leopard for example.)
Boot from the installer DVD.
Choose the install option:
None required for Snow Leopard.
Archive and Install for versions prior to Snow Leopard. -
How do I upgrade from Lion to Snow Leopard?
Snow Leopard has this great feature called Expose which is a great improvement on Lion's App Expose (and Mission Control).
Can someone point me to the steps I need to take to upgrade from Lion to Snow Leopard?Written just for you (ok it's a paste)
Back to Snow Leopard from Lion install method
Read and print out these instructions, your computer is going to be offline and you wil be cutoff from help until your machine is restored.
Clear the Desktop, Downloads and Trash of anything you wish to keep by placing their files in the respective Documents, Music, Pictures, Movie folders.
Disconnect other drives except the backup drive as to avoid any mistake.
Backup ALL your Users folders (Documents, Pictures, Movies, Music etc) manually (drag and drop methods) to a (not TimeMachine) external powered drive (HFS+ journaled formatted in Disk Utility) and disconnect, your going to be wiping the entire disk of ALL DATA. (warning, everything will be gone and not recovered, OS, programs, files, Windows etc all gone.)
Note: You might want to hold c and boot off the 10.6 installer disk and use Disk Utility to format the new blank external drive instead of using OS X Lion that's hosed. Then reboot into Lion and copy files, be safer that way perhaps.
Here we go!
Hold c and boot off the 10.6 installer disk that comes with your computer and second screen in just STOP there, don't install OS X yet.
Look at the Utilities Menu for Disk Utility.
On the left is the name of your hard drive maker, click it and Erase (format HFS+ Journaled), give it the same drive name as before, and click Erase...
(note: if you want to "scrub" the drive of old files that haven't been overwritten yet, then use the Security Option > Zero Erase, takes a lot longer)
This should wipe the drive of ALL partitions (GUID, OS X and 10.7 Recovery, Windows if present)
When it's done, quit and install OS X 10.6. Then install all your programs from fresh sources and validate/update.
When you setup a first account, use the same user name as before, this way you can simply drag and drop the content of your previous Users folders from the external drive right back into the new Users folders and everything should work peachy. Links in iTunes to music, playlists and iPhoto links especially.
Update OS X to 10.6.8 using the Combo Update for best results.
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1399
(Note: If your original machine had 10.5 and you want the free iLife that comes with the disks with the computer, then you'll have to install 10.5 first using the same c boot/erase/format methods as above, then update to 10.6 via the disk, then Combo Update 10.6.8)
Final step optional but highly recommended.
A lot of people use a Carbon Copy Clone of their boot drive to a new HFS+Journaled external drive (used only for this purpose) as a "hold the option key" bootable backup in case something goes wrong with their boot drive or need to restore to a previous OS X version.. (in addition to TimeMachine drive for more immediate backups.)
It's not advised to have a Bootable Clone and a TimeMachine partition on the same external drive, as two drives gives hardware protection in case one fails. -
How can I upgrade from OS X Snow Leopard to OS X Lion?
How can I upgrade from OS X Snow Leopard to OS X Lion?
Well Mt Lion is the latest, but if your machine can't do 10.8, then call Apple via phone and order 10.7
However you really need to do your homework first, as a lot of software and drivers could stop in 10.7, no Rosetta like in 10.6, could cost you plenty.
Things to consider before upgrading OS X -
Troubles with upgrade from tiger to snow leopard
I just bought the full SL pack to upgrade from Tiger to Snow leopard but it is coming up with a different interface than my brand new macbookpro that came with sl installed. Is this normal or does it have to do with the fact that the old macbook pro is the first version of the intel macs?
Joeymerizomac wrote:
I mean that there are no folders or stacks below the demarcation line on the dock, so the applications folder and downloads, and documents are not there. I >have tried to drag the app and doc icons to that area but no go.
I see. Your need to drag them to the right side of the demarcation line--the white squares in perspective. They don't work under the line. -
I need to upgrade from 10.5.8 to 6.0 or better to use a new HP wireless printer. How do I find the right item to download?
There is no download; you need to buy a Mac OS X 10.6 DVD.
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