Steps required to upgrade OS from snow leopard to yosemite
What are the steps required to upgrade from Snow Leopard to Yosemite
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.
Similar Messages
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I am using snow leopard on a mac 8.1 can I up grade in one step to Yosemite or should I up grade to an earlier OS first?
Yes, you can jump to Yosemite directly. Before you do be sure your computer is compatible:
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 would also suggest you do the following before installing the upgrade:
Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions
Boot from your Snow Leopard Installer disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu. 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.
If DU reports errors it cannot fix, then you will need Disk Warrior and/or Tech Tool Pro 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. -
Upgrading from Snow Leopard to Yosemite
Hello,
Long-time user of the forums, first-time poster (such a fantastic wealth of knowledge here!).
One question prior to installing Yosemite:
Does anyone have any experience installing from Snow Leopard to Yosemite - ideally with a Macbook Pro 15-inch mid 2009?
The second question is more closely related to what I do after I make the install, which I plan to do to a test partition first:
If I install to a partioned drive, will I still have the option to install onto my original drive (and then I would delete the test partion - I presume this is the best way to do it) if I like Yosemite and wish to go ahead with it? Will I just be able to use my Mac log in again?
If I don't like Yosemite, or it is incompatible with my mac, will I be able to easily remove the newly partioned test-drive, with Yosemite on it?
Lastly, Will I need to reinstall Microsoft Word for Mac 2011? As I don't have the boot disks I just wanted to check this.
I plan to run the usual diagnostic precautions (Time Machine Back-up, Verify/repair Disc permissions,make sure all software up to date) Many thanks all,
Much appreciated.
Below are my specs:
Macbook Pro 15-inch mid 2009
HDD: 250 GB
Model Name: MacBook Pro
Model Identifier: MacBookPro5,4
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.53 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 3 MB
Memory: 8 GB (I upgraded to this about 18 months ago)
Bus Speed: 1.07 GHzMac.user2014 wrote:
Hi Kahjot,
Wow - fantastic this is so useful! So I would partition the external HDD first? And then clone my current OS to both of those partitions? And I would need to run the whole of the OS off my external drive - I would need to keep it in at all times...?
If possible can you please describe the process of cloning it back on to my internal drive - will this remove all my existing apps etc that I have modified over the course of the month?
Many thanks again,
Hugo
You would really only have to keep the external attached when you want to fool around with the clone that you updated to Yosemite. You could either run off the external for Snow Leopard, or from your internal drive. I'd pick one and stick with it. Let's say it's the Snow Leopard internal drive. You would clone it to your external Snow Leopard partition from time to time to keep that clone up to date. If you decide that you really want Yosemite on your internal drive (you may not!), you could make a final clone of your internal drive to the Snow Leopard partition, to make sure that you still have it and can go back to it when you need to, and then you would clone the Yosemite drive onto your internal. That would, of course, completely erase what is on your internal drive and replace it with the Yosemite system. Or you could just run the Yosemite installer (that you wisely saved) to update your internal drive that way.
I am thinking in terms of cloning with software such as SuperDuper or Carbon Copy Cloner: I've never used Time machine. I can't advise you on how reliable Time Machine is, or how easy it is to restore a system with it. You might do some research here on that. SOme users have reported missing files in their Time Machine backups: http://www.macintouch.com/
One "gotcha" with Carbon Copy Cloner, which I prefer because it clones the recovery partition, is that you will need version 4 to clone Yosemite onto anything, and an earlier version (3.5.7) to use within Snow Leopard.
When you download the Yosemite Install app, it will launch itself. Don't run it immediately. Quit the Install app, and option-drag a copy of the installer to a safe location (not in your Applications Folder!). The Apple OS installers starting with Lion have the annoying habit of deleting themselves from the Applications folder after the installation is finished, so if you allow that to happen and need to install it again, you have to download it from the App Store again.
One snag is that Yosemite volumes are not seen by Snow Leopard's Startup Disk pref, so you will have to switch from Snow Leopard to Yosemite by rebooting with the option key held down. -
I want to upgrade from Snow Leopard to Yosemite, but can't because I only have 1Gb Memory. Can I add more memory, then do the upgrade? What should I buy?
gwd440 wrote:
Its older than I realised. Purchased in 2009, but is an early 2008 model.
So I'm possibly aiming a bit high by going for Yosemite? Would an earlier o/s be a more realistic option?
On the RAM issue, I fully agree with what Etresoft has written. I have just visited various sites, including OWC, Mactracker and iFixit and your Mac seems to have the Penryn processor. It will address 6GB of RAM which is more than enough for your use.
Where I differ from him, is Lion. The last big cat which I liked was probably Snow Leopard, and thereafter now Yosemite. There has been a lot of successes with your generation migrating to Yosemite, but with 6GB of RAM. Admittedly there were also problems for some, but I have observed even more successes even after initial problems. Mostly these problems were caused by adware or crapware installations. (Thank you Etresoft for a wonderful utility!)
Your iMac also has a SATA interface for a 3GB SSD, which is good enough. We have a Mac here with the same interface, still with a normal conventional stock HD running Yosemite, but only 4GB of RAM and it is running fine.
Of course the newer technology processors, faster RAM, PCI SSD, greater bandwidth on the newer Macs perform much better. But as I am on the older side, (ha ha), some of the 'vintage' Macs are still my favourites to use for certain tasks. Like using 9.09 for doing certain things and then converting the results afterwards for completion!
But, once again, it is your decision and only you can decide as you yourself knows your own circumstances better. Weigh up the options, considering what Etresoft has pointed out vs what Yosemite offers ito continuous support, security and features. There are a lot of your type of iMacs out there, and some of the users spoke about feeling like having a new Mac. There were others, who were wailing though. You could of course, also follow the advice of a test installation on an external and testdrive it, or wait for the release of 10.10.2 which I read somewhere is eminently close?
Have fun
Leo -
How do I choose an App to upgrade from Snow Leopard to Yosemite?
How do I choose an App to upgrade from Snow Leopard to Yosemite?
Check to make sure your applications are compatible. PowerPC applications are no longer supported after 10.6.
Application Compatibility
Applications Compatibility (2) -
I just update my Mac operating system from Snow Leopard to Yosemite and now have to upgrade my Epson Printer WF3540 so that it will be able to scan. Will Adobe be compatible with these softwares?
Hi spiritentrep,
What Adobe software are you referring to? Are you using Acrobat? You should have no problems running Acrobat XI on Yosemite, and as along as you have compatible scanner drivers for your Epson, you should be fine there as well.
Best,
Sara -
Can i upgrade from snow leopard to yosemite?
Can I upgrade from Snow Leopard to Yosemite without having a lot of problems? Or do I have to upgrade to something else first? My browser is getting messages that I need to upgrade to work properly. This has never been a problem until now.
melodymrh wrote:
I have snow leopard and one day it asked to download Yosemite which was an Upgrade to 10X so I did, now everything is messed up printer doesn't print, IPHOTO has a circle around it with a slash through it. HELP PLEASE.
For future reference: You don't have to install an upgrade, just because Apple would like you to do so. Never install a major upgrade without first checking to see what problems people are having, and what software will be incompatible. You lose nothing by waiting a while.
You can restore your Snow Leopard system from your most recent complete system backup before upgrading. If you have no backup, you will have to try to back up now, and then you will have to re-install Snow leopard from the system disks that came with your computer. You will have to boot from the Install disk, and erase your drive, and re-install Snow Leopard, then apply the various Snow Leopard updates to get back to 10.6.8. After that, you can try to bring back some of the critical files from your Yosemite backup, but some of it may not survive the transition. -
Cannot upgrade from Snow Leopard to Yosemite
I have a MacBook from late 2009 with 4 GB memory and plenty of hard disk space. When I attempt to upgrade to Yosemite via the App store it says "This version of OS X 10.10 cannot be installed on this computer". Even though the computer was purchased new at the end of 2009, is it possible it does not meet the hardware specs somehow? Am I doing something wrong? Thanks in advance.
I'm having a similar (related?) problem with a 2009 MacBook. The upgrade from Snow Leopard to Yosemite started off normally, but the installation is not working - progress bar gets about halfway and then stops...for days.
A guy at the Genius Bar told me that happens sometimes if there's a blip in the internet connection during the process. Apparently, the resolution is to wipe the drive and reinstall. Unfortunately, I didn't back up the drive prior to the installation thinking this was just one of those upgrades that the OS or various apps (e.g. iTunes, iPhoto, etc.) always want me to install, which I do, never having had a problem.
Although, the Genius tested the drive and found it to be in perfect condition, I was told that I need to go to an external company to have the data recovered because Apple doesn't do data recovery.
Is it true that I have to wipe the disc and start fresh? I have the original Snow Leopard disc, so can I simply reinstall Snow Leopard? When I hold down the option key on power up, it shows me two images - Macintosh HD and Recovery- 10.10. Should I try Recovery- 10.10?
I would appreciate any thoughts, suggestions, ideas, alternatives, etc. -
Will I be able to upgrade Directly from Snow Leopard ro Mountain Lion
Hello All!
Will I be able to upgrade Directly from Snow Leopard to Mountain Lion without going through Lion?
Thanks in advanceYou have to upgrade Mac OS X Snow Leopard to Mac OS X Lion, Then Mac OS X Mountain Lion.
If You have Snow Leopard, then upgrading to Mac OS X Lion is only $29.99 via the Mac App's Store, a one time fee for all your Macs. I recommend that you download it to all your devices first before you actually run the installation process. Once you've upgraded to Mac OS X Lion, then upgrade to Mac OS X Mountain Lion for a one time fee of $19.99.
Mac OS X Mountain Lion will be available as a single software upgrade via the Mac App Store beginning in July 2012. The BEST PART is you only have to purchase it one time to upgrade all of your Macs. So its only like $50 bucks total for ALL your Macs to get both Lion and Mt Lion. Approximately, the same price it was when Snow Leopard's family pack came out for only up to 5 Macs. Except this time you get 2 upgrades for about the same cost for unlimited Macs compared to only 1 upgrade for up to 5 macs like before.
To watch an exciting video from the WWDC/June2012 regarding what Developers, APP's, Lion & Mountain Lion, iPhone4S, and IOS6 will brings to the table this season, click below.:
http://www.apple.com/apple-events/june-2012/
I can't wait.
Good Luck,
Jenn -
Can I go from snow leopard to yosemite?
I currently have Snow Leopard. Mac OS X 10.6.8. Can I upgrade to Yosemite? Programs I need to use for work are suggesting I update my OS to best use their new version.
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.
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. -
Just updated from snow leopard to yosemite and can't open or update iPhoto
Just updated from snow leopard to yosemite and can't use or update iPhoto- help??
i tried to download the free iPhoto 9.6 app but i can't.
Where did you try to download that? This looks like you tried to download an updater.
Move iPhoto.app from your applications folder to the Trash.
Launch the App Store.
Sign in with your AppleID in the Store menu.
Click the first tab "Featured" and enter iphoto into the search field. Hit the "Return/Enter" key.
You should be seeing something similar to this:
If you see iPhoto, download it. -
Can I upgrade directly from Snow Leopard to Mt. Lion?
I was just in the Apple store and the genius there suggested upgrading so I would have full use of iCloud between devices. I've downloaded Mt. Lion but have not yet installed it. Should I have done an intermediate upgrade to Lion first, or doesn't it matter. (Slightly paranoid about making the jump, particularly if I'm liable to lose access to some programs through compatibility problems.) The main reason for the upgrade was to get access to iCloud.
currently on OS 10.6.8 on a Macbook 6,1, Intel Duo core 2.26 GHz processor, 2GB memory, 3 MB L2 cache.You may directly upgrade to Mountain Lion from Snow Leopard. It requires access to the Mac App Store &, at least. Mac OS X 10.6.8 which you have.
I think skipping Lion is a good move. I no longer have it on any Macs in this house. -
I want to upgrade from snow leopard to mountain lion. So will I have to download lion and then mountain lion? Or can indirectly download mountain lion?
You can install Mountain Lion directly without going to Lion first. Just be sure your system meets Mountain Lion's requirements. There are a few systems that are Lion compatible but not Mountain Lion compatible:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5444 -
Available upgrades/benefits from Snow Leopard to Mountain Lion?
If I download Mountain Lion from Snow Leopard, do I also gain all of the benefits and upgrades of Lion even though I am bypassing it? Or is downloading both recommended?
Also make sure your machine meets the system requirements for Mountain Lion:
http://www.apple.com/osx/specs/ -
Upgrading issue from Snow Leopard 10.6.8 to Mountain Lion
Hello there,
I have a Macbook Pro 15'' which I purchased nearly 2 years ago. I have a dual boot with OS and Windows with boot camp.
PROBLEM: For the past year I have been desperately trying to upgrade my operative system from snow leopard to a later version, without any success.
QUESTION: If I install Mountain Lion on an External Hard Drive, will I be able to use my mac without the external hard drive? Can I use the external hard drive only for the recovery mode? (Refer to point 2) below for more clarification)
The STORY:
First, I tried to install OS Lion. The error I had was that the OS could not create a recovery partition. The problem is well known in the community, but Apple is ignoring requests of costumers and I tried for several months to ask for a solution by contacting tech support. I did not find a solution and at the end I was mostly ignored.
When OS mountain Lion came out I hoped that the new OS would have solved the problem. I was wrong. I bought the update and I had the same problem.
The OS won't install because it can not create a recovery backup.
The problem is well reported in this post:
http://www.macworld.com/article/1167870/hands_on_with_mountain_lions_os_x_recove ry_and_internet_recovery.html
I quote the article which says the iussue is due to:"... if you partitioned the drive using Boot Camp Assistant ... the installer won’t be able to create Recovery HD...". In essence, if you used the Apple software Bootcamp to partition the Mac, then any later OS system won't recognize the partition and will refuse to install the update because they can't create a recovery disk.
Now, this won't be a problem with any other OS, because all you need to do is to manually create the partition , while OSX works only in "automatic" mode. This means I can not upgrade my OS
There are two solutions reported in the article:
1) Back up all your data and Format your hard drive. I actually refuse to do so, ^_^ as I would lose 1-2 days of work just because of the lack of support of Apple
2) Install OS on a external hard drive
This looks like a neat way out . However, I am afraid I will need to bring this Hard drive with me at all time. I was wondering if anyone has experience with this. I so, I would like to ask if I install OS mountain Lion on that Hard drive, will the external drive be used only for the recovery disk?
Please, let me knowUh uh, I see!
Also it seems I can use my time machine backup:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Migration_Assistant_(Apple)
together with Migration Assistant. This would work. Thanks
Now I need to figure out the Windows part. I need a full backup of Windows as well, with all the programs. In particular I need to be sure I can maintain the graphic card drivers.
You don't want to know how long took for me to find out how the **** I could update my graphic card drivers in Windows on my Macbook pro. Unfortunately there was a lot of misleading propaganda from Apple about bootcamp, saying that the new intel processor would have worked fine with Windows. Sad that everything was a lie. When installing Windows with bootcamp the graphic card program was unable to find and install the graphic card drivers update . Took me 2 weeks reading through thousands of angry posts of disappointed costumers to find out how to do that. I do not want to reapeat this dreadful experience.
After one year and a half with my Macbook pro I have a system I am TERRIFIED to touch. It is very very fragile, and any little change can destroy everything. It barely works. that's why I am so scared to re-install the OS
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