Updating Snow Leopard 10.6.8 to OSX Mavericks Server?

Is there an easy way to update a 4 gb Mac Mini Dual Intel under 10.6.8 Server to OSX 10.9 Mavericks?
I'd rather NOT have to back up the entire HD, wipe it and try to install a whole new system onto it.
But I know the server softwarde doesn't allow much changes to itself.
I tried going to the app store to download 10.9 Mavericks Server, but I got a message it needed 10.9 to run and it wouldn't download!
I'm trying the ruegular Mavericks upgrade, but I suspect the server software will not let it install over it.
Ideas, suggestions for a "painless" update?

Starting with OS X 10.7, OS X Server and Server.app are configured as an add-on to the regular OS X client software, and not as a seperate distribution.
For your case, upgrade to 10.9 Mavericks client (which will leave the server bits alone), then purchase and install Server.app (which will hopefully find and correctly import all of the old server settings).
You'll probably also want the OS X 10.9 Workgroup Manager (WGM) download, too.
Have an external backup or two, given that the upgrade might blow up.

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could i update snow leopard directly to OSX mountain lion?

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I have a 2009 Mac Mini Dual Core 2.53 Intel with 4 gb Ram running as a server under 10.6.8 Max OSX Server.
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The Boss, Wife, wants ITunes radio on it, but it won't work apparently unless you run 10.9.
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Help appreciated Greatly.
I downloaded Mavericks with no problem and held my breath to see if it would install OK.
It did.
No major issues and just about everything is working OK right out of the box.
Transition from Snow Leopard Server to OSX Mavericks Single User OS went fine.
Donlt have to worry about archane "Server Language" anymore and administerring this computer will be much easier.
Hope it's a stable build.

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When do the automatic update of version 10.6.2. to version
10.6.4 when it comes to "Apple" and the hourglass to "think" that moment appears on the screen too fast some risks.
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The best way to bring the system up to date from 10.6.2 is to download and install the 10.6.4 Combo Update from the following link. > http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1048
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I'm still using 'good ole' Appleworks 6 on Snow Leopard. I'v heard that Maverick does NOT support Appleworks 6. Is this true?? Are my 20 years of Appleworks files now useless?
Word Processing documents can be opened directly in Pages 4 (AppleWorks 6 only) but this is no longer available from Apple - the new Pages 5 (Mavericks required) does not open AppleWorks documents. (The older version is contained in the iWork '09 box set which may still be available from Amazon and other independent retailers.) Panergy Software's docXConverter v3.2 ($19.95) can convert Appleworks 5 and 6 Word Processing documents to RTF (though it has been reported that it can only handle documents which contain only text, not those which include images or frames). The latest version of the free LibreOffice has announced that it can open AppleWorks 6 Word Processing documents and an ability to open ClarisWorks documents has been reported: it does appear to be able to handle at least some embedded images.
Draw Documents can be opened directly only in EazyDraw (the more expensive version from their website, not the cheaper one from the Mac App Store, and you will need v4.0 'Retro' not the most recent version) or Intaglio (though this appears not to be able to handle very complex drawings). LibreOffice will open simple Draw documents but I found it very unreliable with complex ones.
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If I would update Snow Leopard to Mavericks, would I have this?

Hello, everybody!
As I got no real experience comments from people who updated Mac OS from Snow Leopard to Mavericks on a MacBook White Unibody, on this discussion, now I'm trying to be more concise, and ask you for more specific questions on the matter.
So, if I would updated to Mavericks, Would I have…?
VoiceOver Voices in different languages, as they come from factory since Lion, or stayed just with the English ones I have now?
Full Screen capability of all apps at the same time? Now, it's like my PC has only one "Full Screen", so, when you open one app on Full Screen, all the others go to windows.
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iChat, iWeb, iDVD, Front Row, X11… as I have now, or would them be erased or changed for other apps? Or I would not be capable for running them, as the Power PC apps I have and can run now?
Chess app in Spanish too, as it comes from factory since Lion, or it still remains only in English, as now?
Spanish dictionary on Disctionary app? Now I only have English and Tesaurus on my Mac, and the capability of searching on wikipedia on internet from the app?
Timer Coalescing, App Nap, Compressed Memory, GateKeeper, app's sandboxing, Automatic Versions… or any of those is not allowed on my MacBook White unibody?
The ability to see the complete miniature windows opened on the same desk as easy as sliding up four fingers on the trackpad (as I can see now the ones opened on the same "Space")?
To update my RAM? Now I have 2 Gb, and I saw it is exactly the requirment of Mavericks. I'm not sure which was the requirement of Snow Leopard, which actually runs pretty fine.
This is enough now for helping me to take or not the decission. Thank you all.

app nap - appears to work with Mavericks according to Apple:
http://www.apple.com/osx/advanced-technologies/
I've been looking for it again. You say App Nap would work on my macbook white, it seems it wouldn't, according to:
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PPC apps haven't been supported since Lion was introduced (2011).
Your iLife will be updated;
iWeb has been discontinued. So has iDVD, but if you have it installed, it still works. Front Row was discontinued. No idea about X11.
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I'd like to be completely sure of what i'd have, for example if I'd have spanish dictionary and VoiceOver voices before updating. If not, probably it does worth to do so.
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By means of something we call SPACES on Snow Leopard, and you called MISSION CONTROL, if I'm not wrong, on Lion and upper. You can switch among different desks running every one a different app on FullScreen, can't you?
By the way, which OS did your macbook pro come with from factory? the one that is running mavericks now.

Trouble with Update snow leopard 10.6.8 and 10.6.7

Hi,
Since one week, I have trouble with snow leopard.
My child has shut down our imac roughly with the on/off button. So after the restart and before the blue screen the display
is frozen with crazy pixel. I have to look for information for a week, tried all the reset (alt cmd P R , reset smc, safe mode etc ...)
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I have the same problem : the display is frozen with crazy pixels
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Do you have a solution
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Are you using software Update or getting it directly?
Try re-installing the big 10.6.8 Combo...
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1399
Repair Permissions afterwords, reboot.
If that doesn't do it, it sounds like a video card problem, have you blown the dust out lately?
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I'm about to install snow leopard onto my 2006 macbook with OSX 10.4.11. I read that I should copy my old OSX to an external drive before I start. Why? What is the purpose of this? Once I have snow leopard, why do I want a copy of 10.4.11? Won't I be able to import what I need while installing?   Also, what is the point of partitioning my disk? I don't understand what that's for if I'm only going to run one OS on there. Any experience or advice is greatly appreciated.

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Updating Snow Leopard 10.6.8 to Mountain Lion 10.8

Hello to everyone on this forum,
I'm new on this forum as from today on.
My Mac is from 15th May 2011 : iMac 12,2 Intel Core i5 2,7 GHz mit 8 GB RAM memory and 27" screen.
There is an OS Snow Leopard v. 10.6.8 on it.
When there was an upgrade to te Lion available, I saw a lot of negative comments about programs that did'nt work anymore with Lion , so I waited to upgrade my OS at that time. The upgrade was also about 30 Euro.
Now that there is the Mountain Lion available and the upgrade price is 16 Euro, I may have do the upgrade.
Question
Is it possible to do the upgrade from my Snow Leopard 10.6.8 to Mountain Lion 10.8 without having upgraded before to Lion (the upgrade in between) without any problems - programs which don't work anymore (anyone on this forum in the same situation as me and already having bad experiences with it) ?
Otherwise I stay with my Snow Lepard as long as I can, because now all programs are working good.
Anyone an idea of how you are being told (by Apple ?) you can't wait anymore ( in the future) to an upgrade of your OS ?
Thanks for your comments and experiences and recommendations about the upgrade.
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Antwerp
Belgium (Europe)

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