Upgrade from 10.6.8 to yosemite

if i upgrade from 10.6.8 snow leopard to yosemite can i use time machine to revert back to snow leopard is if i never upgraded?

Hi G-Man5,
I have a MacBook Pro from 2009 that's still running 10.6.8, and I'd like to update to Yosemite. How did your upgrade turn out in terms of performance? Did anything bad happen after you installed Yosemite?
Thanks!

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I'm having problems upgrading from 10.6.8 to Yosemite. My computer locks up after the download and installation process. Does anyone know how I can overcome this problem?

I'm having problems upgrading from 10.6.8 to Yosemite. My computer locks up after the download and installation process. Does anyone know how I can overcome this problem?

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.

Upgraded from 10.6.8 to Yosemite and now safari crashes and everything is extrememly slow

How do I fix my computer after upgrading from 10.6.8 to 10.10.1? Safari quits responding constantly, my computer runs so slow it is virtually useless. I have an early 2008 iMac, 2.66gHz Intel 2 Duo Core, 2 G Mem. I got this report from EtreCheck
Problem description:
Downloaded “free upgrade” to Yosemite. I have to constantly force quit Safari, because it stops responding. All apps are now so slow as to make my machine virtually useless.
EtreCheck version: 2.1.8 (121)
Report generated March 9, 2015 at 4:31:04 PM MDT
Download EtreCheck from http://etresoft.com/etrecheck
Click the [Click for support] links for help with non-Apple products.
Click the [Click for details] links for more information about that line.
Hardware Information: ℹ️
    iMac (20-inch, Early 2008) (Verified)
    iMac - model: iMac8,1
    1 2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2-core
    2 GB RAM Upgradeable
        BANK 0/DIMM0
            1 GB DDR2 SDRAM 800 MHz ok
        BANK 1/DIMM1
            1 GB DDR2 SDRAM 800 MHz ok
    Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
    Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
Video Information: ℹ️
    ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro - VRAM: 256 MB
        iMac 1680 x 1050
System Software: ℹ️
    OS X 10.10.1 (14B25) - Time since boot: 0:37:17
Disk Information: ℹ️
    ST3320820AS_Q disk0 : (320.07 GB)
        EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
        GrannysRide (disk0s2) / : 319.21 GB (228.32 GB free)
        Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
USB Information: ℹ️
    LaCie P'9220 Mobile Drive 500.11 GB
        disk1s1 (disk1s1) <not mounted> : 32 KB
        Porsche (disk1s3) /Volumes/Porsche : 499.97 GB (370.04 GB free)
    Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
    Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
        Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
    Logitech USB Receiver
    Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Gatekeeper: ℹ️
    Mac App Store and identified developers
Kernel Extensions: ℹ️
        /System/Library/Extensions
    [not loaded]    com.sierrawireless.driver.SierraSupport (1.4.0) [Click for support]
    [not loaded]    com.sierrawireless.driver.SierraSupportKicker (1.4.0) [Click for support]
        /Volumes/Porsche/Applications/TechTool Deluxe.app
    [not loaded]    com.micromat.iokit.TTIOMIATADriver (1.2) [Click for support]
    [not loaded]    com.micromat.iokit.TTIOMIFWDriver (1.2) [Click for support]
Launch Agents: ℹ️
    [loaded]    com.google.keystone.agent.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.hp.help.tocgenerator.plist [Click for support]
    [running]    com.hp.productresearch.plist [Click for support]
    [running]    com.trusteer.rapport.rapportd.plist [Click for support]
Launch Daemons: ℹ️
    [loaded]    com.adobe.fpsaud.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.adobe.versioncueCS3.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.google.keystone.daemon.plist [Click for support]
    [running]    com.trusteer.rooks.rooksd.plist [Click for support]
User Launch Agents: ℹ️
    [loaded]    com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist [Click for support]
    [failed]    com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist [Click for support] [Click for details]
    [failed]    com.iYogi.MacTuneupHelper.plist [Click for support] [Click for details]
    [failed]    com.jdibackup.JustCloud.autostart.plist [Click for support] [Click for details]
User Login Items: ℹ️
    Yahoo! Widgets    Application (/Applications/Yahoo! Widgets.app)
    Dropbox    Application (/Applications/Dropbox.app)
Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
    AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 10.1.13 [Click for support]
    Flash Player: Version: 16.0.0.305 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
    GarminGPSControl: Version: 3.0.1.0 Release - SDK 10.4 [Click for support]
    AdobePDFViewer: Version: 10.1.13 [Click for support]
    Unity Web Player: Version: UnityPlayer version 2.6.1f3 [Click for support]
    googletalkbrowserplugin: Version: 5.40.2.0 - SDK 10.8 [Click for support]
    Scorch: Version: 5.2.5 [Click for support]
    iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0
    RealPlayer Plugin: Version: Unknown [Click for support]
    RL Secure Plug-In Layer: Version: Unknown - SDK 10.5 [Click for support]
    QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
    FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 16.0.0.305 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
    Yahoo! Installer 3: Version: 1.0.128 [Click for support]
    Silverlight: Version: 5.1.30514.0 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
    CouponPrinter-FireFox_v2: Version: Version 1.1.6 [Click for support]
    Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: 7.1 [Click for support]
    Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10
    Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 2.4.4.2 [Click for support]
    o1dbrowserplugin: Version: 5.40.2.0 - SDK 10.8 [Click for support]
    JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 15.0.0 - SDK 10.10 Check version
User internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
    Move_Media_Player: Version: npmnqmp 071503000004 [Click for support]
    UploadManager: Version: Unknown - SDK 10.5 [Click for support]
    ContentManager: Version: Unknown - SDK 10.5 [Click for support]
    RocketEngine: Version: Unknown - SDK 10.5 [Click for support]
Safari Extensions: ℹ️
    1-ClickWeather
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    Better Facebook
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    Adobe Version Cue CS3 [Click for support]
    Flash Player [Click for support]
    Flip4Mac WMV [Click for support]
    Trusteer Endpoint Protection [Click for support]
Time Machine: ℹ️
    Skip System Files: NO
    Auto backup: YES
    Volumes being backed up:
        GrannysRide: Disk size: 319.21 GB Disk used: 90.89 GB
    Destinations:
        Porsche [Local]
        Total size: 499.97 GB
        Total number of backups: 22
        Oldest backup: 2014-12-24 19:07:22 +0000
        Last backup: 2015-03-09 21:30:59 +0000
        Size of backup disk: Adequate
            Backup size 499.97 GB > (Disk used 90.89 GB X 3)
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
         3%    WindowServer
         1%    Safari
         0%    hidd
         0%    discoveryd
         0%    com.apple.WebKit.Networking
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
    116 MB    Safari
    106 MB    com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
    101 MB    mds_stores
    34 MB    WindowServer
    30 MB    com.apple.WebKit.Networking
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
    57 MB    Free RAM
    741 MB    Active RAM
    701 MB    Inactive RAM
    297 MB    Wired RAM
    3.35 GB    Page-ins
    59 MB    Page-outs
Diagnostics Information: ℹ️
    Mar 9, 2015, 03:45:22 PM    Self test - passed
    Mar 9, 2015, 01:34:51 PM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Safari_2015-03-09-133451_[redacted].hang
    Mar 9, 2015, 11:53:40 AM    /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Spotlight_2015-03-09-115340_[r edacted].crash
    Mar 9, 2015, 03:34:14 PM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Safari_2015-03-09-153414_[redacted].hang

Slow performance after installing Yosemite on an older Mac is often caused by inadequate memory. Although you can install the upgrade on a Mac with 2 GB of memory, experience has shown that at least 4 GB is needed for full performance.
Select About This Mac from the Apple menu. If you have less than 4 GB of memory, and your model has upgradable memory, install as much as it can take, or at least that much. Any reputable RAM vendor will have a web form in which you can select the Mac model and be directed to compatible parts.

I would like to upgrade from 10.6.8 to Yosemite but am not able to install it. What should I do?

I would like to upgrade from OS X 10.6.8 to Yosemite. I went to the Yosemite web page but there was no download button which I could click. What should I do? Thank you.

Try using one of the 2 links in the right sidebar. One under Categories and one under Free.
Try booting into the Safe Mode. If that doesn't work, set up another admin user account and try from there.
Safe Mode - About
Safe Mode

Trying to upgrade from 10.6.8 to Yosemite

I have to upgrade my operating system to Yosemite from 10.6.8. I've already checked to see what app compatibility problems I'll have to deal with, so I know pretty much what to expect. But when I go in to the Mac App Store and hit Upgrade Now, it sends me to a page that says Mac App Store Preview / OS X Yosemite. Then when I hit the View in Mac App Store button, it won't do anything, so I hit the link at the top of the page that says How to Upgrade, and it sends me to an instruction page that consists of a checklist of things to check on and the general requirements for the upgrade. Then when I hit the Upgrade Now button, it sends me back to that first Mac App Store Preview page that I was at before, with no way to get it to upgrade from there. If someone could please give me some advice as to how to go about this upgrade, I'd be extremely appreciative.

Hello Valerie,
This is the link to the combo updater. From it you will see the reason for having it. If you have previously downloaded it and forgotten, it doesn't matter. A repeat will do no harm to your system.
Be aware, it is a big (and important) update and may take some time.
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1399
It will take your system to its highest level and hopefully may improve the facility for you to download Yosemite.

Upgrading from 10.6.8 to Yosemite, order of upgrades?

Hi all,
I work for a senior college. We currently have a mac running OS X 10.6.8, DeployStudio and Server.
What I want to know is the order to upgrade.
OS - Server - DeployStudio or Server - OS - DeployStudio etc. etc etc.....
I will be performing a full backup and clone for fallback.
Thanks in advance for any help or suggestions.
Kind regards,
Mike B

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.

Cannot find Os X Mavericks upgrade from App Store. Only Yosemite is available.

I would like to upgrade my 10.6.8 to Mavericks but the upgrade is not available any more. At least I can not find it from App Store.

Mavericks has been pulled from the App Store. You can try contacting App Store support to see if they can provide you with a redemption code.
App Store support. There is troubleshooting and a contact link.
Support

No Update Possible from 10.6.8 to Yosemite

(Note this doesn't concern one of my own MacBooks)
Apple MacBook Pro "Core 2 Duo" 2.66 15" from 2009 with 8GB Ram
Mac OS X 10.6.8
Just came back from an acquaintance trying to upgrade from 10.6.8 to Yosemite. Her MacBook is listed as supported and she has an Apple ID.
Starting Software Update or AppStore advertises Yosemite as available.
Clicking the upgrade or load button makes the button inactive but nothing happens.
Next I installed a trial of Little Snitch to see if there was any traffic, but there is no visible download activity. To make sure it wasn't the fault of her internet setup I tried once again using my iPhone as WiFi station. Still no download.
Closing and reopening the App Store makes the update available again with the same effect as above.
Suggestions?

Postings on the forum indicate that there is a problem at Apple's end. Sadly, There is nothing you can do, other than wait.
Edit

Trying to go from 10.7.5 to yosemite

trying to upgrade from 10.7.5 to yosemite and message comes up saying "This version of OS X 10.10 cannot be installed on this computer." i have a 13 inch late 2007 2gb ram 24gb available can anyone help because as far as i am aware my mac meets all requirements

1.you ought upgrade macbook to new macbook pro or air ...and so on
2.look here :
Create a bootable installer for OS X Mavericks or Yosemite
http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201372

I have just downloaded the upgrade from Mountain Lion to Yosemite. In the process i am now unable to gain access to iTunes. The app on desktop no longer works and the install is not able to be opened.

I Have downloaded the upgrade from Mountain Lion to Yosemite. In thee process of so doing I have lost access to iTunes.
The app on desktop no longer opens the program and having downloaded and installed as per Apple instructions, can not make a connection.

Hi, drjbuchanan.
Thank you for visiting Apple Support Communities.
Here are some troubleshooting steps that I would recommend going through when experiencing this issue.
iTunes: Troubleshooting issues with third-party iTunes plug-ins
http://support.apple.com/en-us/ts3430
Troubleshooting iTunes installation on Mac OS X
http://support.apple.com/en-us/ht2311
Cheers,
Jason H.

I upgraded MacbookPro 2009 from 10.6.8 to Yosemite. Beforehand I made a backup copy of my Iphoto library onto an external hard drive. Lets call it BU. I also deleted half of my photos from the default library on my laptop, lets call it DE. I then in

I upgraded MacbookPro 2009 from 10.6.8 to Yosemite 2 weeks ago. My iphoto is now a nightmare. i went to our local apple retailer but they could not help either. Perhaps someone can help. Beforehand the OS upgrade I made a backup copy of my Iphoto library onto an external hard drive. Lets call it BU with 50GB. I also deleted half of my photos from the default library on my laptop, lets call it DE, now with about 20GB, to gain space. I then upgraded to Yosemite.
I have also installed since a long time Iphoto Library Manager 3.8.6. (this may be the cause of the problem as it was not upgraded and perhaps thus not compatible with iphoto 9.6 which I have now after the upgrade to Yosemite) It all worked fine before the upgrade, switching in iphoto between the two libraries DE and BU.
It also worked fine after the upgrade for a few days. At one stage Iphoto asked me to upgrade the iphoto version as it otherwise could not read the photos when I tried to load the BU library into iphoto. I did click yes to upgrade iphoto. As a result I became a brand new but totally empty library, no photos.
BU was still on the external disc, however the "Master" file was empty. We fortunately discovered all photos were in another file called Old Master, also under BU. We made another copy of the Old Master file onto the external disc. Lucky we did, because shortly afterwards we could not open anymore the BU file thus had no access to anything in there. Now I have 17000 photos in a file called Old Master on my external disc and another smaller library DE on my laptop. When I tried to import the photos from Old Master into a new iphoto library it was very messy. All events dates were mixed up, many photos were imported twice. I have no idea whether all my 17000 photos have been imported.
Can anyone suggest what is the most time efficient way? How do I best import my 17000 into a new library ensuring I don't loose any in the process. I do not wish sorting through 17000 photos for a week or so. Shall i also get a new iphoto library version now? Thank you for anything that may work.

Yes, the Old Master file has a folder for each year where I find all photos from that specific year. I am attaching a screen shot of the file.
In the meantime i have managed to download all photos (it did not download any video files though in mpg, avi, 3gp, m4v,mp4 and mov format) to a new iphoto library. Unfortunately the photos are quite mixed and often doubled up. I ma considering to purchase iphoto library which checks all duplicates in iphoto. this will save me a lot of time. What do you think?

While opening most of the website i am getting error: Apache Tomcat/5.5.25-Error report. I have upgraded OS of MacBook Air from Maverick 10.9 to Yosemite 10.10 two days before. Kindly help.

while opening most of the website on Safari i am getting error: Apache Tomcat/5.5.25-Error report. I have upgraded OS of MacBook Air from Maverick 10.9 to Yosemite 10.10 two days before.
HTTP Status 404 - /ssssportal.war/fup_gpon_1m_6g_512k.jspp
type Status report
message /ssssportal.war/fup_gpon_1m_6g_512k.jspp
description The requested resource (/ssssportal.war/fup_gpon_1m_6g_512k.jspp) is not available.
Kindly help. Also I am getting spinning ball most of the time. This was not with OS X Maverick 10.9.

while opening most of the website on Safari i am getting error: Apache Tomcat/5.5.25-Error report. I have upgraded OS of MacBook Air from Maverick 10.9 to Yosemite 10.10 two days before.
HTTP Status 404 - /ssssportal.war/fup_gpon_1m_6g_512k.jspp
type Status report
message /ssssportal.war/fup_gpon_1m_6g_512k.jspp
description The requested resource (/ssssportal.war/fup_gpon_1m_6g_512k.jspp) is not available.
Kindly help. Also I am getting spinning ball most of the time. This was not with OS X Maverick 10.9.

After upgrading from Mavericks to Yosemite I can no longer find in Mail the icon (looks like the Add To Contacts icon without the mark) I used to press in order to obtain an e-mail address from my contact list. What procedure should I use now in or

After yesterday upgrading from Mavericks to Yosemite I can no longer find in Mail the icon (looks like the Add To Contacts icon without the + mark) I used to press in order to obtain an e-mail address from my contact list. What procedure should I use now in order to quickly add an address to an e-mail that I wish to send?
Bob

On the right of the To: field you will see a circled plus sign:
Click it.

Terror Grips My Chest -- Need To "Upgrade" From Fusion 4.1.3 to what-ever-will-work-on-Yosemite (and I can't have much down time!)

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).

How can I upgrade from OSX 10.7 to 10.9 on my 2012 mac mini? (2.3 GHz, 4 GB, 500 GB SATA disk) I don't want OSX Yosemite.

How can I upgrade from OSX 10.7 to 10.9 on my 2012 mac mini? (2.3 GHz, 4 GB, 500 GB SATA disk) I don't want OSX Yosemite.

If your Mini shipped with OS X 10.7 Lion, then it was considered a 2011 build model, or before.
The Mini 2012 model, is considered a Late 2012, & the last one where RAM could be upgraded.
And it shipped with Mountain Lion 10.8, which is a fairly OK system if one had older software.
(However mine shipped in Dec 2014, with Mavericks 10.9.0, and was built in January 2014.)
There were a few different build versions of Late 2012 Mac Mini, the i5 or i7 processor,
in dual-core or quad-core, and some CTO or built-to-order versions with other specs.
You can buy Mountain Lion from online Apple Store, & use a download code emailed to you to
get the Mt. Lion 10.8 from Apple Servers; this would be about it, since Mavericks isn't available.
So hopefully that is an option you can exercise; in addition the computer may prefer more RAM.
Good luck & happy computing!

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