Upgrading my old iMac with OSX 10.6.8
Hello out there,
I have an older iMac with installed OSX version 10.6.8. I know that I ran a newer version at one point, but I reinstalled everything back to this one. Now I would like to upgrade the OSX again but App store only contains the latest version (Yosemite) and this version doesn't run on my hardware.
How can I get my hands on an earlier version (Snow leopard or Mountain Lion) etc. when they don't exist in the store?
Thanks in advance.
10.6.8 is Snow Leopard so you want to go higher than that. Get Lion 10.7 here http://store.apple.com/us/product/D6106Z/A/os-x-lion
and Mountian Lion 10.8 here http://store.apple.com/us/product/D6377Z/A/os-x-mountain-lion
You may want to upgrade your ram before upgrading, anything past Snow Leopard will struggle in less than 4gb of ram.
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