HT201364: OS X Mavericks system requirements
Learn about OS X Mavericks system requirements
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Feb 15, 2015 12:47 PM in response to dogsnackby Ralph Landry1,Mavericks may not run on your iMac, depending on the exact model you have. Mavericks requires at least a mid-2007 iMac, that is, an iMac7,1 or better.
Go to the apple left side of the menu bar, About This Mac, More Info, System Report, Hardware and see what is shown for the Model Identifier. Has to be at least iMac7,1.
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Feb 15, 2015 12:50 PM in response to dogsnackby Kappy,Upgrading to Mavericks
You can upgrade to Mavericks from Lion or directly from Snow Leopard. Mavericks can be downloaded from the Mac App Store for FREE.
Upgrading to Mavericks
To upgrade to Mavericks you must have Snow Leopard 10.6.8 or Lion installed. Download Mavericks from the App Store. Sign in using your Apple ID. Mavericks 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- System Requirements
Macs that can be upgraded to OS X Mavericks
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.
Are you sure you meet the requirements? It is not possible to purchase Mavericks because it was a free download. However, you no longer can download Mavericks since the release of Yosemite. If Mavericks works on your model, then so will Yosemite. Frankly, though, for a computer that age I would stick with Snow Leopard. It will allow you to use any older PPC applications none of which will work in Lion or later. Snow Leopard will perform faster for you on that model.
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Feb 15, 2015 12:51 PM in response to Ralph Landry1by dogsnack,Drat ...5.1. So Snow Leaopard is the best I can do? Thank you
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Feb 15, 2015 12:56 PM in response to dogsnackby Ralph Landry1,You can go to Lion, Mac OS X 10.7.5:http://store.apple.com/us/search/lion
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Feb 15, 2015 1:02 PM in response to dogsnackby dogsnack,I am back...how can I be sure Mtn Lion will work? Where can I find the model indentifier? My model (above ) is 5.1...d I need 7.1? Thank you
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Feb 15, 2015 1:16 PM in response to dogsnackby greg sahli,Your Mac supports Lion, not Mountain Lion. This is because your Mac isn't fully 64-bit capable.
Google "OS X 32-bit EFI vs 64-bit EFI"
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