HT201364: OS X Mavericks system requirements
Learn about OS X Mavericks system requirements
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Aug 21, 2015 1:55 PM in response to Ginger3301by Allan Eckert,Apple formally notes that OS X Yosemite runs on the following Mac categories:
- iMac (Mid-2007 or later)
- MacBook (13" Late 2008 Aluminum, Early 2009 or later)
- MacBook Pro (13" Mid-2009 or later)
- MacBook Pro (15" Mid/Late 2007 or later)
- MacBook Pro (17" Late 2007 or later)
- MacBook Air (Late 2008 or later)
- Mac mini (Early 2009 or later)
- Mac Pro (Early 2008 or later)
- Xserve (Early 2009)
As you can see your Macbook is too old for Yosemite.
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Aug 21, 2015 1:56 PM in response to Ginger3301by Kappy,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.
As you can see above your MacBook does not meet the requirements for upgrading to any version of OS X above the version you now have installed.