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shellilouwho
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Q: Help me mr. wizard! i need to upgrade but need to hand it over to someone i can trust to do it right, suggestions please and thanks!

 

ive been bugging my beau to upgrade me to yosomite never finds for 6 months but he neverfinds the time. what with all the partitions and back up///.blahzede, blazade blah.   he's glass is always hslf full and i just want to read everything n give it a go!

 

my desktop is a late 1999 imac version, i think the first with all the fancies.

 

anyway, can anyone help me figure out to how to updqte even tho photo has me terrified.  seems apple has lost focus and ix just throwing toys at peoplee with short attention spans.

 

i have an external seagate  slim just for photos, and a 3 TB external l hard drive.

 

is this something i need to takeinto the shop to get done?   can i hire a local mac geek or do i need to give it the fulltreatment and bring it to the genious bar?

 

just want everything to talk to each other!

 

mny yhanks 4 your great help i'm anticipating

 

rochelle

iMac, iOS 8.4, 2009

Posted on Nov 14, 2015 5:40 PM

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  • by Duane,

    Duane Duane Nov 14, 2015 7:27 PM in response to shellilouwho
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    Nov 14, 2015 7:27 PM in response to shellilouwho

    shellilouwho wrote:

     

     

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    my desktop is a late 1999 imac version, i think the first with all the fancies.

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    So is it a 1999 Blueberry, Grape, Strawberry, Tangerine, Lime, or Graphite?

     

    But then your system information says 2009 . If it is a 2009 you can upgrade it to El Capitan (10.11).

  • by Old Toad,

    Old Toad Old Toad Nov 16, 2015 2:48 PM in response to shellilouwho
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    Nov 16, 2015 2:48 PM in response to shellilouwho

    If the iMac is truly a 1999 model it has a PowerPC processor and can't run any OS X later than 10.3.9 or 10.4.11 depending on the model.

     

    If a 2009 model as Duane thinks it might be then you can upgrade to El Capitan by going to the App Store and download and install it.  Unless you have previously purchased and installed Yosemite from the App Store it won't be available to you.  Therefore you'll have to upgrade to El Capitan.

     

    If you only have the basic 4 GB of memory installed I suggest you upgrade that to 8 GB with modules from Crucial.com or Otherworldcomputing.com. 4 GB is the minimum recommend and the older iMac will struggle a bit.

     

    As of iPhoto, which version do you currently have? If it's some version of iPhoto 9.x you'll be able to get iPhoto 9.6.1 from the App Store after upgrading to El Capitan.

     

    If you have iPhoto 8.1.2 or earlier you'll have to begin using the new Photos app that is installed with El Capitan.

     

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