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Q: Latest version of Safari suitable for my iMac7,1 / Intel Core 2 Duo / 2,4 GHz ?

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What would be the latest version of Safari suitable for my iMac7,1 / Intel Core 2 Duo / 2,4 GHz ?

I had a bad experience with an upgrade from Snow Leopard to Yosemite and would like to avoid this again...

 

Thank you in advance,

 

J-Ph.

iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8), iMac 7,1/Intel Core2Duo/2,4 Ghz/4Go

Posted on Jan 8, 2016 4:47 AM

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  • by QuickTimeKirk,

    QuickTimeKirk QuickTimeKirk Jan 8, 2016 4:57 AM in response to Jean-Philippe2309
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    Jan 8, 2016 4:57 AM in response to Jean-Philippe2309

    Safari is a part of OS X and the newest version of it is found in the latest release of OS X.

    10.11 El Capitan includes Safari version 9.

    Snow Leopard uses a very old version of Safari 5.

  • by Eric Root,

    Eric Root Eric Root Jan 8, 2016 8:01 AM in response to Jean-Philippe2309
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    Jan 8, 2016 8:01 AM in response to Jean-Philippe2309

    One option is to create a new partition (~30- 50 GB), install the new OS, and ‘test drive’ it. If you like/don’t like it it, you can then remove the partition. Do a backup before you do anything. By doing this, if you don’t like it you won’t have to go though the revert process.

     

    Check to make sure your applications are compatible.

     

    Application Compatibility

     

    Applications Compatibility (2)


     

    El Capitan 10.11 Compatibility information

    Open Disk Utility, select your hard drive (step 1), then the Partition tab (step 2), and select the partition. Using the /// at the bottom move it up (step 3) until the size box decrease by about 50 GB. Select the newly created space and hit the + button (step 4). Name it something and select Mac OS Extended (Journaled) as the format (step 5). Then hit the Apply button(step 6). Download the installer from the App Store and when it starts, point it at the new partition. You might want to make a copy of the installer outside the Applications folder to avoid having to re-download it in the future. Once installed, go to System Preferences/Startup Disk, select the new partition and reboot. Test away.

     

    You may want to add more RAM if you haven't already. The 2 places I’ve seen recommended most to buy reliable RAM are below. I have purchased RAM several times from Other World Computing and have always been very satisfied with the product and service. They have on-line instructions on how to replace the RAM. OWC has also tested RAM above what Apple states is the maximum. I now have 6GB installed on a early 2008 iMac supposedly limited to 4 GB and noticed an improvement.

     

    Crucial

     

    Other World Computing