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Upgrading to Sierra
This page will be updated on the author's own homepage: http://www.macmaps.com/docs/DOC-10693/ Links to this page may give the author compensation. This tip is part of a series of tips for : Mac OS X 10.6, 10.7, 10.8, 10.9, 10.10,El Capitan System (10.11), Mac OS 10.12 Sierra, 10.13 High Sierra (beginning of APFS), 10.14 Mojave (end of 32 bit apps), 10.15 Catalina, 11.0 Big Sur, 12.0 Monterey, and 13.0 Ventura client. Questions regarding the Server release in Apple menu -> About This Mac...
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Big Sur a Migration tip
This tip is from a series of tips of upgrading Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, 10.8 Mountain Lion, 10.9 Mavericks, 10.10 Yosemite,10.11 El Capitan, 10.12 Sierra ,10.13 High Sierra, 10.14 Mojave, 10.15 Catalina, 11 Big Sur, 12.0 Monterey, and 13.0 Ventura Client editions. Server edition forum is over here: https://discussions.apple.com/community/servers_enterprise_software/macos_server November 12, 2020 Apple released Big Sur. April 10, 2023, Apple released 11.7.6, the latest update for Big Sur, via Apple...
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Yosemite Update information
Tips on 10.4 Tiger, 10.5 Leopard (end of PowerPC hardware), 10.6 Snow Leopard (end of PowerPC Apps), 10.7 Lion, 10.8 Mountain Lion,10.9 Mavericks, 10.10 Yosemite, 10.11 El Capitan (same compatibility as 10.10, 10.9, and 10.8) ,10.12 Sierra (beginning of MFA), 10.13 High Sierra (beginning of APFS), 10.14 Mojave (end of 32 bit apps), 10.15 Catalina , 11.0 Big Sur. 12.0 Monterey These tips all refer to the client version. If you are using Mac OS X server, please check: Server forumsfor more posts...
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High Sierra upgrading tip
This tip is part of a series of tips for the client editions of Mac OS X 10.6, 10.7, 10.8, 10.9, 10.10, 10.11El Capitan 10.12 Sierra, and 10.13 High Sierra (beginning of APFS), and 10.14 Mojave (end of 32 bit apps), 10.15 Catalina, 11.0 Big Sur, 12.0 Monterey, and 13.0 Ventura client edition. A new tip, which affects all High Sierra and older OS users: Microsoft Office 2019 High Sierra Support… - Apple Community Questions regarding the Server release in Apple menu -> About This Mac, need...
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Catalina - an upgrade guide
This tip is from a series of tips of upgrading Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, 10.8 Mountain Lion, 10.9 Mavericks, 10.10 Yosemite,10.11 El Capitan, 10.12 Sierra ,10.13 High Sierra, 10.14 Mojave, 10.15 Catalina, 11.0 Big Sur, 12.0 Monterey, and 13.0 Ventura client editions. Server edition forum is over here: macOS Server - Apple Community Octobrer 7, 2019 Apple released Catalina. The first 64 bit only operating system. August 18, 2022 Apple released Safari 15.6.1, more current web browsers are available...
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Monterey, 2021's new upgrade
This is part of a series of tips from Mac OS 10.9, 10.10, 10.11 El Capitan,10.12 Sierra, 10.13 High Sierra, 10.14 Mojave, 10.15 Catalina, 11.0 Big Sur 12.0 Monterey, and 13.0 Ventura client release. Questions regarding the Server release in Apple menu -> About This Mac, need to go to the macOS Server - Apple Community forum. October 24, 2022 Apple released Ventura. See the link above for more details. Aprilt 10, 2023 Apple released 12.6.5, the latest update for Monterey via Apple menu ->...
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Websites have started showing Yosemite compatibility
Yosemite until finally release on http://www.apple.com/pr/ is pure speculation, and hence not really able to be discussed on this forum.Beta for lack of a better word means guinea pig software. Anyone who has it is under nondisclosure to discuss it.Yet places such as http://www.roaringapps.com/ clearly show attempts to show new software compatible with it, and iOS 8, which is also a Beta.Take any such software reports for a software that is in beta with large grain of salt in terms...
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El Capitan System (10.11) requirements for upgrade
This tip is part of a series of tips for : Mac OS X 10.4, 10.5 (end of PowerPC hardware), 10.6 (end of PowerPC software), 10.7, 10.8, 10.9, 10.10, 10.11 El Capitan, 10.12 Sierra (beginning of MFA authentication), 10.13 High Sierra (beginning of APFS), 10.14 Mojave (end of 32 bit apps), 10.15 Catalina, 11.0 Big Sur, 12.0 Monterey 10.11 is not to be confused for 11.0 Big Sur. 5 years separate their release. 10.11 can only be upgraded to Mac OS 12, Monterey. no Mac OS 13.x Ventura compatibility...
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AppleWorks for the modern day, a migration tip
Some questions people have about AppleWorks moving to modern Macs are answered here:1. Does AppleWorks work on Intel Macs? Yes.2. Does AppleWorks work on Lion (Mac OS X 10.7), Mountain Lion (Mac OS X 10.8), Mavericks (Mac OS X 10.9), Yosemite (10.10), or El Capitan (10.11)? Not directly.Conversion to compatible formats (mentioned in question 7 below) before installing Lion, or attaching a bootable external hard drive and installing Snow Leopard or earlier on it and installing Appleworks...
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Setting up a local web server on OS X 10.10 Yosemite
Here is my definitive guide to getting a local web server running on OS X 10.10Yosemite”. This is meant to be a development platform so that you can build and test your sites locally, then deploy to an internet server. This User Tip only contains instructions for configuring the Apache server, PHP module, and Perl module. I have another User Tip for installing and configuring MySQL and email servers.Note: This user tip is specific to OS X 10.10Yosemite”. Pay attention to your OS...
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What you need for Mavericks, OS X 10.9 & Yosemite 10.10...
Tips on 10.4 Tiger, 10.5 Leopard, 10.6 Snow Leopard, 10.7 Lion, 10.8 Mountain Lion,10.9 Mavericks, 10.10 Yosemite,10.11 El Capitan , 10.12 Sierra, 10.13 High Sierra, 10.14 Mojave, 10.15 Catalina, 11.0 Big Sur, 12.0 Monterey. These tips all refer to the client version. If you are using Mac OS X server, please check: Server forums for more posts on Mac OS X Server. Pretty much anyone who can upgrade to 10.9 can upgrade to 10.11, unless they have some software or driver that has not been rated...
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Mountain Lion 10.8 Updating requirements
Tips on 10.4 Tiger, 10.5 Leopard, 10.6 Snow Leopard, 10.7 Lion, 10.8 Mountain Lion,10.9 Mavericks, 10.10 Yosemite,10.11 El Capitanand 10.12 Sierra-11.0 Big Sur. No 10.8 system can upgrade to 12.0 Monterey. 10.8.4 prebundled MacBook Airs can upgrade to Big Sur. 10.12.4 or later is necessary for the separate multifactor authentication code field to appear on the Mac. When upgrading an older machine and logging in the App Store, be sure to put any code in the tail end of your password...
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List of compatibility: Mac OS from 10.15 to 10.9
El Capitan MacBook (13-inch, Aluminium, Late 2008) MacBook Air introduced in late 2008 - mid 2009 MacBook Pro introduced in mid 2007 - mid 2009 Mac mini introduced in early 2009 - late 2009 iMac introduced in mid 2007 - early 2009 Mac Pro introduced in early 2008 10.9 OS X Yosemite All who support Yosemite also support El Capitan...
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Setting up a local web server on OS X 10.11 El Capitan
the '#' character to delete it. Then type ':w!' to save, or just 'ZZ' to save and quit. Don't do that yet though. More changes are still needed.)OS X 10.10Yosemite” and later no longer include the mod_perl module. 😟 If you want to run Perl scripts, you will have to execute them using the Perl interpreter and a standard cgi wrapper. Those instructions are beyond the scope of this document.Enable personal websites by uncommenting the following at line 166:#LoadModule userdir_module libexec/apache2...
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Macs and Software that will run with Snow Leopard (Mac OS X 10.6.x)
Tips on 10.4 Tiger, 10.5 Leopard(last compatible operating system for G4 867 and above, and G5s), 10.6 Snow Leopard (end of the line for PowerPC applications), 10.7 Lion, 10.8 Mountain Lion, 10.9 Mavericks,10.10 Yosemite, and 10.11 El Capitan to 10.14 Mojave. Mac OS X Sierra was released on September 20, 2016. A few Macs which came with 10.6 can install Sierra through Mojave. Note this tip, and the series of tips from 10.2 (10.2, and 10.3 not mentioned in above links as people must have 10.4.4...
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When the iMessages account will not Login
there is a problem until they find the fix - even though it has been occurring since Yosemite in it's current form)ChecksThings to do before phoning Apple.1) NVRAM reset How to reset NVRAM on your Mac - Apple Support. Then test Messages2) Safe Boot then retest MessagesThese two provide some basic Maintenance by clearing caches and resetting some stored Memory items that might be effecting things.Try Messages in between each one.3) Check the Serial Number appears in the About this Mac item in the Apple Icon Menu...
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How to access the Photos in Aperture Libraries on macOS 10.15 or later
Apple stopped selling Aperture in 2015, when it released the last compatibility update Aperture 3.6. Since then we could access Aperture Libraries with the Photos.app. Aperture 3.6 can run on any Mac with OS X 10.10.3 Yosemite to macOS 10.14 Mojave. On this system versions it is relatively easy to create Photos Libraries from Aperture Libraries, as we can open the libraries in Aperture and fix problem or compare the original library to the new Photos Library. The new Photos Library will include...
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iTunes for Mac installers
system. There is no standalone installer provided. Updates to iTunes are included in OS updates when applicable. You can reinstall Mojave to repair iTunes. iTunes12.8.3.1.dmg (2021-04-13) Current build for macOS 10.13 High Sierra iTunes12.8.2.3.dmg (2019-10-23) Final build for OS X 10.11 El Capitan - macOS 10.12 Sierra iTunes12.8.1.3.dmg (2019-02-06) Final build for OS X 10.10 Yosemite iTunes12.8.0.150.dmg (2018-07-09) iTunes12.7.5.9.dmg (2018-05-29) iTunes12.7.4.80.dmg (2018-04-16) iTunes12.7.4.76...
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    Upgrading to Sierra
    This page will be updated on the author's own homepage: http://www.macmaps.com/docs/DOC-10693/ Links to this page may give the author compensation. This tip is part of a series of tips for : Mac OS X 10.6, 10.7, 10.8, 10.9, 10.10,El Capitan System (10.11), Mac OS 10.12 Sierra, 10.13 High Sierra (beginning of APFS), 10.14 Mojave (end of 32 bit apps), 10.15 Catalina, 11.0 Big Sur, 12.0 Monterey, and 13.0 Ventura client. Questions regarding the Server release in Apple menu -> About This Mac...
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    Big Sur a Migration tip
    This tip is from a series of tips of upgrading Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, 10.8 Mountain Lion, 10.9 Mavericks, 10.10 Yosemite,10.11 El Capitan, 10.12 Sierra ,10.13 High Sierra, 10.14 Mojave, 10.15 Catalina, 11 Big Sur, 12.0 Monterey, and 13.0 Ventura Client editions. Server edition forum is over here: https://discussions.apple.com/community/servers_enterprise_software/macos_server November 12, 2020 Apple released Big Sur. April 10, 2023, Apple released 11.7.6, the latest update for Big Sur, via Apple...
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    Yosemite Update information
    Tips on 10.4 Tiger, 10.5 Leopard (end of PowerPC hardware), 10.6 Snow Leopard (end of PowerPC Apps), 10.7 Lion, 10.8 Mountain Lion,10.9 Mavericks, 10.10 Yosemite, 10.11 El Capitan (same compatibility as 10.10, 10.9, and 10.8) ,10.12 Sierra (beginning of MFA), 10.13 High Sierra (beginning of APFS), 10.14 Mojave (end of 32 bit apps), 10.15 Catalina , 11.0 Big Sur. 12.0 Monterey These tips all refer to the client version. If you are using Mac OS X server, please check: Server forumsfor more posts...
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    High Sierra upgrading tip
    This tip is part of a series of tips for the client editions of Mac OS X 10.6, 10.7, 10.8, 10.9, 10.10, 10.11El Capitan 10.12 Sierra, and 10.13 High Sierra (beginning of APFS), and 10.14 Mojave (end of 32 bit apps), 10.15 Catalina, 11.0 Big Sur, 12.0 Monterey, and 13.0 Ventura client edition. A new tip, which affects all High Sierra and older OS users: Microsoft Office 2019 High Sierra Support… - Apple Community Questions regarding the Server release in Apple menu -> About This Mac, need...
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    Catalina - an upgrade guide
    This tip is from a series of tips of upgrading Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, 10.8 Mountain Lion, 10.9 Mavericks, 10.10 Yosemite,10.11 El Capitan, 10.12 Sierra ,10.13 High Sierra, 10.14 Mojave, 10.15 Catalina, 11.0 Big Sur, 12.0 Monterey, and 13.0 Ventura client editions. Server edition forum is over here: macOS Server - Apple Community Octobrer 7, 2019 Apple released Catalina. The first 64 bit only operating system. August 18, 2022 Apple released Safari 15.6.1, more current web browsers are available...
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    Monterey, 2021's new upgrade
    This is part of a series of tips from Mac OS 10.9, 10.10, 10.11 El Capitan,10.12 Sierra, 10.13 High Sierra, 10.14 Mojave, 10.15 Catalina, 11.0 Big Sur 12.0 Monterey, and 13.0 Ventura client release. Questions regarding the Server release in Apple menu -> About This Mac, need to go to the macOS Server - Apple Community forum. October 24, 2022 Apple released Ventura. See the link above for more details. Aprilt 10, 2023 Apple released 12.6.5, the latest update for Monterey via Apple menu ->...
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    Websites have started showing Yosemite compatibility
    Yosemite until finally release on http://www.apple.com/pr/ is pure speculation, and hence not really able to be discussed on this forum.Beta for lack of a better word means guinea pig software. Anyone who has it is under nondisclosure to discuss it.Yet places such as http://www.roaringapps.com/ clearly show attempts to show new software compatible with it, and iOS 8, which is also a Beta.Take any such software reports for a software that is in beta with large grain of salt in terms...
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    El Capitan System (10.11) requirements for upgrade
    This tip is part of a series of tips for : Mac OS X 10.4, 10.5 (end of PowerPC hardware), 10.6 (end of PowerPC software), 10.7, 10.8, 10.9, 10.10, 10.11 El Capitan, 10.12 Sierra (beginning of MFA authentication), 10.13 High Sierra (beginning of APFS), 10.14 Mojave (end of 32 bit apps), 10.15 Catalina, 11.0 Big Sur, 12.0 Monterey 10.11 is not to be confused for 11.0 Big Sur. 5 years separate their release. 10.11 can only be upgraded to Mac OS 12, Monterey. no Mac OS 13.x Ventura compatibility...
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    AppleWorks for the modern day, a migration tip
    Some questions people have about AppleWorks moving to modern Macs are answered here:1. Does AppleWorks work on Intel Macs? Yes.2. Does AppleWorks work on Lion (Mac OS X 10.7), Mountain Lion (Mac OS X 10.8), Mavericks (Mac OS X 10.9), Yosemite (10.10), or El Capitan (10.11)? Not directly.Conversion to compatible formats (mentioned in question 7 below) before installing Lion, or attaching a bootable external hard drive and installing Snow Leopard or earlier on it and installing Appleworks...
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    Setting up a local web server on OS X 10.10 Yosemite
    Here is my definitive guide to getting a local web server running on OS X 10.10Yosemite”. This is meant to be a development platform so that you can build and test your sites locally, then deploy to an internet server. This User Tip only contains instructions for configuring the Apache server, PHP module, and Perl module. I have another User Tip for installing and configuring MySQL and email servers.Note: This user tip is specific to OS X 10.10Yosemite”. Pay attention to your OS...
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    What you need for Mavericks, OS X 10.9 & Yosemite 10.10...
    Tips on 10.4 Tiger, 10.5 Leopard, 10.6 Snow Leopard, 10.7 Lion, 10.8 Mountain Lion,10.9 Mavericks, 10.10 Yosemite,10.11 El Capitan , 10.12 Sierra, 10.13 High Sierra, 10.14 Mojave, 10.15 Catalina, 11.0 Big Sur, 12.0 Monterey. These tips all refer to the client version. If you are using Mac OS X server, please check: Server forums for more posts on Mac OS X Server. Pretty much anyone who can upgrade to 10.9 can upgrade to 10.11, unless they have some software or driver that has not been rated...
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    Mountain Lion 10.8 Updating requirements
    Tips on 10.4 Tiger, 10.5 Leopard, 10.6 Snow Leopard, 10.7 Lion, 10.8 Mountain Lion,10.9 Mavericks, 10.10 Yosemite,10.11 El Capitanand 10.12 Sierra-11.0 Big Sur. No 10.8 system can upgrade to 12.0 Monterey. 10.8.4 prebundled MacBook Airs can upgrade to Big Sur. 10.12.4 or later is necessary for the separate multifactor authentication code field to appear on the Mac. When upgrading an older machine and logging in the App Store, be sure to put any code in the tail end of your password...
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    List of compatibility: Mac OS from 10.15 to 10.9
    El Capitan MacBook (13-inch, Aluminium, Late 2008) MacBook Air introduced in late 2008 - mid 2009 MacBook Pro introduced in mid 2007 - mid 2009 Mac mini introduced in early 2009 - late 2009 iMac introduced in mid 2007 - early 2009 Mac Pro introduced in early 2008 10.9 OS X Yosemite All who support Yosemite also support El Capitan...
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    Setting up a local web server on OS X 10.11 El Capitan
    the '#' character to delete it. Then type ':w!' to save, or just 'ZZ' to save and quit. Don't do that yet though. More changes are still needed.)OS X 10.10Yosemite” and later no longer include the mod_perl module. 😟 If you want to run Perl scripts, you will have to execute them using the Perl interpreter and a standard cgi wrapper. Those instructions are beyond the scope of this document.Enable personal websites by uncommenting the following at line 166:#LoadModule userdir_module libexec/apache2...
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    Macs and Software that will run with Snow Leopard (Mac OS X 10.6.x)
    Tips on 10.4 Tiger, 10.5 Leopard(last compatible operating system for G4 867 and above, and G5s), 10.6 Snow Leopard (end of the line for PowerPC applications), 10.7 Lion, 10.8 Mountain Lion, 10.9 Mavericks,10.10 Yosemite, and 10.11 El Capitan to 10.14 Mojave. Mac OS X Sierra was released on September 20, 2016. A few Macs which came with 10.6 can install Sierra through Mojave. Note this tip, and the series of tips from 10.2 (10.2, and 10.3 not mentioned in above links as people must have 10.4.4...
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    When the iMessages account will not Login
    there is a problem until they find the fix - even though it has been occurring since Yosemite in it's current form)ChecksThings to do before phoning Apple.1) NVRAM reset How to reset NVRAM on your Mac - Apple Support. Then test Messages2) Safe Boot then retest MessagesThese two provide some basic Maintenance by clearing caches and resetting some stored Memory items that might be effecting things.Try Messages in between each one.3) Check the Serial Number appears in the About this Mac item in the Apple Icon Menu...
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    How to access the Photos in Aperture Libraries on macOS 10.15 or later
    Apple stopped selling Aperture in 2015, when it released the last compatibility update Aperture 3.6. Since then we could access Aperture Libraries with the Photos.app. Aperture 3.6 can run on any Mac with OS X 10.10.3 Yosemite to macOS 10.14 Mojave. On this system versions it is relatively easy to create Photos Libraries from Aperture Libraries, as we can open the libraries in Aperture and fix problem or compare the original library to the new Photos Library. The new Photos Library will include...
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    iTunes for Mac installers
    system. There is no standalone installer provided. Updates to iTunes are included in OS updates when applicable. You can reinstall Mojave to repair iTunes. iTunes12.8.3.1.dmg (2021-04-13) Current build for macOS 10.13 High Sierra iTunes12.8.2.3.dmg (2019-10-23) Final build for OS X 10.11 El Capitan - macOS 10.12 Sierra iTunes12.8.1.3.dmg (2019-02-06) Final build for OS X 10.10 Yosemite iTunes12.8.0.150.dmg (2018-07-09) iTunes12.7.5.9.dmg (2018-05-29) iTunes12.7.4.80.dmg (2018-04-16) iTunes12.7.4.76...
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