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BdBLady Author

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How do I upgrade from Snow Leopard to the new Update?

I’ve been trying to upgrade my MacBook Pro for years. It’s been telling me that I’m up to date so I’ve not been able to update. Now we’re at Mohave and my laptop virtually is unusable because all the apps and plug ins need updates. I’ve been able to back it up so it’s ready to be either recovered then installed with a new update, or just installed with Mountain Lion, or whatever comes next but, no matter what I do I cannot find a webpage, or link in the App Store that gets me to those updates. I also cannot figure out how to recover my Mac so that it’s prepped and ready to go. (Command) - R does not prompt recovery in OS-Snow Leopard.

Id order a disk, but I cannot afford the $30 dollars the manual says it cost.

Help would be greatly appreciated.

MacBook

Posted on Jul 16, 2019 4:38 PM

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QuickTimeKirk

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Posted on Jul 17, 2019 4:26 AM

Snow Leopard on a DVD is $20 at the Apple Store.

Your troubles are all in the wording you're using. You don't need any update. You need an upgrade.

Open the App Store and log in using your Apple ID. On the front (main) page you'll see a link to Apps made by Apple and you can download El Capitan for free. Once it's installed you can upgrade further based on the specs of your machine.

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