Is there a way to update my late 2009 from yosemite to el capitan?
We replaced our old iPod touch and for the new iPod to communicate via iTunes my iMac has to be upgraded to at least the el capitan!
any help would be appreciated.
iMac Pro
Your 2009 iMac can only upgrade to El Capitan.
How to upgrade to OS X El Capitan – Apple Support
Go to Section 4 and click on Download OS X El Capitan.
This downloads InstallMacOSX.dmg to your Downloads folder.
When downloaded open to InstallMacOSX.pkg, double-click on
that and an installation window will open, this does not install El Capitan
but converts the .pkg to the Install OS X El Capitan.app which you will find in
your Applications folder, it should be 6.2GBs in size.
To start the installation of El Capitan double click on the Install OS X El Capitan.app.
The copy of the install app self deletes after installing El Capitan, so make sure you keep a copy of the InstallMacOSX.dmg
if you need it in future, or you could just make a copy of the Install OS X El Capitan.app prior to installing and moving it to
an external drive for safe keeping. It is also possible to create a bootable USB installer disk, using the Install OS X El Capitan.app
in the Applications folder, and the createinstallmedia command in the Terminal app. Read the instructions here,
How to create a bootable installer for macOS – Apple Support
Your 2009 iMac can only upgrade to El Capitan.
How to upgrade to OS X El Capitan – Apple Support
Go to Section 4 and click on Download OS X El Capitan.
This downloads InstallMacOSX.dmg to your Downloads folder.
When downloaded open to InstallMacOSX.pkg, double-click on
that and an installation window will open, this does not install El Capitan
but converts the .pkg to the Install OS X El Capitan.app which you will find in
your Applications folder, it should be 6.2GBs in size.
To start the installation of El Capitan double click on the Install OS X El Capitan.app.
The copy of the install app self deletes after installing El Capitan, so make sure you keep a copy of the InstallMacOSX.dmg
if you need it in future, or you could just make a copy of the Install OS X El Capitan.app prior to installing and moving it to
an external drive for safe keeping. It is also possible to create a bootable USB installer disk, using the Install OS X El Capitan.app
in the Applications folder, and the createinstallmedia command in the Terminal app. Read the instructions here,
How to create a bootable installer for macOS – Apple Support
What version of iTunes does the your mac now have. I think if you have just installed
El Capitan iTunes would be version 12.7.4, but your iPod needs version 12.8.2.
Download from here, https://support.apple.com/kb/DL1977?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
once downloaded double-click to install.
Or open the App Store and check for iTunes under Updates.
Head over to http://updates-http.cdn-apple.com/2019/cert/061-41424-20191024-218af9ec-cf50-4516-9011-228c78eda3d2/InstallMacOSX.dmg and it will download a dmg called installmacosx.dmg. Open it and double click the pkg file and follow the instructions to upgrade to OS X El Capitan.
Thanks for the help getting El Capitan loaded, it worked just like you instructed. The iTunes is not giving me a non compatibility message but it just Won’t recognize the new iPod even though we have updated the software! I will keep trying!
So I tried to install the iTunes but it gives me a message that the certificate has expired and it won’t down load😬 any ideas?
I just tried another time and this time it gave me an alert that I need os version 10.10.5 or earlier on my computer, wow so now I need to Dow grade my os?
upgrading my late 2009 iMac to el capitan
