do I need to upgrade to snow leopard if my current version is 10.6.8 to go to Lion?

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4carlsen Author

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do I need to upgrade to snow leopard if my current version is 10.6.8 to go to Lion?

I'm currently on OS 10.6.8 on my mac book pro. What do I need to do get Lion to install?

Mac Book Pro

Posted on Mar 18, 2012 1:54 PM

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Answer 1

Rysz

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Mar 18, 2012 1:58 PM in response to 4carlsen

Buy it thru the Mac App Store. It will download and install itself.

Be aware that PowerPC apps will not work anymore.

Minimum requirementss or Lion:

An Intel Core 2 Duo, Core i3, Core i5, Core i7, or Xeonprocessor
Mac OS X v10.6.6 or later to install via the Mac App Store (v10.6.8 recommended); you can install without Mac OS X v10.6 by using an OS X Lion USB Thumb Drive, available on the AppleOnline Store
7 GB of available disk space
2 GB of RAM

If your Mac does not meet these requirements, you will need to upgrade your Mac before installing Lion.

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Answer 2

WZZZ

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Mar 18, 2012 2:35 PM in response to 4carlsen

10.6.8 is Snow Leopard.

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Answer 3

4carlsen Author

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Mar 18, 2012 4:54 PM in response to 4carlsen

If I'm on the current version of 10.6.8, why can't I upgrade to lion? I keep getting a message about the system requirements. I have a mac book pro with dual processors and the OS is correct?

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