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how do i upgrade my 10.5.8 to leopard or snow leopard?

How do I upgrade 10.5.8 to leopard or snow leopard?

Posted on Jul 1, 2012 6:35 AM

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Jul 1, 2012 9:43 AM in response to kingcharli

To get information about your Mac click the apple (screen top left) and select About this Mac. This will give you your OS number. Then click More Info to see which Processor you have. If it says PowerPC you cannot upgrade to Snow Leopard and above as they are Intel only. You can discover more about various Macs at: http://www.apple-history.com/


The OS numbers and names are:

OS X 10.4.x - Tiger

OS X 10.5.x - Leopard

OS X 10.6.x - Snow Leopard

OS X 10.7.x - Lion

OS X 10.8.x - Mountain Lion


If you have an Intel Mac it is well worth upgrading to Snow Leopard now and then considering other options after that.


You can buy Snow Leopard here:


http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC573Z/A


For details about upgrading this to Lion or Mountain Lion see:


http://store.apple.com/us/product/MD256Z/A


In each case check that your Mac complies with the requirements.


If you are not in the US you should use the Change Country link at the bottom of the page.

Sep 2, 2012 3:10 AM in response to cee12

You will find free combo updates for OS X 10.5 here:


http://support.apple.com/downloads/#Mac%20OS%20X%20Combo%2010.5



Ring Apple if you wish to purchase Snow Leopard.


Contact details for the UK are here:


http://www.apple.com/uk/contact/


Contact details for the US are here:


http://www.apple.com/contact/


Other countries can be selected at the bottom right of these pages.

Sep 2, 2012 5:53 AM in response to cee12

If you have serious problems, they should be fixed first before you upgrade.


If you wish to upgrade, you need to check out what version of OS X your Mac is capable of supporting.


Once you have fixed the problems and know what you Mac can support, the next step would be to purchase the Snow Leopard DVD and upgrade to it.


Then update to 10.6.8 once there the next step depends on what your Mac is capable of running.


Before starting any of these steps you should backup your data.


Allan

Sep 2, 2012 6:19 AM in response to Allan Eckert

Thanks Allan,


A couple of months ago I had a situation where everything on the computer kept staling and my Chrome kept cutting out. I tried the usual things like clearing cache, cookies etc, but nothing worked. I ended up getting Mac Keeper to see what was wrong, and found out I have viruses and trogens. Anyway, that has been sorted now, I have mostly have problems with pages 'snapping' at the moment.


How do I find out what version of OS X my Mac supports please

how do i upgrade my 10.5.8 to leopard or snow leopard?

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