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OS mess

Hi all,

I have a mini mac from 2008 the OS is 10.5.8 (9L31a).

I want ( need) to install the latest Mountain Lion, how do I do it? I cheek the app store and it seams that I can´t do it because the mini mac must be 2009 or later.

Tks in advance

Mac mini, Mac OS X (10.5.8)

Posted on Jan 28, 2013 3:24 AM

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OGELTHORPE

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Jan 28, 2013 5:12 AM in response to tony4dk

These are the requirements for Snow Leopard and Lion:

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4949

Ciao.

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Klaus1

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Jan 28, 2013 5:13 AM in response to tony4dk

Start by checking if you can run Snow Leopard:

Requirements for OS X 10.6 'Snow Leopard'

http://support.apple.com/kb/SP575

OS 10.6 Snow Leopard is once again available for $19.99 from the Apple Store:

http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC573/mac-os-x-106-snow-leopard

and in the UK:

http://store.apple.com/uk/product/MC573/mac-os-x-106-snow-leopard

but nobody knows for how long it will be available.

When you have installed it, run Software Update to download and install the latest updates for Snow Leopard.

To use iCloud you have to upgrade at least to Lion, but some functions are only available in Mountain Lion:

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4759

You can also purchase the code to use to download Lion (Lion requires an Intel-based Mac with a Core 2 Duo, i3, i5, i7 or Xeon processor and 2GB of RAM, running the latest version of Snow Leopard), or you can purchase Mountain Lion from the App Store - if you can run that:

http://www.apple.com/osx/specs/

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