I have version 10.6.8.Can I just download a later version to give Icloud.

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I have version 10.6.8.Can I just download a later version to give Icloud.

I have version 10.6.8 and I understand to utilise Icloud I need to upgrade. I have downloaded Mountain Lion v 10.8.2 which I think is wrong CanI just undelete

and then update to a later version which will give me Icloud....?

Hardware Overview:

Model Name: iMac

Model Identifier: iMac10,1

Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo

Processor Speed: 3.06 GHz

Number Of Processors: 1

Total Number Of Cores: 2

L2 Cache: 3 MB

Memory: 4 GB

Bus Speed: 1.07 GHz

Boot ROM Version: IM101.00CC.B00

SMC Version (system): 1.52f9

Serial Number (system): W80181N95PC

Hardware UUID: B8BCF0C5-0A29-5DD4-875D-DE136B18D8A8

iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8)

Posted on Feb 14, 2013 11:01 AM

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Answer 1

Feb 14, 2013 11:04 AM in response to mckenm

You need to have Lion 10.7.2 or above to have iCloud...your iMac will run that. To check on use of Mountain Lion go to http://www.apple.com/osx/specs and see if your iMac is on the list...MAS should not have let you download if it was not compatible.

All you need is to have 10.6.8 to install Mountain Lion on a compatible machine.

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Feb 14, 2013 11:25 AM in response to mckenm

Note your PPC based software that was running under Rosetta will no longer run in 10.7 or 10.8

check here before you burn.

http://roaringapps.com/apps:table

Also you should Carbon Copy Cloner your 10.6 boot drive to a blank external Disk Utility GUID OS X extended J formatted drive BEFORE you upgrade to 10.8, because it's really hard to go back to 10.6 manually.

With a clone you can hold option keyy down, boot off the clone, erase the entire drive and reverse clone 10.6 back on just like it was.

Most commonly used backup methods

How to revert your Mac to Snow Leopard

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