Hi, I am wanting to order a calendar in iphoto and it is telling me to update to iphoto '11 but I am unable to... Can you help please? Linda

Why are you unable to update to iPhoto 11? Actual information helps us to help you.

update to iphoto '11 but I am unable to...

If you are not running iPhoto '11, you need to upgrade by buying iPhoto '11 - the upgrade from an earlier version - iPhot '08 or earlier to iPhoto '11 is not a free update but a paid upgrade. The iPhoto version currently sold at the AppStore is iPhoto '11, version 9.5.1 and it requires MacOs X 10.9.1 to be installed. Can you upgrade your Mac to Mavericks?

You will need to either

a: Update you OS to 10.9 - which you can do for free on the Mac App Store, if your Mac supports this - and then purchase iPhoto 11 on the Mac App Store

or

b: Purchase an iLife 09 or iLife 11 disk on ebay or amazon and update that way to either version.

. I have version 10.6.8 at the moment... how do I update this?

As Terence Devlin said, the upgrade to Mavericks is free at the AppStore. Open the first tab at the AppStore (Featured) and you can buy it for free, if your Mac can be upgraded to Mavericks.

But before you do that, check the applications you need to use for compatibility with Mavericks, for example at Roaring Apps: http://roaringapps.com/apps?index=a

PowerPC applications can no longer run on Mavericks, some device drivers may not be available as Mavericks compatible versions.

To prepare for the update take these precautions:

• Make a full backup of your mac, including the applications libraries. In addition to the TimeMachine backup a bootable clone is very useful, since it enables you to revert easily to the old system.
• Update all applications to there latest version, thatare available on Snowleopard.

If you find, that the Mavericks upgrade would make too many applications redundant, consider Terence Devlin's second option to buy the boxed iLife version.