HT201260: Find the OS X version and build number on your Mac
Learn about Find the OS X version and build number on your Mac
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Jan 27, 2014 11:45 PM in response to lightwriter1by Roger Wilmut1,The requirements for Mavericks are:
- OS X v10.6.8 or later
- 2GB of memory
- 8GB of available space
and the supported models are:
- iMac (Mid 2007 or newer)
- MacBook (Late 2008 Aluminum, or Early 2009 or newer)
- MacBook Pro (Mid/Late 2007 or newer)
- Xserve (Early 2009)
- MacBook Air (Late 2008 or newer)
- Mac mini (Early 2009 or newer)
- Mac Pro (Early 2008 or newer)
It is available from the Mac App Store (in Applications) and will not download if your Mac is not suitable.
You should be aware that PPC programs (such as AppleWorks) will not run on Lion or above; and some other applications may not be compatible - there is a useful compatibility checklist at http://roaringapps.com/apps:table
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Jan 28, 2014 6:00 AM in response to lightwriter1by a brody,https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-6271 should help as well.