Q: How can i tell when this (my Dad's) MacBook was made and so whether it is upgradeable to Mavericks?

What does it say when you click more info? I ask as my iMac displays the following:

If you go to about this mac and then hit more info and then system report (I believe in 10.6.8 it was called something a bit different), please copy/paste the first lines of the hardware information, especially the model identifier and the processor, etc (no serial number). That can be used to figure out what model/year the machine is.

If its black it is this one : http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/macbook/specs/macbook-core-2-duo-2.0-black -13-specs.html

If its white it is this : http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/macbook/specs/macbook-core-2-duo-2.0-white -13-mid-2007-specs.html

http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/macbook/specs/macbook-core-2-duo-2.0-white -13-specs.html

Not 100% sure but it is either 06 or 07

Im not sure if it is compatable but I strongly believe that it is not!

Use this link here: http://www.everymac.com/ultimate-mac-lookup/ and type in the serial number and this will show you your model witht he date and if you read the whole specs it will tell you what the maximum OS X you can have is

~Jordan

It is not compatible with Mountain Lion or Mavericks,

It is a 2006 model (8 years old)

Here are the system requirements for Mavericks:

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

FWIW, you have an excellent OS version - 10.6.8 - which should run fine on that machine and doesn't require as much RAM as the newer OS's do.

ASWhyatt wrote:

 

That's incredibly helpful - many thanks!  All is now clear: no chance to upgrade to Mavericks & iCloud,

That is true, but if iCloud is important you can upgrade to 10.7.5 (Lion) and that will give you access to iCloud.