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Hi I have a 11 inch Macbook Air that we bought in 2011. It runs OS 10.7.5. I am trying to upgrade to Mavericks for which i understand 10.9.2 is the latest available version on the App store. I downloaded the .pkg however when i try to install it i get an error saying This update requires OS X version 10.9.
I am stumped. Any ideas?
MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2011), Mac OS X (10.7.5)
You need to download Mavericks from the Mac App Store instead of from Apple's support site.
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You must first upgrade to Mavericks before you can run an updater. Mavericks is a free upgrade.
As Niel explained, you can download from the Mac App Store.
Please do a backup first. I recommend both a clone backup and Time Machine. If there are any issues it's easy to revert to your clone backup. Retoring from Time Machine only is a slow difficult process.
Both of these applications are free to create a clone.
SuperDuper! http://www.shirt-pocket.com/
As far as I know, CCC now requires a purchase or do you have other info?
http://www.bombich.com/sales/faq.html
That said, personally, I prefer CCC - for one thing, they will create or update a recovery partition which SD will not.
As far as I know, CCC now requires a purchase or do you have other info?
I know that SuperDuper is free for an "Erase & Install" but to get the full features you have to purchase. You can do an "Erase & Install" as many times as you like without paying.
I thought that CCC was also free for the first clone as well, but it seems you have to give your credit card first to use their trial version then request a refund.
Since a clone is an important step before upgrading to Mavericks, having a free option might get users to clone their old drive first.
That said, personally, I prefer CCC - for one thing, they will create or update a recovery partition which SD will not.
Since I have the recovery drive by default on my main drive, it's not a big issue for me to have one on my external drive that holds my clone. Good thing we have choices.
Trying to upgade to 10.9.2 i get the error this upgrade requires OS X 10.9
