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macwalsh
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Q: I am a light user of my iMac running OS 10.8 thinking of upgrading

I am a light user of iMac running OS 10.8. I only use Mail, Safari, iPhoto and Pages, I am thinking of getting Microsoft Office in order to share files more easily. I have already upped the memory to 8Mb. What are advantages for me of updating to Mavericks? AND will Apple continue to support iWorks?

iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.2)

Posted on May 10, 2014 10:14 AM

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Q: I am a light user of my iMac running OS 10.8 thinking of upgrading

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  • by peter_watt,Helpful

    peter_watt peter_watt May 10, 2014 11:29 AM in response to macwalsh
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    May 10, 2014 11:29 AM in response to macwalsh

    You would have to upgrade iphoto, but the old iworks will run. For a light user, I dont see the benefit of upgrading until such time 10.8 is no longer serviced with security updates. 10.8 with 8GB will be better than before.

  • by Eric Root,Helpful

    Eric Root Eric Root May 10, 2014 1:57 PM in response to macwalsh
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    May 10, 2014 1:57 PM in response to macwalsh

    One option is to create a new partition (~30- 50 GB), install Mavericks, and ‘test drive’ it. If you like/don’t like it it, you can then remove the partition. Do a backup before you do anything.