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How do I tell what year my iMac is? I wish to upgrade a 24" iMac to Mavericks. If I cannot upgrade without updating hardware I wish to know what hardware I need to best upgrade my iMac (short of buying a new iMac).
To upgrade to Mavericks, you must have at least an iMac7,1...you can find that by clicking the apple, left side of the menu bar, About This Mac, More Info, System Report, Hardware and there you will see Model Identifier: iMac with a number. If it is greater than or equal to 7,1 you can go to Mavericks.
To upgrade to Mavericks, you must have at least an iMac7,1...you can find that by clicking the apple, left side of the menu bar, About This Mac, More Info, System Report, Hardware and there you will see Model Identifier: iMac with a number. If it is greater than or equal to 7,1 you can go to Mavericks.
I wish to know what hardware I need to best upgrade my iMac (short of buying a new iMac).
There is no hardware you can upgrade on the iMac (except RAM). You should add as much RAM as your machine will take.
Sport2-175 wrote:
How do I tell what year my iMac is?
Hold Option then Apple menu > System Information.
Select Hardware on the left sidebar and it will show you which Mac you have.
Thanks. Mine is an iMac6,1. Can I upgrade it via RAM to go to Mavericks?
Unfortunately no, 7,1 is the minimum requirement for Mavericks.
Here is how you identify your iMac: How to identify iMac models
I see nothing that indicates what an iMac 6,1 is, but I would assume since you need at least an iMac 7,1, yours isn't supported.
The iMac 6,1 is a late 2006 build. Mavericks requires a mid-2007 iMac (iMac 7,1) or later.
OK, thanks. I'll likely keep this iMac for particular uses and get a new Mac laptop. We've upgraded one of our Mac laptops to Mavericks but I doubt that my PowerBook (as old as my iMac) can upgrade. I need a stronger machine to be able to better crunch iPhone and GoPro video anyway.
Sport2-175 wrote:
OK, thanks. I'll likely keep this iMac for particular uses and get a new Mac laptop. We've upgraded one of our Mac laptops to Mavericks but I doubt that my PowerBook (as old as my iMac) can upgrade
Not to Mavericks.
You need an Intel CPU, The PowerBook is a PowerPC CPU.
How do I tell what year my iMac is?
