HT201364: OS X Mavericks system requirements
Learn about OS X Mavericks system requirements
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Dec 12, 2014 10:18 AM in response to Jonah82by Eric Root,Mavericks is no longer available to the App Store unless you have previously downloaded it. Choices are 10.7 (Lion), 10.8 (Mountain Lion) or 10.10 (Yosemite).
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Do a backup before installing.One option is to create a new partition (~30- 50 GB), install the new OS, 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. By doing this, if you don’t like it you won't have to go though the revert process. -
Dec 16, 2014 7:37 PM in response to Jonah82by MlchaelLAX,Legacy Macromedia products that will run in Snow Leopard, can be used in Mavericks by installing Snow Leopard Server in Parallels 10.
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Dec 16, 2014 7:52 PM in response to Eric Rootby kahjot,Eric Root wrote:
One option is to create a new partition (~30- 50 GB), install the new OS, 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. By doing this, if you don’t like it you won't have to go though the revert process.This is your safest option. If you don't want to partition your internal drive, you can install Yosemite (or Mountain Lion, if you want to spend $20 on it) on an external hard drive and test it thoroughly. You can try installing Parallels 10 in Yosemite; Snow Leopard Server will cost you $20, and you will have to call Apple to order it.
If this all sounds more complicated than you want to deal with, just keep using Snow Leopard for the Macromedia apps. Note that if you do install Yosemite, switching startup drives will have an extra wrinkle, because Snow Leopard's Startup Disk preference can't see Yosemite drives. You have to reboot holding the option key.
