I currently have snow leopard (10.6.8), and have tried to download Yosemite through the app store, selected software update, my computer will restart but it will not update. Is it too old to download Yosemite? I got it in 2011.
MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2010), Mac OS X (10.6.8)
That model can run Yosemite, no question about it. Do you get an error message? How much memory does the computer have and how much free space is left on the hard drive?
No, there is no error message. It takes me through the update process (when I select software update). It has 4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3 (whatever that means...) And I am not sure how to find out how much space is left on the hard drive?
Do you see the hard drive icon on the desktop? If so, select it and then select Get Info from the File menu. That will give you a window of information about the hard drive including Capacity - how big it is and Available - how much is empty.
You can also run Disk Utility (it is hiding in the Utilities folder of your Applications) Select your drive icon after it launches and in the lower left corner you'll see Capacity, Available, and Used.
Capacity : 319.73 GB (319,728,959,488 Bytes)
Available : 203.49 GB (203,490,934,784 Bytes)
Used : 116.24 GB (116,238,024,704 Bytes)
I am also trying to download it from the app store again and usually the bar at the bottom never moves and it just doesn't download, but now it is about half full, so I'll see what happens with that as well, but if it doesn't work what do I do?
No error message makes it hard. I hope you have the DVD your computer came with. IF so, insert the DVD and restart the computer while holding the C key. Once it boots, go up to the menubar and find Disk Utility. Run Repair Drive. If it finishes and says it found mistakes and fixed them try installing Yosemite again. If it found nothing, restart the computer with the DVD in the computer and hold the D key to start the diagnostics program. Run the long test.
I think it is working on its own, sorry for all your trouble, I just had to wait 3 hours for it to load... But if it end up not working I'll do that.
Why won't my macbook pro update to yosemite
