I'm currently doing a software upgrade on my Imac early 2008... It seems to be taking forever! should i be worried? how long should it take?
It took about 30 minutes to download the software. now is taking well over 90 minutes to install so far-- and it's only halfway done
iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9.5), early 2008 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
We have no idea what you mean by "doing a software upgrade", that could mean anything from downloading an updated version of OS X to updating a specific application. Specifically what you upgrading and how is your iMac configured, i.e. how much RAM, how much available HD space etc...
hi. Sorry for the vague question. I am updating to latest version of OSX. I recently installed 2 GB of more RAM, so i should have a decent about available... I cannot look to see how much or any other info, because the update is going on now, and i don't see a way to get into the computer to check that stuff.
The latest version of OS X is Yosemite 10.10.3. A 2008 iMac originally came with 1 GB of RAM, adding 2GB only gives it 3GB total which really isn't enough for Yosemite. Your iMac can accommodate up to 6GB, which is what I would recommend for that old a machine.
Back to your original question though, by now the computer should have finished however let it run over night. If it still does not then you have other issues. I hope you backed up the computer prior to downloading. If you did, you will have only lost some time, if not the ramifications could be more scary.
hi, it now has a total of 6 GB of Ram. I had 4gb, and added another 2 gb recently. Yes-- thankfully i have the computer backing up every few hours automatically onto an external harddrive. I now think that i did not have Yosemite and the update it's doing now (still going) is the actual Yosemite.
Additionally, the Yosemite installer is more than 5 GB, so it is a large file; unless you have a very fast internet connection, it can take some time (it takes me about 90+ minutes for such a download).
And, as mentioned, 4 GB of RAM is considered the minimum RAM needed for a reasonably happy user experience running Yosemite - more is much better.
DJAgent wrote:
hi, it now has a total of 6 GB of Ram. I had 4gb, and added another 2 gb recently. Yes-- thankfully i have the computer backing up every few hours automatically onto an external harddrive. I now think that i did not have Yosemite and the update it's doing now (still going) is the actual Yosemite.
If it has not finished by tomorrow morning, restart the computer and see what happens. Please post back with the results.
i added more RAM recently, so i now how 6 gb of RAM... do you think i should not have installed Yosemite?
thank you-- i will post results for sure. So to be clear, if it hasn't finished by tomorrow, i should manually shut the computer by pressing the power button-- correct? and then restart it that way?
Well, the older the computer and its processor in addition to slower and less RAM, the computer cannot take advantage of the OS which is optimized to run on a fast processor with lots of RAM, so, don't open too many apps at once, clear out your cache, and keep plenty of empty space on your hard drive; all that will help, but the experience won't be as good as it would be on a new Mac with 12 or more GB RAM.
thank you for the info. the computer is done with the update now, thankfully. I will be sure to follow your advice above.
hello,
To update you, a friend of a friend who works for apple got on the phone with me and instructed me to do a manual reboot (as you had also mentioned). It did work, and now the computer is running fine with the update. Thanks for all of your help.
DJAgent wrote:
thank you for the info. the computer is done with the update now, thankfully. I will be sure to follow your advice above.
Great!
how long does it take to upgrade software on Imac early 2008?
