Roundhere
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Q: Back up first for upgrade 10.6.8 to latest

I want to back up my OS and music to an external hardrive usb.

 

i asked a similar question a month or so ago but a few things have changed.

 

here are the specifics of what I'd like to accomplish and need advice please.

 

1. I have an external usb hardrive. I want to back up the OS (10.6.8) and music (iTunes) on the external hardrive.

i Only want to backup in case the update to el capitan does not run smoothly. I am trying to install on the very last minimally required iMac ....so this is risky but just meets apples requirements. Mid 2007 iMac with 4ghz ram.

 

2. Will time machine back up 10.6.8 and iTunes via time machine? I don't want to have to purchase cloning software at this time if time machine will back upnmy OS and iTunes music.

 

3. Should I wipe the iMac after backing up and before attempting to upgrade to el capIran? Or keep the OS as is and try to upgrade from 10.6.8 to el capitan.?

 

4. Can someone send me the exact Apple link to el capitan. The exact version I need when updating from 10.6.8 to el capitan

iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8)

Posted on Jan 31, 2016 2:47 PM

by babowa,Solvedanswer
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A:

No matter how far you update - whether that is to an incremental update or to a new OS, always do a backup first. You never know.....

 

The current version of El Capitan is 10.11.3 - check to see that you do not already have it > Apple > About this Mac > should show you the version you have installed.

 

FWIW, the app store is what you need to update anything and/or purchase/download new apps. It has taken the place of Software Update.

Posted on Feb 2, 2016 4:52 PM

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  • by Acm001,

    Acm001 Acm001 Feb 7, 2016 5:14 PM in response to Roundhere
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    Feb 7, 2016 5:14 PM in response to Roundhere

    Dude you are all over the place. First you want to backup via time machine now your not even sure if you need to as you have the most important stuff on several external hard drives. Saying 10.6 is basically the same as saying 10.6.3 or 10.6.8 its snow leopard same goes for 10.11 - 10.11.3 its El capitan. Very simple if you have your important stuff - music - photos - documents - etc on several external hard drives ( very good well done also have 2-3 backups ) and that is what you really care about you don't have to run time machine. If you have an issue you would just reinstall the os and copy over your stuff. You would be starting over with a clean slate as it were on the mac. You would have to set up everything again - safari - iTunes - wallpaper - system prefs - programs etc. With time machine you would restore in cause of an issue and all your settings - safari - iTunes - system prefs - programs would be put back - you would not have to start from scratch . Time machine saves the time have having to set every thing up again. If your running 10.11 El Capitan and all is working fine you would have no need to go back to 10.6 Snow Leopard. Just run time machine or not on 10.11.  If you only run time machine once remember this - say you run it today and don't any more - you use your mac for a year and the hard drive fails. Then you restore it. It will be restored to as it was that year ago it won't have any changes - programs etc that you have added during that year. Thats why you let time machine run all the time. It gives you the option to restore a specific time if need be.

  • by Roundhere,

    Roundhere Roundhere Feb 7, 2016 5:25 PM in response to Acm001
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    Feb 7, 2016 5:25 PM in response to Acm001

    ok. Your right on it. I did ask the question many different ways. I'm pretty sure I can ditch my 10.6.8 backup now on my external. Thank you again.

  • by 2010Kat,

    2010Kat 2010Kat Feb 8, 2016 5:47 AM in response to babowa
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    Feb 8, 2016 5:47 AM in response to babowa

    Sorry,

    I am not familiar with the etiquette for strings here. I mistakenly understood that related discussions or extensions of them should go under the same topic.

    I will copy and paste my request.

     

    I must use Chrome given my school uses the Google platform and drive and it is the simplest way for me to merge calendar, contacts and do video for their assignments.

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