No new updates?

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No new updates?

I've recently been given a macbook air by my parents and there seems to be no updates past 10.6.8. I'm not quite sure how old this Mac air is but I really need the update for school. Is there any way I can fix this???

Thanks,

Brandii

MacBook Air, Mac OS X (10.6.8), No updates and why?

Posted on Feb 8, 2016 2:27 PM

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Answer 1

sberman

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Feb 8, 2016 2:57 PM in response to brandii_woods

Click the Apple logo on the left side of the menu bar. Choose "About This Mac" from the dropdown list. Report what you see back here.

Your Mac may be too old to run the current OS X version. But you could likely still upgrade to something newer than Snow Leopard (OS X 10.6).

You likely have to purchase an upgrade, however.

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Answer 2

Feb 8, 2016 3:11 PM in response to sberman

It does'nt actually say what year this was made. It say it has a 1.6 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo

Memory 4GB 1067 Mhz DDR3

Startup Macintosh HD

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Answer 3

sberman

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Feb 8, 2016 3:20 PM in response to brandii_woods

OK, I believe you will be able to do the following:

Purchase Mountain Lion (OS X 10.8): http://www.apple.com/shop/product/D6377Z/A/os-x-mountain-lion
Update this to at least OS X 10.8.5. Do this by clicking the Apple Logo and choosing "Check For Updates" (or going to the App Store and choosing the "Updates" tab).
If possible (it may not be), upgrade to El Capitan (which is the current release of OS X -- OS X 10.11) here: http://www.apple.com/osx/how-to-upgrade/
If you did the El Capitan upgrade, again go to the App Store, choose "Updates" and update everything.

UPDATE - Sorry, you may be able to go to El Capitan directly from OS X 10.6.8. Read the http://www.apple.com/osx/how-to-upgrade/ to see.

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