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I have a Mac OS X 10.5.8 1 GB 2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo and I can't get any upgrades or downloads, why and how can this be fixed??

I had a 10.6.8 and it was crashing and nothing was working anymore so I decided to erase everything and put in the install disc that I had.

Now it is a 10.5.8 for some reason and do not know how and why this happened. Is there anything I could do to get back the 10.6.8 version and

can I get more memory added and how? I only have 1GB and need 2 GB to do anything when I had the 10.6.8. Help please?

iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8), 1GB

Posted on Mar 25, 2016 1:02 AM

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Mar 27, 2016 1:07 PM in response to arlsy

To help you determine how much RAM your Mac can take, we need more info about your Mac.

To find out info about your system,
Click on the Apple symbol in the upper left of the OS X main menu bar.
A drop down menu appears.

Click About this Mac. A smaller popup window appears. This gives you basic info like what version of OS X your iMac is running, the speed of your iMac's CPU and how much RAM is installed.

Click on the button that says More Info. A larger window appears giving you a complete overview of your iMac's hardware specs.
Highlight all of this info and copy/paste all of this into another reply to this post, editing out your iMac's serial number before actually posting the reply.
This will tell us everything about your iMac so we may begin to help with your iMac issues.

Mar 27, 2016 4:12 PM in response to arlsy

Thank You! I hope this is what you wanted??

Hardware Overview:


Model Name: iMac

Model Identifier: iMac7,1

Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo

Processor Speed: 2 GHz

Number Of Processors: 1

Total Number Of Cores: 2

L2 Cache: 4 MB

Memory: 1 GB

Bus Speed: 800 MHz

Boot ROM Version: IM71.007A.B03

SMC Version (system): 1.20f4

Serial Number (system):

Hardware UUID: 00000000-0000-1000-8000-001B63B4F7CD



Memory Slots:


ECC: Disabled


BANK 0/DIMM0:


Size: 1 GB

Type: DDR2 SDRAM

Speed: 667 MHz

Status: OK

Manufacturer: 0xAD00000000000000

Part Number: 0x48594D503531325336344350382D59352020

Serial Number:


BANK 1/DIMM1:


Size: Empty

Type: Empty

Speed: Empty

Status: Empty

Manufacturer: Empty

Part Number: Empty

Serial Number: Empty

Mar 27, 2016 7:05 PM in response to arlsy

Your year and model iMac can take a total of 6 GBs of RAM.

Proper spec'd. & reliable RAM can only be purchased online from two sources. OWC (macsales.com) or crucial.com.

The 6 GB RAM kit is only available from OWC.

Here's a link to this kit and the proper spec'd. RAM your Mac needs.


http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other%20World%20Computing/5300DDR2S6GP/


RAM is, relatively easy to install.


http://eshop.macsales.com/installvideos/imac_mid_2007_mem/


Good Luck!

I have a Mac OS X 10.5.8 1 GB 2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo and I can't get any upgrades or downloads, why and how can this be fixed??

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