Q: setting new ipod nano 7th gen to itune 11.4 mac os x10.6.8
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Sep 14, 2016 4:36 PMby Kenichi Watanabe,According to tech specs page of current iPod nano
https://www.apple.com/ipod-nano/specs/
for System Requirements
"Mac: USB 2 or 3 port, OS X v10.7.5 or later, and iTunes 12.2 or later"
However, a "2012 White Macbook" can run a later release of OS X (and iTunes)
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Sep 14, 2016 6:52 PMby Kenichi Watanabe,That's not true. If your MacBook is a model sold as brand new in 2012, it can go all the way up to the latest OS X available (which is El Capitan 10.11). And in a about one week, it can even run the newest "macOS" Sierra, which is supposed to be released 9/20.
You need to run Mac App Store and download the installer for later releases of OS X. It won't update automatically. If Snow Leopard is the current OS X release installed, the latest version of Snow Leopard is 10.6.8. But Snow Leopard is not the latest release your MacBook can run.
Check out the link I provided in my previous reply, about upgrading to El Capitan.
NOTE: Upgrading your OS may make some third-party apps you use incompatible. You should make a backup before a major OS upgrade. You can use the built-in Time Machine feature to automate backups to an external drive, if you do not already.
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by Kenichi Watanabe,Sep 14, 2016 7:12 PM
Kenichi Watanabe
Sep 14, 2016 7:12 PM
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Mac OS XThe last "white" plastic-body MacBook was actually a 2010 model. That one is supported for OS X El Capitan and macOS Sierra. "Late 2009 or newer" MacBook models supported for Sierra, according to
https://www.apple.com/macos/how-to-upgrade/
But you cannot upgrade directly to Sierra, because it says (under General Requirements) that the Mac must have at least 10.7.5 (Lion) currently installed. In your case, if you want to upgrade the OS release on your MacBook (and it's not older than the "Late 2009" model), you can go to El Capitan first. At a later date, you can go to Sierra.
