I have a mid-2007 Macbook Pro running 10.6.8 Snow Leopard. I would like to upgrade it, but cannot find any compatible OS's on the App Store or online. I would like to at least upgrade it to 10.9 Mavericks. The highest is can go is 10.11 El Capitan.
How can I go about doing this?
OBS MacBook Pro (15-inch 2.4/2.2 GHz), Mac OS X (10.6.8), null
Upgrading to El Capitan
You can upgrade to El Capitan from Lion or directly from Snow Leopard. El Capitan can be downloaded from the Mac App Store for FREE.
To upgrade to El Capitan you must have Snow Leopard 10.6.8 or Lion installed. Download El Capitan from the App Store. Sign in using your Apple ID. El Capitan is free. The file is quite large, over 5 GBs, so allow some time to download. It would be preferable to use Ethernet because it is nearly four times faster than wireless.
Macs that can be upgraded to OS X El Capitan
1. iMac (Mid 2007 or newer) - Model Identifier 7,1 or later
2. MacBook (Late 2008 Aluminum, or Early 2009 or newer) - Model Identifier 5,1 or later
3. MacBook Pro (Mid/Late 2007 or newer) - Model Identifier 3,1 or later
4. MacBook Air (Late 2008 or newer) - Model Identifier 2,1 or later
5. Mac mini (Early 2009 or newer) - Model Identifier 3,1 or later
6. Mac Pro (Early 2008 or newer) - Model Identifier 3,1 or later
7. Xserve (Early 2009) - Model Identifier 3,1 or later
To find the model identifier open System Profiler in the Utilities' folder. It's displayed in the panel on the right. Are my applications compatible? See App Compatibility Table - RoaringApps.
This is the latest version of macOS to which you can upgrade.
Upgrading to El Capitan
You can upgrade to El Capitan from Lion or directly from Snow Leopard. El Capitan can be downloaded from the Mac App Store for FREE.
To upgrade to El Capitan you must have Snow Leopard 10.6.8 or Lion installed. Download El Capitan from the App Store. Sign in using your Apple ID. El Capitan is free. The file is quite large, over 5 GBs, so allow some time to download. It would be preferable to use Ethernet because it is nearly four times faster than wireless.
Macs that can be upgraded to OS X El Capitan
1. iMac (Mid 2007 or newer) - Model Identifier 7,1 or later
2. MacBook (Late 2008 Aluminum, or Early 2009 or newer) - Model Identifier 5,1 or later
3. MacBook Pro (Mid/Late 2007 or newer) - Model Identifier 3,1 or later
4. MacBook Air (Late 2008 or newer) - Model Identifier 2,1 or later
5. Mac mini (Early 2009 or newer) - Model Identifier 3,1 or later
6. Mac Pro (Early 2008 or newer) - Model Identifier 3,1 or later
7. Xserve (Early 2009) - Model Identifier 3,1 or later
To find the model identifier open System Profiler in the Utilities' folder. It's displayed in the panel on the right. Are my applications compatible? See App Compatibility Table - RoaringApps.
This is the latest version of macOS to which you can upgrade.
Did you search for it? OS X El Capitan. Here is a direct link: El Capitan Download from App Store.
The link worked... thanks!
So I upgraded to El Capitan and I like it a lot. I was able to update and install a few things and it seemed to be working rather smoothly. HOWEVER it has been crashing and rebooting almost contantly since yesterday. I can't use it for 10 minutes now without it crashing. I updated it all the way to 10.11.6 and it didn't help.
This morning I decided to try some things. I booted into Recovery HD and ran First Aid in Disk Utility, and it reported no errors (it is a fairly new SSD). Then I reinstalled El Capitan. Still same issue.
Does my hardware just not support it? I keep my Mac very clean so I'm doubting that it's a software issue.
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It doesn't look like El Capitan is still in the App Store. Where can I find it?
Actually, I've decided that I'm going to try a clean install of 10.11 as a final resort. If that doesn't work, then I may just downgrade back to Snow Leopard.
Continuing with El Capitan issue in the other discussion (link below). I hope we can work this out.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8642861?answerId=34206917022#34206917022
Upgrade to Mavericks or El Capitan
