Updating my Mac
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- CygnusZero40
So heres the deal, I installed Snow Leopard, it fixed a bunch of the problems I was having. Except the wifi which is still shot. Only works when it has a direct line of sight.
I bought a 4gb RAM card, but now that Im looking at this table, it says my macbook (white mid 2007 model), only supports 2gb? I was hoping to get this up to 6! Or at least 4, jeez. This chip was $100.
- Apple's table is "conservative", if http://eshop.macsale… says 6GB it's prolly rightraf
- $100 seems a bit much though.raf
- If it doesn't boot with 4+1, it likely will with the 4 alone.raf
- 4.0GB Upgrade
(4096MB Module)
$99.97CygnusZero4
- ernexbcn0
You can restore any OS X installation DMG to a DVD or a external drive with a big enough partition to make it fit or a USB stick, then boot from it.
I prefer doing clean installs so I always do this, boot with the installation disk so I can format the disk, you can also install on top if you prefer.
- CygnusZero40
^ Ok, pretend this is my first time using a computer and explain again. Do I need to go to a store and buy Snow Leopard?
- Tell me in plain English like Im an idiot. No words like DMG or partitions.CygnusZero4
- You don't need to do any of the stuff he's mentioning above. See below.monospaced
- ernexbcn0
Oh, the Mac App Store comes with OS X 10.6.6, so yeah if you want to upgrade you'll need to install Snow Leopard get all its updates and from the App Store app buy Mountain Lion.
- monospaced0
Yes, you'll have to update to Snow Leopard and after that you'll have access to the App Store in OS X. If your computer is capable of upgrades after that, you'd use the App Store to upgrade.
- ernexbcn0
@CygnusZero4 didn't we had this thread a few months ago? I'm having a bit of deja vu.
- CygnusZero40
Ok so I actually need to go to the apple store and buy snow leopard then? I was assuming its just something I do online.
- Click the link above to purchase it for $19.99 and have it delivered.monospaced
- Alright sir. Thanks.CygnusZero4
- monospaced0
"It might not be capable of upgrades?"
Exactly. At furthest you'll get to Lion, but Mountain Lion only runs on the newest machines. I'm assuming since you're still back on 10.5.8 that your computer isn't capable of going past Lion.
- Ah I see.CygnusZero4
- Incorrect mono. Mountain Lion doesn't run on some older computers but does run on 2008 MBPs.shaft
- interesting, but I'm not wrongmonospaced
- ernexbcn0
Go to the Apple icon (top left corner), About this mac, system report, tell us what you have in these:
Model Name: iMac
Model Identifier: iMac7,1
- CygnusZero40
Model Name: MacBook
Model Identifier: MacBook4,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.4 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 3 MB
Memory: 2 GB
Bus Speed: 800 MHz
Boot ROM Version: MB41.00C1.B00
SMC Version (system): 1.31f1
Serial Number (system): WQ808CFG0P1
Hardware UUID: 05B9CF0B-08B7-5ADC-99CB-9ED7FE80...
Sudden Motion Sensor:
State: Enabled
- ernexbcn0
My mid 2007 iMac is the oldest iMac you can install Mountain Lion, you need Core 2 Duo processors or better (64 bit).
- Looks like mine has a core 2 duao proc.CygnusZero4
- *duoCygnusZero4
- ernexbcn0
Macbooks that can run Mountain Lion are from 5,1 upwards, shit, you can go to Lion.
- So this machine can go all the way up to the latest then?CygnusZero4
- No, from 5,1 upwards, your Macbook is 4,1ernexbcn
- Oh, thought you were referring to the 10.5.8 that Im running. Confused.CygnusZero4
- ernexbcn0
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT54…
Your Macbook can't run the thing, the processor is fine but they must have decided to not develop the 64 bits drivers for the video card or something else.
- ernexbcn0
The latest OS X you can install on that computer is Lion.
- CygnusZero40
So once Im up to Lion, thats it then for this machine? Thats lame.
- ernexbcn0
Well, this is really shitty:
"The good news is that Lion is still available from Apple... but you have to call Apple to get it. It will cost you US$20 and will come to you as a redeemable code that you will use in the Mac App Store, which means that you will need a Mac running at least 10.6.8 to use the code."
- ernexbcn0
Your MacBook came with Leopard, they later released Snow Leopard, then Lion and then Mountain Lion.
It's a 5 year old computer, Lion is not bad. The problem is when developers release apps that take advantage of new APIs and require the latest OS X because of that.
- shaft0
Don't install Lion, it's the worst OS Apple had in the last 5 years. Mountain Lion is better, they fixed some of Lion's issues but neither of them is optimised to run on a Core2Duo this old. I've seen them run the processor 10°C hotter on a 2008 MacBook Pro, the fans kept spinning all the time.
Snow Leopard is a solid OS and will run well on your computer. Also, add some RAM and you will be surprised what this baby can do.
- He just said I cant run mountain on this.CygnusZero4
- I said "don't run either of the Lions"shaft
- And you can run Mountain Lion with a simple hack, not worth it.shaft
- ernexbcn0
@shaft I agree, and I completely forgot about that. The worst of the annoyances that I experienced with Lion was the broken virtual memory, when it started to swap the hard drive went crazy and the whole thing was unusable. A lot of people complained and they certainly fixed it in Mountain Lion.
- CygnusZero40
Let me ask this. Im running Logic Expess 8 on this machine. Runs fine, but say I start upgrading this machine, and Im also going to have to upgrade Logic?
And will this effect my logic files in anyway? This is very important to me since Logic is the main thing I use this machine for.