I had faith in Apple until I was not able to update my Power Mac G5. Physical RAM, once you know your vintage, you can get either from or from other sources, but be sure they specify your vintage when you buy it, as my FAQ* explains: Getting an older hard drive that supports the 1.5 Gbps is going to be more difficult at this time, but should be able to advise you correctly if you speak with them. But since the Unibody didn't come out until 2008, and 10.5 was released in 2007, only the 17" model supports the 12.5" drives. Once Apple shifted to the unibody model, they supported 12.5" in all notebooks. 17" notebooks were the first to support the 12.5mm drives. Hard drives on Mac notebooks labelled MacBook all support at minimum a 2.5" SATA 9.5mm drive with 1.5 Gbps path. Memory on computers come in primarily two different sources. Is an excellent guide by Machine ID that will tell you which model and vintage you actually have, before you go and buy the battery.
Knowing that, you can then figure out the age of the computer and the series it is according to Apple. MacBook 4,1 is an example of what you are looking for. Go to Apple menu -> About This Mac -> More Info, and look for the name of the machine followed by x,y. frequently has batteries for the computer in question.
See Apple - Free OS X Mountain Lion upgrade Program.įor a complete How-To introduction from Apple see Apple - Upgrade your Mac to OS X Mountain Lion. See App Compatibility Table - RoaringApps - App compatibility and feature support for OS X & iOS. MacBook (Late 2008 Aluminum, or Early 2009 or newer) Macs that can be upgraded to OS X Mountain LionĢ. Some features require an Apple ID terms apply.īe sure your computer meets the minimum requirements:Īpple - OS X Mountain Lion - Read the technical specifications. Mac computer with an Intel Core 2 Duo, Core i3, Core i5, Core i7, orģ.
Save a copy of that installer to your Downloads folder because the installer deletes itself at the end of the installation.ġ.
You will get an email containing a redemption code that you then use at the Mac App Store to download Lion.
The cost is $19.99 (as it was before) plus tax. You can purchase Lion by contacting Customer Service: Contacting Apple for support and service - this includes international calling numbers. Some features require Apple’s MobileMe service fees and terms apply.įirst, you need to upgrade to Snow Leopard 10.6.8 as stated above. Some features require a compatible Internet service provider fees mayĦ.
Third-party sources for Snow Leopard are:Īfter you install Snow Leopard you will have to download and install the Mac OS X 10.6.8 Update Combo v1.1 to update Snow Leopard to 10.6.8 and give you access to the App Store.īefore upgrading check that you computer meets the minimum requirements:ĥ. You will receive physical media - DVD - by mail.
You can purchase Snow Leopard by contacting Customer Service: Contacting Apple for support and service - this includes international calling numbers.
Either way, you need to decide if you want to save a bit of money on 10.5 or get iWork and iLife as part of the package.Upgrading to Snow Leopard, Lion, or Mountain Lion My current Mac came with 10.5 so the upgrade to 10.6 was cheap. I was a ludite happy with OS 9 on a Wee Pismo. I saved $$$ when I bought retail 10.3 and 10.4 disks. I see someone is selling gray disks from a iMac! Buy that. The ones advertising as "Retail" tend to run on the higher end. Just scanning eBay you will find 10.5 running from ~40 to ~200. You are essentially paying ~140 for 10.5 plus the added goodies of iLife and iWork. If you want to save $ you may be able to get 10.5 from a dealer-RETAIL DISK-say on ebay, but if you poke around HERE you will find that often results in people buying machine-specific DVDs which become glorified coasters. Apparently, you can but it is more expensive. Salsoulkid I did not think you could unless you already had 10.5. According to my Mactracker, the highest OS is 10.5.8.