Can I upgrade to OSX Maverick?

Question

Hardware Specs:

Model Name: MacBook Pro
Model Identifier: MacBookPro7,1
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: 4 GB
Bus Speed: 1.07 GHz


Operating System Installed: Mac OS X Version 10.6.8 (Snow Leopard) (its default that it came with)

I just wanna know if I can run and install the latest OS Mavericks and also its free right? I decided to skip Lion and Mavericks sounds like the best leap forward. Should I upgrade and if I do can I do it, can my Macbook Pro run it (brought around 2009-2010)

Answer 1

Go to the top menu bar, About This Mac.

Click "More Info". Does it show "MacBook Pro Mid 2010"? Then yes.



Mac models compatible with OS X Mavericks:

iMac (Mid 2007 or newer)

MacBook (Late 2008 Aluminum, or Early 2009 or newer)

MacBook Pro (Mid/Late 2007 or newer)

MacBook Air (Late 2008 or newer)

Mac mini (Early 2009 or newer)

Mac Pro (Early 2008 or newer)

Xserve (Early 2009)



General requirements:

OS X v10.6.8 or later

2GB of memory

8GB of available space



"its free right?"

Right.



"Should I upgrade?"

Read this: https://answersrip.com/question/index?qid=20131025132622AAynGvz (Best Answer: “Should I install OS 10.9?”)



As for an option to "revert" to a previous OS, that isn't offered by any OS upgrade. If you upgrade over Mac OS, you cannot go back, except to erase and install. Instead of upgrading over, you can create a second partition for installation of OS 10.9 and thus have dual boot of two Mac OS versions.



As for the NSA and your contacts, that's not true. You can remove the selection for sharing contacts and anything else you wish: http://www.flickr.com/photos/36589940@N04/10493396913/

Concerns about EU or employer privacy are the same for all versions of iCloud, not just for the OS 10.9 version.



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Answer 2

There is some misinformation here. Mavericks 10.9 is "free" as long as you have Mountain Lion installed. Since you are still on Snow Leopard, you may have to purchase Mountain Lion 10.8 for $20 before it will let you install Mavericks. You should be fine running it.



Hope this helps.



Check out this Youtube video about the new features, it's not that groundbreaking of an update:



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4fY-2bt6XY

Answer 3

You should be able to run it just fine, but you may want to make sure you have a way to revert to your current install, just to be on the safe side (that's what Time Machine is for).



Keep in mind that there are some major privacy concerns with the way in which Apple is forcing users to sync via iCloud (syncing via iTunes is no longer an option) though you can choose to disable syncing altogether.



If you want a more detailed analysis on the subject, you can find a pretty heated discussion here:

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5460803?start=0&tstart=0

or an official confirmation via Apple's own knowledge base here:

http://support.apple.com/kb/PH12117



That means that, if you don't want to hand your calendar and contact lists to the NSA you may want to stick to Snow Leopard (or update to a newer but not quite new version of the OS).



I mention this because, depending on your job situation, using iCloud may put you on the wrong end of some EU privacy protections, or of your company's internal policies (and yes, this is the case regardless of the OS version, the difference is that now you no longer have a choice in the matter, you can either sync via iCloud or not sync at all).



So, in a nutshell: yes, you can update to Maverick, your hardware does support it, and the upgrade is free regardless of what version of OS you are running as long as you have access to the App Store, but as with all major updates you want to make sure you read the fine print before you jump in (and you may also want to wait a couple of months, to give them time to iron out the bugs and to ensure that none of the apps you depend on have major compatibility issues).

Answer 4

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