What do you mean by "upgrade in place?" And I will check with my friend to see if he wishes to upgrade and I'll get back to you. Thanks Jonathan.
Sent from my iPhone > On May 9, 2017, at 12:19 PM, Jonathan Fletcher <[email protected]> wrote: > > 1. El Capitan will run with 2GB. As per his current experience, he may not > want to have several apps open at the same time. > > 2. I have one. > > 3. If he upgrades in place, yes he will not lose any data. > > Another approach is to copy all of his files off, reformat the drive, install > El Cap and copy everything back to the correct folders. > > Either way he will have to review what apps he normally uses and either get > upgrades for them or accept that he will not be able to use them any more. > Some apps may work, but that’s a little iffy. All the Apple apps have new > versions that work fine on El Cap. > > j. > > >> On May 9, 2017, at 12:00 PM, [email protected] >> wrote: >> >> From: Harry Jacobson-Beyer <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [MacGroup] Trouble in Safari Paradise, part 2 >> Date: May 9, 2017 at 8:57:35 AM EDT >> To: Topics related to Apple and Macintosh computers >> <[email protected]> >> Reply-To: Topics related to Apple and Macintosh computers >> <[email protected]> >> >> >> Thanks Jonathan. I have a 3 questions more. >> 1. Can he upgrade the OS with only 2gb of memory and still be able to do >> stuff? >> 2. Do you have a 10.6 disk we can borrow? Or where can he get the disk? >> 3. Will he be able to upgrade without losing data. His machine already backs >> up to time machine ( I think). > > -- > Jonathan Fletcher > [email protected] > > Kentuckiana FileMaker Developers Group > Next Meeting: 5/23/17 > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > Posting address: [email protected] > Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> > Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/> _______________________________________________ MacGroup mailing list Posting address: [email protected] Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/>
