Hi. Okay, but where would I find Mavericks? I didn't save the
installer way back when.
Cameron.
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On 12/6/17, John Panarese <[email protected]> wrote:
> I think the 2 GB of RAM will be the issue if you go beyond Mavericks. I
> don't think anything beyond that will even run on a 2009 machine. I would
> try Mavericks on it and see how it feels. If it runs fine, you're good. I
> don't recall what Yosemite's minimum requirements were, but I think 2 GB of
> RAM would also be pushing the envelope.
>
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>> On Dec 6, 2017, at 10:32 PM, Cameron Strife <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all. While I have a souped up iMac as my main machine, I've kept a
>> 2009 white mac book core 2 duo machine with two gigs of ram around for
>> just simple stuff;google, youtube, skype, that sort of thing.
>>
>> I'm replacing the hard drive with an ssd but would like opinions
>> regarding what version of OSX to drop into her once I install the new
>> drive.
>>
>> I don't use this machine a lot but like with all my technology, I like
>> to keep up with updates. I remember that snow lepard was fine,
>> lion/mountain lion were fine, Yosemite seemed fine from what I
>> remember... I don't remember mavericks or el capatan on this machine
>> so don't have an opinion either way on those two versions.
>>
>> When we come to siera and high siera though, I'm not sure if the
>> machine just can't handle the strain these new versions are putting on
>> her or if it's the tired mechanical hd slowly kicking the bucket but
>> it's almost unuseable, even with no apps running. I know it's pushing
>> it but the machine was listed as compatible for siera and the
>> installer for high siera proceeded without giving me a compatibility
>> error or anything...
>>
>> So, once I drop in this new ssd, what version of OSX should I go back
>> to and more importantly, how do you find them exactly? In the app
>> store, they don't seem to be available anymore;just high siera...
>>
>> And no, I can't use super duper for example to clone my imac because
>> 1, it's running siera, and 2, the ssd is pretty full and I don't want
>> to deal with getting rid of all that stuff on the mac book.
>>
>> Any feedback from anybody out there?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Cameron.
>>
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