Upgrading mac 10.6 to newer version

[Peter Faulks]

We have 2 older Macs OSX 10.6.8 (purchased from Daniel a few years ago)

But as pensioners we do not wish to purchase new Macs, but feel we 
need to upgrade our operating system, can anyone advise on the best 
way to do this without losing our or having to upgrade our Eudora 
email or Microsoft office and other applications?


OR what are the implications because we have photos, files, games and 
records stored that we need to access.




Hardware Overview:

  Model Name:   iMac
  Model Identifier: iMac9,1
  Processor Name:   Intel Core 2 Duo
  Processor Speed:  2.66 GHz
  Number Of Processors: 1
  Total Number Of Cores:2
  L2 Cache: 6 MB
  Memory:   4 GB
  Bus Speed:1.07 GHz
  Boot ROM Version: IM91.008D.B08
  SMC Version (system): 1.36f3
  Serial Number (system):   WQ9050FJ0TF
  Hardware UUID:0B8662FA-4D6C-5E43-8003-03E5FF3FC085



May thanks

Peter & Irene

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PARKWOOD  Western Australia  6147

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Irene Mobile:   0439 933 404

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Re: IMAC PASSWORD

[Julie Bedford]

Hi Ronni,
I know what you are saying, but when my friend was setting the network etc up 
for me, I wasn’t around so he just left it blank.  I work from home, so other 
than someone breaking in, I wasn’t too worried.  However, I would like to put a 
password in,  How do I do this?  I would need to change from the blank to a 
password.

Thanks Ronni

Julie

> On 18 Jun 2019, at 7:31 AM, Ronni Brown  wrote:
> 
> Hi Julie,
> 
> I’m amazed that you don’t use a Password on your Administrator Account on 
> your Work iMac? 
> Anyone gets hold of your iMac they can access everything on your computer...
> 
> Kind Regards,
> Ronni
> 
>  Ronni Brown’s iPad Pro 12.9-inch 256GB 
> 
> 
>> On 17 Jun 2019, at 10:59 pm, Julie Bedford  wrote:
>> 
>> Hi All,
>> 
>> I sussed it, simply by shutting down and re-starting.  I’m gobsmacked that 
>> Mojave has retained all my bookmarks, mail and all folders/documents as they 
>> were in El Capitan.  I’m hoping that saying all is good and working how it 
>> should ?
>> 
>> Cheers
>> Jewels
>> 
>>> On 17 Jun 2019, at 9:54 PM, Julie Bedford  wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Hi All,
>>> 
>>> Hope someone can help me.  I was using El Capitan on my work Imac.  When a 
>>> friend set this up for me he left the Password blank, so when I logged on,  
>>> I would just leave it blank and hit on the Owl to open.  Today I upgraded 
>>> the O/S to Mojave and it will not accept a blank password.  Any suggestions 
>>> on what I can do please.
>>> 
>>> In desperation
>>> Jewels
>>> 
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Re: IMAC PASSWORD

[Ronni Brown]

Hi Julie,

I’m amazed that you don’t use a Password on your Administrator Account on your 
Work iMac? 
Anyone gets hold of your iMac they can access everything on your computer...

Kind Regards,
Ronni

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> On 17 Jun 2019, at 10:59 pm, Julie Bedford  wrote:
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> I sussed it, simply by shutting down and re-starting.  I’m gobsmacked that 
> Mojave has retained all my bookmarks, mail and all folders/documents as they 
> were in El Capitan.  I’m hoping that saying all is good and working how it 
> should ?
> 
> Cheers
> Jewels
> 
>> On 17 Jun 2019, at 9:54 PM, Julie Bedford  wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> Hi All,
>> 
>> Hope someone can help me.  I was using El Capitan on my work Imac.  When a 
>> friend set this up for me he left the Password blank, so when I logged on,  
>> I would just leave it blank and hit on the Owl to open.  Today I upgraded 
>> the O/S to Mojave and it will not accept a blank password.  Any suggestions 
>> on what I can do please.
>> 
>> In desperation
>> Jewels
>> 
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Re: IMAC PASSWORD

[Julie Bedford]

Hi All,

I sussed it, simply by shutting down and re-starting.  I’m gobsmacked that 
Mojave has retained all my bookmarks, mail and all folders/documents as they 
were in El Capitan.  I’m hoping that saying all is good and working how it 
should ?

Cheers
Jewels

> On 17 Jun 2019, at 9:54 PM, Julie Bedford  wrote:
> 
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> Hope someone can help me.  I was using El Capitan on my work Imac.  When a 
> friend set this up for me he left the Password blank, so when I logged on,  I 
> would just leave it blank and hit on the Owl to open.  Today I upgraded the 
> O/S to Mojave and it will not accept a blank password.  Any suggestions on 
> what I can do please.
> 
> In desperation
> Jewels
> 

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IMAC PASSWORD

[Julie Bedford]

Hi All,

Hope someone can help me.  I was using El Capitan on my work Imac.  When a 
friend set this up for me he left the Password blank, so when I logged on,  I 
would just leave it blank and hit on the Owl to open.  Today I upgraded the O/S 
to Mojave and it will not accept a blank password.  Any suggestions on what I 
can do please.

In desperation
Jewels

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