Regardless of which direction you go, backup your data first. This means if you need to downgrade the machine, you will need to erase the partition with the older HFS extended GUID to use the older systems. Download based on manual time may fail, especially on older systems where the system time is not set right.īe forewarned, Macs with solid state drives will be updated in formatting to APFS with 10.13 or later (this is discussed later in the tip, but bears repeating). Go to Apple menu -> System Preferences -> Date and Time and select the closest time server to set your time, and do so. First isolate why your Mac is slowing down or crashing before installing anything new.Īpple includes many full upgrade installer links on How to get old versions of macOS - Apple Support Slowing down of your Mac should not lead you to assume an update will fix everything. No update should be ventured into with operating systems or software without first ensuring your data is backed up in two separate places. Is an article I wrote that everyone updating their Mac should read. September 13, 2021, an updated Safari 14.1.2 was pushed via Apple menu -> About This Mac -> Software Update. See special note about resetting the SMC during updates and upgrades, later in the tip. Here is the series of tips for related Macs Server forums cover Mac OS X server on the community.

Hardware UUID:ė0BC4DC6-741A-569C-8071-BB0F574B88B7Īny advice / insight would be greatly appreciated.This is a series of tips that cover Mac OS X client edition. The hardware overview from 'About this Mac' displays:īoot ROM Version: My TonyMac build is a: GA-X58A-UD3R Rev 2.0 24GB Ram Intel Core i7 940 2.97 GHz Nvidia GTX 460 768MB OSX 10.6.8 Snow Leopard. Snow Leopard 10.6.3 was installed from a retail disk purchased on Amazon, & the 10.6.8 was from a software update download from Apple. My current 10.6.8 build has a Nvidia GTX 460 768MB. My planned upgrade includes a MSI R9 280X 6GB graphics card. I am familiar with the system requirements and I assumed that my TonyMac build from 2011 satisfied the 'Mac Pro (Early 2008 or later)' requirement. With the message 'This version of OS X 10.10 cannot be installed on this computer.' However a download of Yosemite is refused

The only option on the Apple store is Yosemite. Hopefully someone could offer some advise regarding upgrading from a TonyMacPro 10.6.8 (Snow Leopard) build Building a CustoMac Hackintosh: Buyer's Guide

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