Encrypted Locat 3rd party software on iMac

I'm preparing computer running Yosemite 10.10.5 for upgrade to El Capitan.  Want to ensure that I am not pushing limits of my iMac in early 2008; 4 GB of memory to the maximum. Diagnosis to date - ran disk first aid... utility all good; HD shows 107 GB free if 465 GB. My (almost complete) BootCamp has 9.1 MB of free space of 33 GB. I run Parallels v11 for Win 7 OS... want Win10 update but it's for the time being of the anther. What is to do?  Ensure 3rd party software is not encrypted; Another thing.

Thanks a bunch,

Barbara

There are a few steps you need to take before moving on to the latest version of Mac OS X.

First, run the software update or the App Store and install all the updates available for the operating system you have now. The system must be in good working condition. Do not expect an upgrade of the operating system to repair a computer that is abnormally slow or unstable. More likely, the upgrade will make the problem worse.

If you have less than 4 GB of memory, as shown in the box about this Mac, and your model has an expandable memory, install at least that a large part, or preferably the maximum amount of the machine can use according to the specificationsof Apple. If the memory is not expandable, or if you do not want to upgrade, see using a newer Mac OS x version until you decide to buy a new computer.

If you have already upgraded the memory, check the specs to make sure that the memory is compatible, both the type and capacity. Do not install more memory that is officially supported by the model. Sellers of spare memory may contradict Apple specifications because they want to sell memory. Their guarantees that you can exceed the specs are not not trustworthy. Although the memory of out-of-spec worked, it may not work after the OS upgrade, or you may not upgrade at all.

Make sure all of your most important third-party software are up-to-date and compatible with the current OS x Very old versions of Microsoft and Adobe applications, for example, may not be compatible. The Web site is the best source for this information. Incompatible third-party software is the cause of almost all the problems with the OS X updates.

Finally, to save all the data and make sure you know how to restore if the results of the upgrade are not to your liking.

If you have a with a sufficient capacity storage device, you can copy the boot on it volume in disk utility, then starts him and setting level. So, if you don't like the results, all you have to do is change the setting in the startup disk preferences pane and restart. For more information, search the built-in disk utility help the term "doubloon".

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