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• break-in Mavericks in Snow Leopard

  In April, I thought I spoke to by phone 6 Fusion vmware to virtualize my macbook 2009 end pro under snow leopard to a whole new macbook pro mavericks running by linking them with an ethernet cable after the installation of vmware.  The idea is that the machine of the snow leopard from 2009, with all its files and programs (so no need to reinstall the programs), virtualized on a brand new macbook pro mavericks, and I still have a 6 vmware fusion bookmark to a page which, in April, showed a diagram to connect two computers with a cable and saying it will now work with Snow Leopard to the Mavericks.  But now the link takes me to 7 merger with no diagram or information. I'm pretty sure that you can virtualize w / vmware an old windows xp pc to a new macbook pro installed Mavericks, but, as I said, since April, I really thought you could w / snow leopard too.  If no, what with snow leopard "Server" in a way that allows me to do what I want, without having to reinstall everything old software on the new macbook pro?

  Thank you.

  Stu22

  Hi Stu,

  SUMMARY:

  I have a number of programs that will not run on anything whatsoever beyond Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard. I need to open old files, data search, etc. These applications include Eudora (e-mail), Microsoft Office 2004 (which can open old Word and Excel files correctly), X (graphic) of the canvas, 4 final (musical notation) and more. I have run these programs to a guest from VMware Fusion running Snow Leopard Server.

  Here are a few thoughts that may help you when you are considering what to do:

  SNOW LEOPARD SERVER ON YOUR CLIENT VMWARE, NOT SNOW LEOPARD "CLIENT":

  Snow Leopard Server is running as a guest virtual machine but not the regular 'customer' of Snow Leopard version. The license for the 'client' (non-server) Snow Leopard version does not allow it. In addition, VMware imposes this restriction and allows only of Snow Leopard Server. There are ways to hack around the restriction, but why bother when Snow Leopard Server is so cheap? (See below).

  BUY SERVER SNOW LEOPARD FROM APPLE FOR $20 TODAY:

  You can always buy Mac OS X Server 10.6. 3 REV 1 (Snow Leopard Server, unlimited clients license). The price is $ 19.99. Order it by calling the Apple Store at (800) 692-7753 and ask for part MC588Z/a number. not all sellers will recognize what you want and will be able to find it, but don't lose heart - try again. I called and checked that it is always available since last night, November 26, 2014. It comes with Installation and Admin Tools DVD.

  ALL YOUR PROGRAMS RUN ON SNOW LEOPARD SERVER:

  Any program that runs on Snow Leopard 'client' will run under Snow Leopard Server. If you ignore the server components, in fact, there is no real difference.

  YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO CREATE A HOST SERVER SNOW LEOPARD ON THE NEW MAC:

  Some new Macs have problems installing Snow Leopard Server from the installation DVD in a VMware virtual machine. Basically, the Mac OS X 10.6.3 installer DVD does not contain drivers for the latest Mac hardware. If you have problems, you may need to create the virtual machine of Snow Leopard Server comments in VMware on an older Mac, install the latest Apple updates (for 10.6.8 version), and then copy it to your new computer. You must run the Apple updates first on the old machine, so that your comments of Snow Leopard Server will get the drivers it needs to run on your new MacBook Pro.

  CREATE THE SERVER SNOW LEOPARD ON YOUR OLD MACBOOK PRO CLIENT?

  Maybe you have a copy of VMware Fusion version 5 running on your old MacBook Pro 2009. VMware Fusion version 5 is the latest version of the Fusion that runs under Snow Leopard. Create new comments of Snow Leopard Server on the old MacBook Pro, update the customer newly created to 10.6.8 on the old MacBook Pro version, then copy the .vmwarevm file to the new MacBook Pro. (Do not forget to delete the comments on the old Mac after copy you it to the new Mac, if you plan to use the Migration Wizard).

  WHAT IT TAKES TO RUN ON YOUR NEW SNOW LEOPARD SERVER COMMENTS:

  If it were me, I would first ask myself, ' do I really want my EVERYTHING old 2009 MacBook Pro running in a VMware guest? My answer would be, "certainly not!" I would just install these applications relatively little (and associated data files) that will not work on the new MacBook Pro with the Mavericks (or Yosemite). I named a few examples of applications in my SUMMARY, above. From my own experience, I set up new comments of Snow Leopard Server manually - install the applications 'fresh' and then copy the data files on the accounts on the comments of Snow Leopard Server. Yes, this means the set up the preferences for each application, but it is clean and it works. For the rest of your MacBook Pro 2009 applications, get the current versions and run them on your new MacBook Pro "native". Create VMware Fusion folders shared to move files back and forth between your new MacBook Pro (Mavericks/Yosemite) and guest of Snow Leopard Server as needed.

  MIGRATION-RELATED ISSUES:

  Let's say you want to move the entire 2009 MacBook Pro to a guest of Snow Leopard Server. Frankly, if it were me, I manually install all applications and copy all the data. Certainly, it would take a lot of time and effort, but it's the safest way to give a satisfactory final result.

  An automated approach would be to use the Apple's Migration Assistant. My experience with the Migration Wizard was not good. Whenever I tried Migration Wizard (with real Mac!), there were problems. I hope that your experience will be better; in fact, much better (eeek!).

  FIRST MAKE A BACKUP OF THE FILE NEWLY CREATED SNOW LEOPARD SERVER GUEST!

  If you start over, why go through the hassle of installing Snow Leopard Server and apply all the Apple updates, when you can just copy the file .vmwarevm to a backup first? Hello? (If something is wrong, copy the backup file and try again.)

  A good thing: If you have the time and patience, you can try different approaches to see what works. If something does not work as you like it, remove the VMware client and try something different. Here are a few things to think about...

  HOW TO MIGRATE YOUR MACBOOK PRO 2009?

  Let's say you have decided to migrate your 2009 MacBook Pro set to a Snow Leopard VMware guest. Suppose you have created a guest of Snow Leopard and it works now on your new MacBook Pro. Here are some considerations and approaches:

  * USE CARBON COPY CLONE TO CLONE THE MACBOOK PRO 2009 TO AN EXTERNAL DRIVE?

  It's a good approach, but whatever you do will be VERY slow. Your MacBook Pro 2009 is compatible Firewire and USB 2.0. Your new MacBook Pro supports USB 3.0 (also 2.0) and Thunderbolt.

  FireWire is reasonably fast, but I've never seen an external Firewire drive which also has USB 3.0. External FireWire drives seem to have USB 2.0 only, which would be VERY slow attached to your guest of Snow Leopard Server. You can try to use a Thunderbolt/Firewire interface, but then you would have to treat it as a shared folder in VMware and exploring uncharted territory when it comes to file copy using Migration Wizard.

  In addition, I read complaints about the reliability of the Apple's Thunderbolt/Firewire interface. Maybe the problems have been fixed by now, but I don't know that I would trust that I could get a reliable copy of something far greater than a Mac together.

  * USE CARBON COPY CLONE (OR DISK UTILITY) TO MAKE A DISK IMAGE OF YOUR MACBOOK PRO 2009 FILE?

  An advantages of a disk image, it is that when it is copied to your new MacBook Pro, you can try to get Migration Assistant to work in different ways, based on conservation of the Snow Leopard Server prompt if you want to erase and start over. It will take a lot of disk space, however.

  You still have questions and a few tests before. You could get a Thunderbolt/Firewire interface, put your 2009 MacBook Pro in target disk Mode and use Carbon Copy Cloner or Apple disk utility to create a disk image file of it on your new MacBook Pro. (I would use CCC).

  The disk image and the host VMware files can be very large. You have enough disk space?

  You can create a disk image of the 2009 MacBook Pro on an external drive. Use Carbon Copy Cloner (or disk utility), but keep in mind the performance and reliability issues I described above.

  * RUN ON ETHERNET MIGRATION ASSISTANT?

  You alluded to this approach in your original post. Here is a link to a web page from Apple describing the process. Again, I think you will be pioneer territory unexplored here for the rest of us. Good luck! :-)

  http://support.Apple.com/en-us/HT4413

  If you decide to try the approach of Ethernet, then think about what follows:

  -Use Gigabit ethernet if you can. Otherwise, connect the two Macs. If you do not, copy speeds will be very slow.

  -You will probably need Network Adapter of the client server Snow Leopard VMware (VMware guest settings) in Bridged Networking mode.

  -If you connect the two Macs, you have to give (dedicated) fixed IP addresses on the same "subnet". It's three addresses IP - one for the 2009 MacBook Pro, one for the new MacBook Pro and the other for the Snow Leopard Server prompt. Go to the network settings in their respective system preferences. Don't forget to write their first original settings and put things back once the migration is complete.

  Common example IP set for you to use:

  192.168.0.250, 192.168.0.251 and 192.168.0.252; Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0 router (gateway): 192.168.0.1

  192.168.1.250, 251, 252; Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0 router (gateway): 192.168.1.1

  10.0.1.250, 251, 252; Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0; Router: 10.0.1.1

  I hope you have a lot of time and patience. Happy troubleshooting! Good luck!

  Post edited by: vmxmd
  Re-read the post and fixed the truncated sentence.

• Not good at El Capitan Snow Leopard: which goes back?

  Well, I'm in trouble, I think. I have improved my Early 2008 iMac (2.4 Ghz 4 GB ram) machine of 10.6 Snow Leopard to El Capitan (reason: so I could save my new iPhone6s - was not recognized in iTunes in 10.6). What is OS El Capitan somewhere cool, but oh oh oh how it slowed the computer. I am a photographer running Adobe LIghtroom, and sometimes the computer literally stops responding. I need to keep my iPhone saved, so I plan to go back in the OS to one of the following:

  OS X 10,10 "Yosemite", 10.9 "Mavericks" 10.8 "Mountain Lion", 10.7 "Lion"

  It would be great to go back just to one of these, but the #1 problem is that I have never owned one any of them. I went directly to El Capitan in Snow Leopard.

  The next option I guess would be back to 10.6 SL and then upgrade from there. #2 problem is that I already have a SuperDuper! backup my iMac to El Capitan running. I have no copy, what her backup or system disks, with OS 10.6 Snow Leopard for my 2008 iMac. (I have 10.4 Tiger which was for an iMac PowerPC G5 and 10.6 who was for my MacBook Pro 2010. "I am sure that these are useless for my 2008 iMac).

  Should which way I follow to get to one of these operating systems? I would like to buy a new computer, but I would like to find a solution to give at the moment. Should I go buy a system for one of the OS disk, I want somewhere?

  The next question, I've seen a few discussions, is that OS would reasonably execute such as Snow Leopard, but also let my iPhone6s to be recognized in iTunes?

  Thanks for reading.

  Jerry

  Looks like you need to do some third party editing software, because 10.11 works very well on this iMac.

  You could also try to replace one of the modules of 2 GB with a 4GB module and run with 6 GB to see if that helps.

  https://eShop.MacSales.com/shop/memory/iMac/Intel_Core_2_Duo_PC2-6400

• Running Snow Leopard and Mavericks, MBP 2009

  I have a MacBook Pro mid-2009 (4 GB of RAM, 2.26 GHz, 160 HD) which is running Mavericks (10.9.5). I have problems with iTunes (12.3.1) find my library since I copied the files to my Time Capsule to an HD station. I have researched and followed the instructions, but my library, but cannot be found on the disc, and also he will not find on my Time Capsule or other.

  I thought I would downgrade to Snow Leopard, but opening (3.5.1) should Mavericks. Now I think running two Mavericks for when I need to use Aperture and Snow Leopard for iTunes and most everything else, because it seems to play more enjoyable with my MacBook.

  How would be better in this respect? My Aperture library and iTunes are on a 4TB post HD all is supported with a second to 4 post HD. I'm a newb when it comes to such things. I read that "performing two partitions or drives multiple is the best way to handle this and provide most compatibility as opposed to virtualization". Someone said as I could "boot from the DVD and use disk utility to create a new partition on the internal drive. Install Snow Leopard. You can start and then in what operating system never desired. "I guess that means that two partitions on my hard drive or an OS on my HD and the other on the ext HD.? If so, what would be better? Could I put the Mavericks on the HD Ext. and Snow Leopard on my MacBook HD?

  To complicate matters, I live in America where Macs are rare. I know that in my city of 1 million a Mac tech. My Spanish is good, but I don't speak well, even in English, computers and looking for advice or ideas before you have the tech to do anything, thinking that he can just do everything is faster and more convenient for him. I also wonder if I can do it myself, since I have backups Time Machine going back to before I installed the Mavericks, but would probably have a tech do it anyway. I just want to know what precisely I would ask him to do.

  As you say, your options are either have multiple partitions on your internal drive OR install the OS 2nd on an external drive.

  [EDIT]

  If you have multiple partitions on your internal drive...

  • You can run lack of disk space on one or two partitions according to what you save on partitions
  • It is convenient because you do not have to carry another device with you.
  • If a disk fails, you lose the two partitions

  If you install 2nd OS on an external hard drive...

  • you will have more disk space for the two operating systems work with
  • less convenient, because you will need to have the external drive to use OS 2

• Can I run the Mavericks and Snow Leopard on my MacBook?

  I have a mid-2009 MacBookPro (4 GB of RAM, 2.26 GHz) running Mavericks 10.9.5. I wish I never upgraded to Snow Leopard and was planning go back from iTunes (12.3.1) is now unable to find my library when I copied the files to my Time Capsule to a new HD post with the intention that the HD Ext. would be the new home for my iTunes library. I researched how to change the location of the library and followed the instructions but no luck. Many people, including my local tech, have suggested that this is because the Mavericks and editions of the latter to iTunes doesn't play well with my old MacBook and it has been suggested that I come back to Snow Leopard. I'm ready, but use the latest version of Aperture requiring (3.5.1) of the Mavericks, and given that Apple no longer supports opening there is no way to get 3.2.4, which is the last version that can run on Snow Leopard.

  I'd be able to keep the Mavericks and use it only if you use Aperture while being able to install Snow Leopard, and use it for everything? My MacBook seems better to work on Snow Leopard but opening works well on the Mavericks.

  I suppose that if I went down to iTunes 10.7 it would automatically get upgraded to the top without asking my permission, so there is no interest in any downgrades iTunes and it works on the Mavericks as a possible solution.

  Boot from the DVD and use disk utility to create a new partition on the internal drive. Install Snow Leopard. You can then start in which operating system never sought.

• run Mavericks desktop under Snow Leopard?

  Hello

  I have 3.1.3 Fusion running on my MacBook Pro with OS X 10.6.8. I hesitate to take the free Apple to the Mavericks update because I'm perfectly happy with my OS and I don't want to suddenly have a whole bunch of updates of music dear to perform. But I need to do a little test of some sw in Mavericks. So I thought I would create a virtual machine using my OS x 10.6.8 install disc supplied with my MacBook and then let Apple upgrade the virtual machine to the Mavericks. But the merger just sort of recognizes the DVD, it seems - he knows it's an OS X installation disc, but it doesn't give me that versions of the operating system to choose in the drop-down list server (and if I choose one and go ahead, the virtual machine does not start).

  So, my question is, how to get a desktop Mavericks OS on a virtual machine running on a host of Snow Leopard? I don't mind paying to upgrade to Fusion if it is a path to the solution, I don't want upgrade if it does not get me where I'm going.

  Thanks for any advice you can offer,

  Warren

  Well, a lot of problems with it.  You cannot virtualize 10.6.8 copy that came with your computer for two reasons: first, only the commercial versions of Mac OS x (not those that come with the computer) can be virtualized under the EULA.  Secondly, only 10.6.8 Server versions can be virtualized under this particular EULA (i.e. a changed with later versions).  You can buy a copy of 10.6.8 Server edition of apple by phone for about $20 (or at least you might a few months ago, but you can't upgrade the host operating system and have all the baggage of running server.)

  You could download installer 10.9 and create a new machine virtual own from scratch, but there are a couple of other challenges: Fusion 3 supports virtualization 10.9.  You may need to level and later what to do, can not run on 10.6.8.  It is also probably a violation of the EULA to virtualize 10.9 on 10.6.8 (edition of the same server), and it will not work even if your machine does not natively support 10.9.  You might also encounter issues if you have a Core 2 Duo machine (most of the vintage 10.6 machines are like that) - since it has only two hearts and 10.9 VM require 2 hearts are working properly, you'll be starving the host for CPU cycles.

  Since 10.6.8 is outdated and is no longer supported by Apple (not even security - patches if you are high risk on the Internet), one possible option is to upgrade the OS host to 10.9 (even once, assuming that the machine can be improved), upgrade to buy Fusion 6 (or 7 to be released soon), the 10.6.8 apple license and create a 10.6.8 VM (which should have only a single core) for the old programs you don't want to update.

  Otherwise, the only real option is to dual-boot from an external drive or a partition of the internal drive - a partition for 10.9 and 10.6.8 and boot back and forth between them.  This one, you can do with the license 10.6.8 customer provided with your machine.  But make sure you have a very good backup - and no time machine (it was notorious for silent corruption in the pre versions 10.7 and VM backup is not good at all).  I recommend Carbon Copy Cloner of www.bombich.com to create a complete clone.  You might even clone the machine on an external drive, then upgrade this clone to 10.9 (assuming that other software licenses are not violated with two installs of course).

• May my end 2011 MBP running 10.11.5 El Capitan using Back to My Mac to see my 2006 Mac Mini running Snow Leopard 10.6.8?

  I want to be able to access my Mac Mini to the road, but it supports the latest OS is 10.6.8 which was at the time of MobileMe. How can I use back to my mac to access the mini?

  Thank you!

  I suspect that Snow Leopard 10.6 doesn't have access to iCloud, so set up Back-to-My-Mac might be a problem.

  You can use (free for personal use) TeamViewer.com screen sharing and transfer between your 2 file systems.

  <http://teamviewer.com>

  Try the current version on both systems, but if you have you can also get an older version for Snow Leopard system

  <https://www.teamviewer.com/en/download/previous-versions/>

  It is otherwise more complicated for remote connections, to open ports in your personal router, setting up secure ssh tunnels, etc., but it is really something for people who love to get down and dirty with pieces of computer

• Cannot export bookmarks to Mavericks OSX.9 to OSX.6.8 Snow Leopard

  I am trying to transfer bookmarks from 25 FF goes into OSX Mavericks of 25 FF running in OS x Snow Leopard on another partition on the same computer. The. .Html or JSON files generated by Mavericks backup / export features, will not matter in FF in Snow Leopard. Selcting them has no effect. Can't open html files in a tab of the browser in Mavericks or Snow Leopard. Try to open or to import the .html files in Safari or the other operating system does not either - he tells me that I don't have permission to open the file (permissions are verified, they are ok).
  I'm puzzled. Can someone help me please.
  Ernst Gruengast

  Thanks for the tips.

  I tried this, but after a little violin, I found the source of the problem.

  When I create the .json files .html permissions read 'me' as the owner and "Everyone" does not have access. I had already changed this in Mavericks so that 'everyone' with rw permissions. But when I reboot in Snow Leopard under exactly the same user name) and observe the information area for the two files on the USB key, the name of the owner has changed. Always read "Everyone" with rw permissions, it does not open. I had to add another condition of permissions with my name and give him rw access explicit, then it worked.

• is it safe to update to Snow Leopard 10.6.8 to the Mavericks

  My local store thought Stormfront that if I upgraded to El Capitan it would slow down my Imac system upward.  They recommended that I should just upgrade to the Mavericks. Someone else has all know about which is the best version upgraded to that I support for Safari and Chrome may soon finish on Snow Leopard.

  If you have never downloaded Mavericks from the App Store, it is no longer available. If your iMac has at least 4 GB of RAM, more better, El Capitan will work.

  2 places I've seen recommended more to buy reliable RAM are below. I have bought RAM several times to other World Computing and have always been very satisfied with the product and the service. They have instructions online on how to replace the RAM. OWC has also tested the RAM above what Apple says, it is the maximum. Now, I have 6 GB installed on an iMac 2008 so-called beginning limited to 4 GB and noticed an improvement.

  Crucial

  Other World Computing

  One solution is to create a new partition (~ 30-50 GB), install the new OS, and 'test' it. Otherwise as/like it, you can then remove the partition. Make a backup before doing anything. By doing this, if you don't like it you don't go well the recovery process.

  Check to make sure that your applications are compatible.

  Application compatibility

  (2) application compatibility

  Information on the compatibility of 10.11 El Capitan

  Open utility disk, select your hard drive (step 1), then the partition (step 2) tab and select the partition. Using of the / / / to the low blow it upwards (step 3) until the box the size decreases by about 50 GB. Select the newly created space and press the button (step 4). Name it something and choose Mac OS extended (journaled) format (step 5). Then click on the button apply (step 6). Download the installation program from the App Store and when it starts, point it to the new partition. You can make a copy of the installer out of the Applications folder to avoid having to re - download in the future. One time installed, go to System Preferences/Startup Disk, select the new partition and restart. Test now.

• back to snow leopard

  I have upgraded to El Capitan of Snow Leopard and totally don't like El Capitan. It is so slow that I could continue to take a cup of coffee somewhere until an application finally appears on my screen. It is not properly synchronized with iCloud and now I can't even download the upgrades (iPhoto, iMovie) because a popup appears saying: "this update is not available for this Apple ID either because it was bought by another user or the item has been refunded or cancelled".  I want to get back to Snow Leopard, because IT WORKED for MY TASTE.

  Is this possible?

  a restore of backup time machine 10.6 is possible if you have a.

  otherwise you will need the original media 10.6 If your computer came with it to restore it on a new hard drive or a sanding wiped one, there is no lower upgrade path.

  Back up your data before you continue.

  If none of them are at your disposal, we can try to determine what could be causing these issues.

  If you want to send a report to etrecheck here for further analysis.

  http://www.etresoft.com/etrecheck

• OS x 10.9 Mavericks VMFusion 6 unit do not show in the taskbar or detect Snow Leopard Server monitors

  Running Fusion 6.0.2 Mavericks 10.9.1.  I use photoshop CS 2 OS snow Leopard Server 10.6.8 comments.  The software seems to work ok.  Currently, fusion can run on one screen at a time, which is fine, but only 1024 x 768.  Snow Leopard Server recognizes a GPU PCI with 3 MB of RAM in the System Profiler. I prefer to run it in the unit. However, a higher resolution is even more important.

  My specs are:

  Mac Pro 3.1

  16 GB of Ram

  ATI HD 5870 1 GB graphics card

  30 "monitor apple cinema display (in the executions of Mavericks @ 2556 x 1600)

  PE1900 19 "LCD Planar (in the executions of Mavericks @ 1280 x 1024, 60 hz)

  250 GB SSD

  128 GB SSD

  1 TB harddrive

  2 TB hard drive

  Thanks in advance.

  Did you manually install VMWare tools in the comments?

• Mavericks upgrade to Snow Leopard

  Hello

  I have a user on creative and recently updated cloud update of Snow Leopard for the Mavericks. We noticed his æ CC started acting slow and unresponsive and finally fails or requires at least a Force Quit, and then restart.

  I can confirm us has done all the necessary Apple software upgrades as well as use creative cloud Manager to confirm that his æ is fully updated.

  Does anyone know if there is a conflict with AE CC and the Mavericks?

  Thank you in advance.

  Jordan

  Use creative cloud Manager to confirm that his æ is fully updated.

  Can you confirm for me that his computer is now running AE CC 12.2?

  l http://blogs.adobe.com/AfterEffects/2013/12/After-Effects-CC-12-2-December-2013-Update.htm

• Yosemite to Snow Leopard and back to Yosemite

  Hello world.   My first question on a blog!  I upgraded to Yosemite and now can't use some older software to work, so not able to get the data.  Can someone me that it would be normal to return to snow leopard, get the data moved elsewhere, then reinstall the Yosemite?  I hope this makes sense.  There is a lot of data.  Thank you for all your comments!

  Yes, if you have created a Snow Leopard time Machine, you can restore from this backup as shown below

  https://support.Apple.com/kb/PH18846?locale=en_US

  Once you are ready to upgrade to Yosemite yet once, just go to the App store, click purchased purchased tab and download OS X Yosemite. Then once he completes the free download and install Yosemite by following the instructions. I hope this helps!

• Installation 10.11.6 El Capitan with 10.6.8 Snow Leopard on old Mac Pro 4.2 multiboot?

  Looking for savvy here advice...  I have an old Mac Pro 4.2 (cheese grater) that runs Snow Leopard 10.6.8.  It is a wonderful workhorse machine, who served me tirelessly for many years.  It is obviously older and slower, but works very well.  I love 10.6.8.  If Apple ever updated the Mac Pro line (I know, probably not... sigh...), I'll buy one and replace this machine.  Until then, I keep doing this work.

  This machine is a beast, has been upgraded with internal hard drives 1 TB three (he also got a couple internal HDs inherited from 750 and 500 MB used for storage).  I have also several external 1-4 to, hip, FW800 drives too.  A host of storage, of course, and should be a lot of options to start on several systems.

  I am generally satisfied with 10.6.8 on this machine, although there are obvious limits to that.  I would get one or two operating systems newer on it, pick-and-choose between them according to the needs, but I absolutely want to/need to preserve the ability to initiate and run 10.6.8 systematically as my operating system on the day the day, at least for now.  Maybe I'll warm to one of the others on this machine eventually, but 10.6.8 must remain usable, install a newer OS on other readers may not nerve there.

  On a year-and-a-half ago, I took a race to install 10.10.3 Yosemite on one of the internal disks.  This doesn't quite work.  I moved, sniffed Yosemite everywhere, don't really like it a lot and went to restart and him switch back to 10.6.8 for a bit.  Initially, it was impossible (from less than I expected, would be the same old process, I have always used, via system preferences > startup disk).  You can read the details of this experience here and more here if you are interested.  This latest attempt to get Yosemite on this machine was a very negative experience.  Yosemite is still there on an internal HD, but I tried not to boot on it since then.

  Now I take another look at this.  What is the engine now, is that I want to update my iPad Mini 3 iOS 10.  But that (update of an iDevice iOS 10) requires iTunes 12.5.1.  And iTunes 12.5.1 requires Mac OS X 10.9.5 or newer - it won't work with 10.6.8.  I'm looking for my options.

  Right now, I have three large internal HDs: HD #1, 2 # HD and HD #3, each 1 TB.

  HD #1 has 10.10.3 Yosemite on this.  I started from this time and have not resumed since.

  HD #2 has 10.6.8 Snow Leopard top.  This is my main operating system and startup of daily drive.

  HD #3 is nothing special about it.

  Although HD #1's Yosemite about that, I have only started from this disc once and hesitate to go back, at least until I can get a way easy and reliable to restart off HD #2.

  I understand that I can also get 10.11.6 El Capitan.  I thought that installing on HD #3.  That sounds like a reasonable to add option, but again, I want to make sure it won't cause problems to switch back to start off HD #2 in Snow Leopard (such as installation of Yosemite on HD #1).

  What is the best way for me to go about safely - preserve the option to start easily in 10.6.8 on HD #2?

  Thanks for the help!

  If you start or restart now Option (Alt) key and calls the Startup Manager, you should be given the choice at the start of any boot disk OS X on any of the readers.

  See > How to choose a boot on your Mac - Apple Support drive

• Where can I find a downloadable update and secure (from Snow Leopard 10.6.8) for my office iMac?

  First of all, forgive me if I'm not on any computer jargon as you young people are.  And I don't know the details of the operation of the computer.  If possible, I just need simple answers or solutions to my need.  Terms like "segregation" and stuff like which are wasted on me.  I have an old desktop computer Apple iMac 2008 model.  Running Safari Version 5.1.10 (6534.59.10) - I love my Safari.  My computer and some sites that I try to access from time to time tell me that my server is obsolete.  I guess that means I need an upgrade.  About 6 months ago, I've upgraded to Snow Leopard 10.6.8 using a disc that I bought at the Apple store for some time ago.  Recently, I added all of the 6 GB of memory (live RAM) so I have enough memory to upgrade.

  I don't want to take a giant to El Capitan step and risk problems.  I know 10.7 Lion is no longer available, but perhaps Cougar 10.8 10.9 Maverick is somehow available for download.

  Download codes for 10.7 and 10.8 Mountain Lion Lion are available on the Apple Store online.

  If you need specifically Mavericks 10.9 or Yosemite 10.10, go into a physical Apple store and ask.

  Any upgrade of the operating system can cause problems. Back up your data and control your applications for compatibility first.

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