How do I upgrade from OS X 10.6.8 to 10.11 or higher?
Hi everyone!
Lame question, I suspect. I have lightly refurbished my partnerʻs A1342, except for the HD, which will be replaced with a 1TB SSD (I know the SATA 3.0 is overkill, but it is downwardly compatible, so Iʻm OK with that).
Installed full 8GB RAM, a new display, fan, speakers, battery, and trackpad. Logic board, keyboard, and optical drive still perfectly functional. She wants to pass it on to one of the grandchildren, but OS X 10.6.8 is simply not going to cut it for their needs.
How can I get 10.11.6 installed on the current drive and on a subsequent SSD upgrade (I want to make sure the A1342 wonʻt get excessively overloaded by OS demands)?
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The best thing you can do here is not upgrade the OS! Leave it at El Capitan. DosDude is fun to play with its not something I would do on a system thats going to be used. The newer macOS's like Catalina really need more physical RAM and the better I series CPU's.
You also have only a SATA II (3.0 Gb/s) SATA port so what ever drive you get needs to be able to support it. Most drives today are fixed SATA III (6.0 Gb/s) and are not downwardly compatable. You need an auto sense drive like a Samsung 860 EVO Note the Interface line: "SATA 6 Gbps Interface, compatible with SATA 3 Gbps & 1.5 Gbps interfaces" It clearly supports SATA II, make sure the drive you get states it like this in the spec sheet if they don't, don't buy it!
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