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How to #Upgrade your #MacBook’s #macOS from #SnowLeopard to #ElCapitan in #30mins

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Upgrading macOS 10.6 Snow Leopard to El Capitan 10.11. As an initial step for upgrading older OS to MacOS Sierra. If you want to dust off your old MacBook, this is the life saver step or you might earn a better price if you do this before re-selling it.

Note: Before you proceed with this OS upgrade backup is definitely recommended as incase of system crash or upgrade failure you would need to revert to clean install or system restore. You can buy an external hdd drive and use time machine to backup your files. Time machine is a great tool available in macOS for easily backing up and restoring of your files using an external hard drive.

1TB External Hard Drive HDD –

What is Snow Leopard ?
It’s not slow leopard. lol !!.. Around Seven years back Apple named one of its major release of Mac OS X as Snow Leopard.

Why to Upgrade your macOS?
Upgrade to the latest version of macOS will provide you the strongest security and latest features.

App store URL to get El Capitan – https://apps.apple.com/app/os-x-el-capitan/id1147835434?ls=1&mt=12

Visit the Apple Support URL below for further details about Upgrading your OS X El Capitan.
https://support.apple.com/en-in/HT206886

Below is the list of devices supported for this upgrade:
MacBook introduced in early 2009 or later, plus MacBook (13-inch, Aluminum, Late 2008)
MacBook Air introduced in late 2008 or later
MacBook Pro introduced in mid 2007 or later
Mac mini introduced in early 2009 or later
iMac introduced in mid 2007 or later
Mac Pro introduced in early 2008 or later
Xserve models introduced in early 2009

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Post Installation Experience:
Upgrading OS version from 10.6 for MacBook 2009 there isn’t any noticeable performance dip. Upgrading the operating system will require lots of Hard disks read/write so the risk of hard drive crashing is there depending on how old is your device and its condition.

For more on this topic visit my blog post here – https://practicalflex.blogspot.com/2020/06/how-to-upgrade-your-macbooks-macos-from.html

For MacBook (13-inch, Aluminum, Late 2008) you can upgrade to OS X Yosemite. Otherwise you can try to run the latest software on your MacBook by dual booting another OS like Linux Mint or Windows 7. Check this link for instructions on how to do this – https://www.lifewire.com/install-linux-mint-4173111.

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  3. Hi there for all who want to update still 10 years later: i could not use safari properly. So make shure you open in safari the direct download link which is provided by apple. Just type or post the address provided. You will see it with newer browsers in your smartphone by example.

  11. Thanks YouTube Community for 99K views on this video. Looking to cross 100K in next few days.. Please also support me to reach 500+ likes. Thanks !!

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  16. I have Macbook Early 2008 4,1 2gb ram 2.4ghz intel core 2duo , I tryed to install From Installer which i found in Apple support , but while i try to install it says "it cant be installed in this Version of Mac" why ? my OS is 10.6.8 Snow Leopard.

  27. Hi I have a MacBook 2008 4,1 with 6 Gb of RAM and 256 Gb of SSD. It currently runs Lion 10.7.5. Which is the highest patched version of OS X that will be supported by my MacBook? Thanks.

  36. did not work for me. I have mac os x snow leopard. whenever i check the software update, it always says that it is up to date. and when I followed your tutorials and tried to download el capitan, there was a pop up that says i can't get the update. plase help

  39. hey bro ! i have OS 10.6.8 and i wna update but appstore didnt work.can i make bootable USB with other laptops or with my laptop, download the os x capitan from 3rd parties. plz help.thanks in advance

  41. hi i have macbook pro 2009 but i having a hard time to update it my current os is 10.6.8 snow leopard i already do the update button but it says that already up to date what should i do ? looking forward to you rply thanks in advance

  42. Thanks, everyone for 50K+ views. Please keep liking this video and subscribing to this channel so that this video get listed up in the searches and others can find this easily as well. Also, do share this with your friends to let them know how to upgrade their Mac.