Questions & Answers for OS X Lion (10.7)

Go to 10.7.5. As I understand it. Once you are there you can go to 10.11 - El Capitain for free. Like you, I am stuck on 10.6.8 and seems that in order to continue to get upgrades on software i run i need to upgrade.

I am not a professional computer consultant although I have been using Macs for over 25 years.

Be sure to back up your computer to an external hard drive or cloud service before upgrading. Use the time machine application on your computer to do this. It is very self explanitory.

Good luck.

• Answered by Dean H from Scottsdale
• 9/05/2017
• Flag as inappropriate Answer (What is the upgrade I need for my IMAC which already was upgraded to snow leopard OSX 10.6.8? I was guessing that OSX Lion would be good,which one?)

You can run Mac OS X 10.7.5 :)

• Answered by Owen A from Taroona
• 13/12/2013
• Flag as inappropriate Answer (What levels of OSX can I upgrade if I have a black macbook? I am currently running 10.6.8)

According to Playstation's website, these are the following requirements to use Remote Play on your Mac:

Mac

A computer with either of the following operating systems.
OS X Yosemite
OS X El Capitan
Intel Core i5-520M Processor 2.40 GHz or faster
40 MB or more of available storage
2 GB or more of RAM
USB port

I don't believe your Macbook Pro will support it.

• Answered by Erik S
• 27/08/2016
• Flag as inappropriate Answer (i want to use remote play with my playstation 4 on my 2007 macbook pro is this possible with os x lion 10.7)

You must be running 10.6.6 Snow Leopard to be able to upgrade to Lion.

To get Snow Leopard, you must purchase it the DVD (search "OS X Snow Leopard") from the Apple online store, and install it first.

You will then be able to use this utility to upgrade to Lion (v 10.7)


I would ensure your Mac is capable of running Lion first though, before spending any money!

• Answered by Ross Q
• 13/01/2014
• Flag as inappropriate Answer (i have mac OS X 10.5.8 if i buy this software to what version i can upgrade it ?)

No, you should be able to upgrade without these details. However you may use the serial number or precise model details to check online that your laptop will be compatible.

• Answered by Brian M
• 14/03/2015
• Flag as inappropriate Answer (Do I need any info or serial numbers to upgrade to Lion - a friend gave me a laptop with OS X 10.6.8 already on it and I want to upgrade to Lion.)

3.5 GB

• Answered by Alex M from Buenos Aires
• 29/05/2014
• Flag as inappropriate Answer (what file size is the 10.7 download?)

No. Everything after Leopard is incompatible with your mac.
Snow Leopard and everything after don't support Power PC's (G5 etc...).

• Answered by Diana R from Port Coquitlam
• 25/01/2014
• Flag as inappropriate Answer (powermac compatibility)

Apparently we have the same computer, it would run mavericks were it not for the 32 bit GPU
so to answer your question, yeah.

• Answered by Dal C
• 23/06/2014
• Flag as inappropriate Answer (Can i install OS X Lion on a late 2006 imac?)