Questions & Answers for OS X Lion (10.7)

You can directly update to the latest version. It will not stop you for doing so.

• Answered by Shahyan A from Bristow
• 2/12/2014
• Flag as inappropriate Answer (Can you upgrade from OS X 10.6.8 t0 mountain lion or do I have to upgrade to lion first?)

I just reinstalled 10.7.5 on a mac Pro 2008 and updated to iTunes 12.2.2.25. This will not work with iOS 9.2. I do not know if it works with iOS 9.1.
I see that now iTunes is up to 12.3.

• Answered by James M from Flint
• 17/12/2015
• Flag as inappropriate Answer (Can OS X 10.7 Lion support the latest version of iTunes (as at 11 November 2015?))

Yes. The 1,1, & the 2,1 can be upgraded 10 10.7.5 with no work on your part. If you use the Chameleon bootloader, you can upgrade all the way to 10.9.

The 3,1 (Early 2008) and later can be upgraded to 10.9 with no work on your part.

• Answered by Harry B from El Paso
• 21/11/2013
• Flag as inappropriate Answer (I'm on a MacPro with 2xQuad Core Intel Xeon Processors currently running 10.6.8 ... can I upgrade?)

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 ?)

That MacBook Pro can run OS X Lion without issue; I've included the base requirements below:




10.7 Lion Requirements

- Mac computer with an Intel Core 2 Duo, Core i3, Core i5, Core i7, or Xeon processor
- OS X 10.6.6
- 2 GB or more of memory
- 8 GB or more of available HD space

• Answered by Damien P from Evans
• 23/02/2015
• Flag as inappropriate Answer (Does it works on MacBook Pro MB133LL/A ?? ... it has 2G DDR2 of Ram !!)

no, you must purchase it for about $20. The only free os i think is Yosemite on the Mac App Store

• Answered by Chloe-ann B from St Peters
• 3/12/2014
• Flag as inappropriate Answer (is the upgrade from snow leopard to lion free?)

Yes you can.

• Answered by Jon B from Chicago
• 6/03/2016
• Flag as inappropriate Answer (I have a Mac Mini 2GHZ Intel Core 2 Duo, with 2 GB 667 MHZ DDR2 SDRAM purchased in early 2008, can I run OS X 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?)