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Old 08-27-2011, 07:30 AM
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Hi everyone!!

Alright...I'm falling WAY behind the times here, and need some major upgradeage.

I'm running PT HD 7.4 on Mac OSX 10.4 and need to upgrade the Mac OSX AND PT HD 9.

I can't upgrade from Mac 10.4 directly to 10.7, I need 10.6 somewhere in between, but can't find the purchase download on the apple.com site.

What's the best way to do this? and where the heck do I buy 10.6?

I guess I'll go MacOSX 10.4 -> 10.6 -> 10.7 and then PT HD 7.4 -> PT HD9 ?

Is that right?

thanks soooo much for your help!! I can't do anything much with Mac 10.4 anymore.
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Old 08-27-2011, 07:36 AM
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Hi everyone!!

Alright...I'm falling WAY behind the times here, and need some major upgradeage.

I'm running PT HD 7.4 on Mac OSX 10.4 and need to upgrade the Mac OSX AND PT HD 9.

I can't upgrade from Mac 10.4 directly to 10.7, I need 10.6 somewhere in between, but can't find the purchase download on the apple.com site.

What's the best way to do this? and where the heck do I buy 10.6?

I guess I'll go MacOSX 10.4 -> 10.6 -> 10.7 and then PT HD 7.4 -> PT HD9 ?

Is that right?

thanks soooo much for your help!! I can't do anything much with Mac 10.4 anymore.
Correct me if I am wrong but I am guessing that you are on a power PC mac and not Intel. If so the highest OS you will be able to run is 10.6. You should post some specs and it will be easier to help you with your upgrades.
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Old 08-27-2011, 07:42 AM
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Correct me if I am wrong but I am guessing that you are on a power PC mac and not Intel. If so the highest OS you will be able to run is 10.6. You should post some specs and it will be easier to help you with your upgrades.
Leopard 10.5.x is the highest for PPC
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Old 08-27-2011, 07:47 AM
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Right. My Crystal Ball is at the office but I bet he is on a PowerPC.

After getting an Intel computer, you can go directly to 10.7.1. Get it at the APP Store, which you need at least 10.6.8 to get to.

SL can be found on ebay.
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Old 08-27-2011, 08:03 AM
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actually...

It's a Mac Pro Quad on Intel with 6Gig RAM. So, I'm good to go

PS: What's "SL" from ebay?
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Old 08-27-2011, 08:11 AM
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Amazon still has stock of Snow Leopard DVDs. Funny how the price goes up after it's been discontinued.
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Snow Leopard can be found on ebay.
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