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What do I need to do to get a newer operating system? Can I buy/download it on line? I need at least OS 10.7 to be able to download music on my new iPod 5. I have a MacBook.
 

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You'll first need to upgrade to Snow Leopard before you can buy Lion or Mountain Lion. The reason is you must have access to the Mac App store in order to buy Lion or ML and that requires at least Snow Leopard 10.6.6. Call Apple customer service on their 800 line and order it from them direct. It's $29.99 plus local sales tax and shipping. You can not buy Snow Leopard in stores any longer.
 
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Old operating system 10.5.8

Thank You so much for that excellent answer. I will do what you suggest. Thanks again.:)
 

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Before you get too excited.... what are the specs of your Mac? Processor type/speed, amount of memory, free disk space, etc. all need to be evaluated before you consider upgrading.


MacBooks (not Pro, or Air) have to have a Core 2 Duo processor to upgrade to 10.7.
 

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Can I buy/download it on line? I need at least OS 10.7 to be able to download music on my new iPod 5. I have a MacBook.

I assumed from his post above that he has a MacBook. That should be an Intel machine even if it's an older model. He should be able to run Lion on it which is what he asked about.
 

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