I have an older mac desktop with a core 2 duo and 2gb of ram. It is running mac o/s 10.5.8. It will not run newer versions of chrome and firefox. My daughter needs google drive which will also not run. what o/s can i use to get these programs to run. I was told snow leopard 10.6.8 is what I need? Any help would be appreciated? Thanks!
upgrading o/s on an older mac
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You may want to consider a upgrading to a SSD and 8GB memory before upgrading your MacOS.
I do not know what year your Macbook is but I had a old 2010 Macbook that had been upgraded with a non-Apple 250GB SSD (Crucial MX100) and upgraded to 8GB of PNY Memory. I ran Yosemite, El Capitan, and Sierra on it with no problems and the 2010 Macbook ran very well.
I do not know what year your Macbook is but I had a old 2010 Macbook that had been upgraded with a non-Apple 250GB SSD (Crucial MX100) and upgraded to 8GB of PNY Memory. I ran Yosemite, El Capitan, and Sierra on it with no problems and the 2010 Macbook ran very well.
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Leopard OS X.5 was released in 2007, and the Mac needs certain specs to update to what you are after. Snow Leopard OS X.6 is also too old to receive security updates from Apple and many banks etc will not allow customers access because of the age of the browser.
Leopard OS X.5 was released in 2007, and the Mac needs certain specs to update to what you are after. Snow Leopard OS X.6 is also too old to receive security updates from Apple and many banks etc will not allow customers access because of the age of the browser.
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