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<blockquote data-quote="IWT" data-source="post: 1699167" data-attributes="member: 83420">KevinOthers will agree or otherwise, but I think 70GB free out of 500GB is approaching the bare minimum needed to run OS X.&nbsp; I'm not saying El Capitan wouldn't run, but the combination of 4GB of RAM and 70GB free space will tend to slow things a bit.&nbsp; The RAM issue is easily solved.There are ways of dealing with the free space such as moving, say, the iTunes, and (in your case) the iPhoto libraries on to an EHD and running them from there.&nbsp; If/when you go the El Capitan route, you will find that iPhoto has become Photos and the best plan is to allow the new Photos app to import all your iPhotos - it does this automatically if you permit it.&nbsp; Moving out these two libraries and any additional large files from Documents, for example, to an EHD will free up a fair bit of space.Then there's the suggestion by chas_m in #4 about replacing the HDD with an SSD.&nbsp; In fact, chas_m made it clear that his Mac &amp; yours are more or less the same machine and he has no problems and is a seasoned user.So there are plenty of options and, thankfully, plenty of life in your Mac.&nbsp; Just some thoughts.BTW, I endorse the Carbon Copy Cloner/SuperDuper! suggestions and they both are really easy to use.&nbsp; There's tons of help here to talk you though either of these if you need it - in plain English!&nbsp; As Rod said.Ian</blockquote>

[QUOTE="IWT, post: 1699167, member: 83420"] Kevin Others will agree or otherwise, but I think 70GB free out of 500GB is approaching the bare minimum needed to run OS X. I'm not saying El Capitan wouldn't run, but the combination of 4GB of RAM and 70GB free space will tend to slow things a bit. The RAM issue is easily solved. There are ways of dealing with the free space such as moving, say, the iTunes, and (in your case) the iPhoto libraries on to an EHD and running them from there. If/when you go the El Capitan route, you will find that iPhoto has become Photos and the best plan is to allow the new Photos app to import all your iPhotos - it does this automatically if you permit it. Moving out these two libraries and any additional large files from Documents, for example, to an EHD will free up a fair bit of space. Then there's the suggestion by chas_m in #4 about replacing the HDD with an SSD. In fact, chas_m made it clear that his Mac & yours are more or less the same machine and he has no problems and is a seasoned user. So there are plenty of options and, thankfully, plenty of life in your Mac. Just some thoughts. BTW, I endorse the Carbon Copy Cloner/SuperDuper! suggestions and they both are really easy to use. There's tons of help here to talk you though either of these if you need it - in plain English! As Rod said. Ian [/QUOTE]

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