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<blockquote data-quote="krs" data-source="post: 1841207" data-attributes="member: 67742"><p>There is a bit of incorrect information in this thread.</p><p>:</p><p></p><p>Not true - you can update directly from 10.6.8 to ElCapitan</p><p></p><p></p><p>Also not true - El Capitan is available from Apple for any Mac where El Capitan is the latest macOS that Mac supports - and your iMac is one of those</p><p></p><p>I see two potential problems:</p><p></p><p>One is that your El Capitan macOS may be corrupt because of the very long download - I think you mentioned 14 hours which probably means dial-up.</p><p>You should be able to verify that the installer you have is not corrupt.</p><p></p><p>The other is that the amount of hard space at 8.8 GB I think is marginal.</p><p>The ElCapitan installer is just over 6 GB and it will fit on a 8 GB USB flash drive, but it may require more than 8 GB during the installation process - it would be good if you could free up a total of at least 12GB on your hard drive.</p><p></p><p>There was a recent thread a bit similar to this one that might give you a bit more insight on upgrades to El Capitan</p><p><a href="https://www.mac-forums.com/forums/macos-operating-system/354728-el-capitan-2009-mbp-stuff.html" target="_blank">El Capitan on Early 2009 MBP and other stuff</a></p><p></p><p>PS: I just came across this article - they claim you need at least 8.8 GB to just install ElCapitan - more to run it</p><p><a href="https://www.lifewire.com/os-ex-el-capitan-minimum-requirements-2259938" target="_blank">OS X El Capitan Minimum Requirements</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="krs, post: 1841207, member: 67742"] There is a bit of incorrect information in this thread. : Not true - you can update directly from 10.6.8 to ElCapitan Also not true - El Capitan is available from Apple for any Mac where El Capitan is the latest macOS that Mac supports - and your iMac is one of those I see two potential problems: One is that your El Capitan macOS may be corrupt because of the very long download - I think you mentioned 14 hours which probably means dial-up. You should be able to verify that the installer you have is not corrupt. The other is that the amount of hard space at 8.8 GB I think is marginal. The ElCapitan installer is just over 6 GB and it will fit on a 8 GB USB flash drive, but it may require more than 8 GB during the installation process - it would be good if you could free up a total of at least 12GB on your hard drive. There was a recent thread a bit similar to this one that might give you a bit more insight on upgrades to El Capitan [URL="https://www.mac-forums.com/forums/macos-operating-system/354728-el-capitan-2009-mbp-stuff.html"]El Capitan on Early 2009 MBP and other stuff[/URL] PS: I just came across this article - they claim you need at least 8.8 GB to just install ElCapitan - more to run it [url=https://www.lifewire.com/os-ex-el-capitan-minimum-requirements-2259938]OS X El Capitan Minimum Requirements[/url] [/QUOTE]
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