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<blockquote data-quote="RadDave" data-source="post: 1748086" data-attributes="member: 234411"><p>Thanks for giving your specs - you still need to provide your drive capacity and how much storage is free (check using 'About This Mac' -> 'Storage').</p><p></p><p>One likely issue is in bold above, i.e. only 2 GB RAM which is just not going to handle the more modern macOS versions, such as El Capitan or Sierra - your computer seems to be the one below (although the CPU is stated to be Duo Core) - the source is the <a href="http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/imac/specs/imac-core-2-duo-2.66-20-inch-aluminum-early-2009-specs.html" target="_blank">EveryMac Website</a> - check the link for all of your specs - RAM can be increased to 8 GB, which likely will be recommended, although your computer is 8 years old and the drive has not yet been addressed. Dave <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p>.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]25834[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RadDave, post: 1748086, member: 234411"] Thanks for giving your specs - you still need to provide your drive capacity and how much storage is free (check using 'About This Mac' -> 'Storage'). One likely issue is in bold above, i.e. only 2 GB RAM which is just not going to handle the more modern macOS versions, such as El Capitan or Sierra - your computer seems to be the one below (although the CPU is stated to be Duo Core) - the source is the [URL="http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/imac/specs/imac-core-2-duo-2.66-20-inch-aluminum-early-2009-specs.html"]EveryMac Website[/URL] - check the link for all of your specs - RAM can be increased to 8 GB, which likely will be recommended, although your computer is 8 years old and the drive has not yet been addressed. Dave :) . [ATTACH=FULL]25834[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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