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<blockquote data-quote="chscag" data-source="post: 1771393" data-attributes="member: 46727"><p>Welcome to our forums.</p><p></p><p>While it's true that macOS 10.6.8 is a very old version, you may run into unexpected difficulties when erasing his hard drive and then trying to install a later version of the operating system. You may get varying opinions on this but personally I would leave well enough alone. However, we will try to answer:</p><p></p><p>1. Never wipe the hard drive without first making a bootable backup of its entire contents. We recommend using Carbon Copy Cloner to an external hard drive.</p><p></p><p>2. No need to partition. The installation of macOS will automatically create a Recovery partition.</p><p></p><p>3. Only one site that you can download macOS from and that's Apple. There are no other legal sites.</p><p></p><p>Again, think long and hard before attempting what the computer store recommended. An iMac 8,1 is either a 20" or 24" 2008 model so the maximum version of macOS that can be run on it is 10.11.X. (El Capitan)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chscag, post: 1771393, member: 46727"] Welcome to our forums. While it's true that macOS 10.6.8 is a very old version, you may run into unexpected difficulties when erasing his hard drive and then trying to install a later version of the operating system. You may get varying opinions on this but personally I would leave well enough alone. However, we will try to answer: 1. Never wipe the hard drive without first making a bootable backup of its entire contents. We recommend using Carbon Copy Cloner to an external hard drive. 2. No need to partition. The installation of macOS will automatically create a Recovery partition. 3. Only one site that you can download macOS from and that's Apple. There are no other legal sites. Again, think long and hard before attempting what the computer store recommended. An iMac 8,1 is either a 20" or 24" 2008 model so the maximum version of macOS that can be run on it is 10.11.X. (El Capitan) [/QUOTE]
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