hi everyone. i am running osx 10.6.8 on a macbook that i bought 5 years ago. i am trying to get adobe lightroom to use for editing pictures but it appears that this operating system "no longer is supported" which is pretty bogus considering i payed 1100 dollars for this thing only 5 years ago and now I can't even run this program, but thats beside the point. so, i'm assuming i have to do the yosemite upgrade, and i'm wondering how much that costs. also i was told this 5 year old macbook doesn't have the ram to support yosemite, and i'm wondering if thats true, because if it is thats another $120 i have to spend just to upgrade the ram so i can run the new OS. so my main questions are A) how much does it cost to get yosemite? and B)does a 5 year old macbook with osx 10.6.8 need to have the ram update in order to run yosemite? if i could get some clarification i would greatly appreciate it. thanks in advance! cheers
upgrade to yosemite?
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Yosemite is a free upgrade from Snow Leopard (10.6.8), however, without knowing the exact model MacBook you have (year and model) there's no way to know how much memory can be installed.
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Five years is about the typical replacement time for a Mac, and you seem to be discovering why.
A MacBook was never a strong choice for trying to run Lightroom (any version). Lightroom is a professional-level program, which general requires pro- or prosumer-level equipment. The MacBook is a "consumer" or "student" class device, with limited graphics capability, limited RAM expandability and usually a slower processor than the next level up, the MacBook Pro.
If you can upgrade the RAM past the usual 2-4GB most MacBooks are limited to, and can thus upgrade to Yosemite and run it smoothly, then you can run the current version of Lightroom on that machine.
But in all honesty, at five years old it may not be worth the price of the upgrading you'll want to do to get the best experience. I'd suggest selling it and moving up to something newer (I'm running it beautifully on a mid-2012 MacBook Pro with 16GB of RAM) -- indeed I got rid of my 2009 MBP for precisely this reason, it lacked a sufficient graphic card and RAM expandability to accommodate the latest software I wanted to use).
A MacBook was never a strong choice for trying to run Lightroom (any version). Lightroom is a professional-level program, which general requires pro- or prosumer-level equipment. The MacBook is a "consumer" or "student" class device, with limited graphics capability, limited RAM expandability and usually a slower processor than the next level up, the MacBook Pro.
If you can upgrade the RAM past the usual 2-4GB most MacBooks are limited to, and can thus upgrade to Yosemite and run it smoothly, then you can run the current version of Lightroom on that machine.
But in all honesty, at five years old it may not be worth the price of the upgrading you'll want to do to get the best experience. I'd suggest selling it and moving up to something newer (I'm running it beautifully on a mid-2012 MacBook Pro with 16GB of RAM) -- indeed I got rid of my 2009 MBP for precisely this reason, it lacked a sufficient graphic card and RAM expandability to accommodate the latest software I wanted to use).
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Considering that many of us had to buy a new computer every year or two throughout the 90's and early 00's if we wanted to run that new piece of software that just came out, 5 years is really quite a respectable run for a computer.
Not sure why you feel Adobe should keep putting out new software to support an OS that is 4 versions behind the most current, but if you want to keep that old version of OS X...
You can also get an older version of Lightroom. Lightroom 3 and 4 will run under OS X 10.6 and only require 2 GB RAM. More is better.
However, providing your Mac specs would significantly help those assisting in guiding you toward making the best decision for you.
Not sure why you feel Adobe should keep putting out new software to support an OS that is 4 versions behind the most current, but if you want to keep that old version of OS X...
You can also get an older version of Lightroom. Lightroom 3 and 4 will run under OS X 10.6 and only require 2 GB RAM. More is better.
However, providing your Mac specs would significantly help those assisting in guiding you toward making the best decision for you.
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