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Upgrade from os 10 4.11 to 10.5

by bubba_lou Feb 25, 2011 11:25PM PST

My new Ipod nano requires Itunes 10 which inturn requires mac os x 10.5. My system does not have the minimum ram requirements to support Snow Lepard 10.6. Any way to get an upgrade to 10.5 without paying $200 bucks?

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by Jimmy Greystone Feb 26, 2011 12:44AM PST

No, and it'd be far cheaper to just buy some additional RAM and a copy of 10.6, assuming you have an Intel based Mac. If it's a PPC system, then you're never going to get 10.6 to run anyway.

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re 10.4.11 to 10.6

by bubba_lou Feb 26, 2011 1:11AM PST

Main comp is unfortunately ppc. My Macbook Pro however is Intel. Also currently running 10.4.11. I can upgrade that strait to OS x 6 as long as I have neces RAM.

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by Jimmy Greystone Feb 26, 2011 2:29AM PST

Usually, but it's not what you might call a guarantee. The upgrade process really isn't intended to work with anything other than 10.5, but I think nonetheless probably 99.9% of people have no problems. Of course some do, so make sure you have a backup of anything important.

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