Note if you update to 10.11, iPhoto and certain printer and scanner drivers may no longer be available. First though continue reading this tip as you may not be able to get past 10.6.8 without jumping through many hoops. If you find you are compatible only with those operating systems, you may be able to discuss with App Store or AppleCare to get those available for you. 10.9, and 10.10 are not available anymore from the App Store unless you previously purchased it or your Mac shipped with it, however their free updates are still available.10.9 can be taken to 10.9.5, 10.10 to 10.10.5, and 10.11 to 10.11.6.ġ0.6.8 can be taken to 10.11, but not without following the guidelines below to assure compatibility. This tip below discusses how to upgrade from 10.4.4 through 10.6.8 to 10.7 or later.ġ0.8 can be taken up to 10.8.5. While you may need 10.7.5 to upgrade to Sierra, and 10.8 to High Sierra, a few Macs which shipped new with 10.6.1 or later, may be updated to 10.7, then 10.7.5 to get to Sierra, or 10.8 to High Sierra. There are no Catalina (Mac OS 10.15) compatible Macs also compatible with Snow Leopard.

Look at the Mojave tip for more information.

The only Snow Leopard compatible Mac that is compatible also with Mojave is the Mac Pro 5,1 with specific graphics cards. (available again link added on )or via 10.11 then upgrade to 10.13.10.8 users and higher can go to Mac OS 10.13 High Sierra (is still available as of )10.11 users and higher can go to Mac OS 10.14 Mojave.

Their code names will be referred to when the info apply to all versions of those systemsĪs of last writing of this tip, the only available upgrades to 10.6.6 are 10.6.7, 10.6.8, 10.7, and you can take 10.7 up to 10.7.5 Combo, Supplemental update, and 10.7.5 Security Update 2014-004 followed by 10.7.5 Bash update. For individual operating system tips of affected operating systems, see the tips in these links: 10.4, 10.5, 10.6, 10.7, 10.8, 10.9, 10.10, 10.11, 10.12, 10.13, and 10.14 10.6.8 and earlier users wanting to upgrade need to read this tip in its entirety.Systems discussed on this tip include: 10.5 Leopard, 10.6 Snow Leopard, 10.7 Lion, 10.8 Mountain Lion, 10.9 Mavericks, 10.10 Yosemite, 10.11 El Capitan, 10.12 Sierra, 10.13 High Sierra, 10.14 Mojave.

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