Questions & Answers for Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard

This will depend on your Mac.

I assume that if you have a 2.1 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, that your Mac is from 2006/2007.

Unfortunately, Mountain Lion only supports Macs made after mid-2007. At the Apple website, search for support article HT5444, "System requirements for OS X Mountain Lion".

However, your Mac will run Snow Leopard (and Lion, if that is still available).

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To find out definitively if your Mac is supported by Mountain Lion, take note of your Mac's Model ID. (Under the Apple Menu, click on "About this Mac", then click on "More Info", then "Hardware"*, and there will be your Mac's model ID. (* For some "About this Mac" dialog boxes, click on "System Report" between "More Info" and "Hardware".)

Then go to the Apple website and search for "How to identify XXXX models". For XXXX enter the type of Mac you have: iMac, MacBook, MacBookPro, MacBookAir, MacMini, etc. You should end up with an article that lists all the models and, for the later models, the date they were released. (If no date is listed beside your model, then do an internet search for "WIKI Intel XXXX". Again substitute XXXX with the type of mac you have. WIKI has charts with approximate dates of release for each model.)

Use the release date, and compare to the "System Requirements for OS X Mountain Lion" at Apple website.

• Answered by Ewald W from Vancouve
• Feb 14, 2013
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If your Mac doesn't have an Intel processor, then you can only upgrade as far as OS X 10.5 Leopard.

• Answered by Robert T from Chatham
• Apr 8, 2013
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Do an internet search for "apple.com iphone specs".

The iPhone 5 requires the following to sync iTunes with Mac:
- Mac OS X 10.6.8 or later (Mac OS X 10.6.8 is the last update of Snow Leopard)
- iTunes 10.7 or later

• Answered by Ewald W from Vancouve
• Mar 6, 2013
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My MacBook has the same processor as yours running OS X 10.4.11 Tiger. I bought the Mac OS 10.6 Snow Leopard from the Apple Online Store for $29. They sent me the SL installation disc containing the new version 10.6.3.
Following the onscreen instructions, I chose the standard upgrade installation option, and let Apple do its thing, which took about an hour. Then it announced that the installation was successful and the computer needed to be restarted.
After it restarted, an information box appeared which said that software updates were available and did I want to do that now. I was eager to see the new OS working, so I cancelled the software updating for later.
I was dismayed to find websites slow to load, and the computer generally acting sluggish, so I decided to let Apple do the software updates. I clicked the go-ahead and waited for about 45 minutes for the updating to finish. After that, the computer worked fine, zippier, and in addition, the OS had been updated to 10.6.8 and Safari 4 updated to Safari 5.1.5.

• Answered by Eugene L from Mill Valley
• Apr 18, 2012
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No.

• Answered by Robert T from Chatham
• Apr 11, 2013
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The server version includes services that you can run to support other computers, including a web server, email server, and a file server.

If the disk is the server version, it will say so on the disc. If you run the OS X Server installer, it will also say "Server" in the splash screen.

• Answered by John R from San Francisco
• Apr 27, 2013
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It looks like you should be able to run Snow Leopard, although you didn't say how much RAM you have. Technically Snow Leopard only requires 1GB, but in my experience it works best with at least 2GB, and more is better.

• Answered by Robert T from Chatham
• Feb 24, 2013
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It is always wise to have protection. Even with Mac's being a low target of viruses. Typically you can pick up a computer virus although, it might not affect your Mac you can pass it on to your Windows Friends/Co-workers. Rather you use Snow Leopard or any other version of Mac OS you should consider an antivirus software. However, I would not rush out in panic.

• Answered by Kevin M from Atlanta
• Oct 20, 2009
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