Contact the seller, see how you get along and with any luck, you can have the install disc you need by the end of the day. Like anything else with Craigslist, be on the lookout for scams, deals that seem too good to be true, and the like.

No cost for the upgrade hardware and software costs as needed.Unlike eBay, there’s a little wiggle room for negotiation once you’ve contacted the seller via phone or email, so use this to your advantage and with any luck, they’ll come to you with the product.

Determine whether existing hardware and software needs to be upgraded here.

Put in a ticket to have 10.10 installed.

ITS recommends you upgrade to Mac OS X 10.10.

Instead, ITS will provide assistance with updating to a supported operating system.Īpple’s currently supported operating systems include: Support retirement means that desktop support staff will no longer install or troubleshoot issues related to this software. Snow Leopard was the last operating systems that could use PowerPC (using Rosetta). If so, you will need to get a newer computer with an “Intel” processor. Also, note if the processor says “PowerPC”. Select “About This Mac” to see the version number. To see what operating system you are using, go to the Apple Menu in the top left corner.

FileVault 2 (encryption software) will not work on 10.6.

Cisco An圜onnect VPN 4.0 is not supported on 10.6.

Java 8 is not supported on 10.6 or 10.7.

Sophos Anti-Virus will end support for 10.6 & 10.7 in October 2015.

It is against University policy for ITS to support an insecure operating system. Apple has since released other security updates for its more recent systems, but did not include Snow Leopard or Lion.

10.6 was released in 2009 and the last security update from Apple was March 2013.

ITS will end support for Mac OS X version 10.6 (Snow Leopard) and 10.7 (Lion) later this year.

How do i get mac os x version 10.6