What to do before upgrading to apples os x mavericks. Macbook air late 2008 or later models mac mini early 2009 models and later xserve 2008 and later models mac pro early 2008 models first and foremost, all imacs from the mid2007 model and onwards will support os x mavericks. Apple did make a number of changes under the hood to improve performance and efficiency. Os x mavericks was announced on june 10, 20, at wwdc 20, and was released on october 22, 20 worldwide the update emphasized battery life, finder improvements, other improvements for power users, and. Installing os x mavericks on my macbook late 2009 youtube. Now is the time to install the operating system so your dead computer can come back to life. The list of machines that can run yosemite is actually the same list as mavericks, so with your 8gb ram i guess you can enjoy os x 10. Macbook inch aluminum, late 2008, inch, early 2009 oder neuer. Use the mac operating system that came with your mac, or a compatible newer version if you try to use an incompatible macos, your mac might not finish starting up, or it might behave unexpectedly. Heres the full list of macs and os x mavericks compatibility. In the last chapter you wiped your data clean from the laptop.
New osx comes with great features which we are longing for these days. This video is actually a couple years old hence why os x mavericks is installed and not something newer. Os x mavericks boot installrecovery image installed onto a bootable dvd disk. Appleinsider has provided the following list of what they say is maverickscompatible mac hardware, it should be noted the initial list matches the supported list from 10. Macbook pro youll need to have either a inch from mid2009, 15inch from. If you try to start up your mac from a hard disk, network volume, or time machine backup that contains an incompatible version or build of macos. On october 22, 20 announced that os x mavericks, the 10th major release of the worlds most advanced desktop operating system, is available for free from the mac app store. Before you upgrade, we recommend that you back up your mac. Os x mavericks compatibility with 2009 ma apple community. Mac mini introduced in early 2009 or later imac introduced in mid 2007 or later mac pro introduced in early 2008 or later xserve models introduced in early 2009. Over the course of the past decade, weve seen many changes to os x some iterative, some significant.
See how efficiently the ram and cpu performs when i have over apps running simultaneously, on 10. In short, if your mac runs sierra today, then it can handle high sierra because apple has not restricted the list of compatible macs. All macbook airs, macbook pros, mac minis, and mac pros are accepted provided they are from 2010 or later. See apple and the goto fail bug for information on updating mavericks. Wwdc 20 apple showed their new operating system for the mac. If your mac isnt compatible with os x yosemite, the installer will let. Unable to boot into recovery mode on mavericks mid 2009 17.
Both were upgraded to 8gb ram several years ago, i think when we had lion on them. The new os x mavericks will run on the same set of mac desktops and notebooks as os x mountain lion, but ios 7 will drop support for iphone 3gs, the 2009 smartphone supported by the current ios 6. In the case of snow leopard you will be sent a physical. The machine is too slow, probably because the memory is just 2gb. Apple announces compatibility of this os with macbooks and imacs from 2009 or later. How to make a bootable mavericks install drive macworld. New mac os x named out of cat family which is called mavericks.
Im considering downgrading it back to its original os, which was snow leopard. If youre using macos mojave, choose apple menu system preferences, then click software update where youll find the upgrade. Ive not had any problems creating usb installers since the first generation of intel macs. The good news is that apple still sells a boxed version of mac os x 10. If you have an imac, macbook, macbook pro, or mac mini model that was originally released in earlymid 2006, the latest version of mac os x your system supports is snow leopard. We also boast an active community focused on purchasing decisions and technical aspects of the iphone, ipod, ipad, and mac platforms. For me, on a fairly boggeddown 2011 macbook pro, the free upgrade to os x mavericks took around 90 minutes. It was the tenth big release of the apple os x line. Now its time to breathe life back into the macbook pro by using your boot drive you created in the earlier steps. Installing osx mavericks mid 2009 macbook pro macrumors. Those who remember the move from the classic mac os to mac os x remember how excruciatingly slow os x. After getting back from the otn nordic tour 20, i figured it was time to give os x mavericks a go im currently using a macbook pro inch, mid 2009. What to do if your mac cant run os x mavericks the mac. Os x mavericks compatibility info and system requirements.
The desktop software introduces a raft of productivity and security features, provides a. Os x mavericks is the newest major operating system release for mac users, versioned as os x 10. Macbook introduced in 2009 or later, plus macbook inch. According to the release notes accompanying mondays os x 10. Macbook late 2008 aluminum, early 2009 to mid2010.
Im running a mid 09 nonunibody macbook which ive had to dual boot snow leopard and lionmountain lion for performance and stability reasons. Apple os x mavericks was first announced in june 20 and was then released in october of 20. How to create a bootable usb drive to install os x mavericks. Its a little long in the tooth, but it has 8g ram and a 256g ssd, so it still performs pretty well. I bought lion from the app store when it came out, but i cant find it now, only mountain lion and yosemite. From what i read online, yosemite doesnt add that much strain to the system if youre upgrading from mavericks. Macbook pro ab modell, siebte generation juni 2009. We had to install snow leopard because new harddrive. This macbook late 2009 with 4gb ram and ssd drive, performs like a dream on os x 10. Apple mac os x mavericks for mac free download and. If you own a macbook laptop or a mac desktop computer, then apples decision to make os x mavericks available as a free download may have you itching to upgrade. At the same time, mavericks was promoted and marketed as a major release just as was the case with the lion and mountain lion os x updates which came before the mavericks. It doesnt significantly rework the user interface like apple did with ios 7, though there are some nice tweaks.
To find your mac model, memory, storage space, and macos version, choose about this mac from the apple menu. Use the mac operating system that came with your mac, or a. Just came to add that mavericks is definitely running better than lionmountain lion did, though it doesnt seem quite as quick as snow leopard and definitely has a larger memory footprint. Macbook pro youll need to have either a inch from mid2009, 15inch from midlate 2007 or 17inch from late 2007 or later. Macbook 2008 or later, mac mini 2009 or later, macbook air 2008, xserve 2009 and macbook pro 2007 or later. Tabs in finder, password chain for browsers, better notifications and more. Os x mavericks on macbook pro inch, mid 2009 the oracle. Mavericks surprising impact on my 2009 macbook pros. Running os x yosemite on a late 2009 macbook white unibody.
Packed with over 200 new feature enhancements and refinements, it includes some very handy new features that will make a lot of mac users happy, ranging from finder tags, to tabbed finder windows, to improved battery life and power management. All macs capable of running os x mountain lion likely. Hello, i have a problem with an old macbook pro of a friend. Mavericks os x can be run on mac pc with a minimum of 8gb of internal storage memory and 2gb of ram. After getting back from the otn nordic tour 20, i figured it was time to give os x mavericks a go. Macbook pro inch, mid 2009 or later, 15inch or 17inch, midlate 2007 or later. Again, only time will tell exactly how much longer apple will continue to release security updates for the now threegenerationsold snow leopard operating system. Late 2008, inch polycarbonate, early 2009 or later. If youre using an earlier macos, use the app store instead. The usb method works on all intel macs, assuming the installer has been created correctly. With more than 200 new features, os x mavericks brings ibooks and maps to the mac, includes a new version of safari, enhances multidisplay support, introduces finder. Laut apple werden daher nur folgende macs unterstutzt.