mac app store mac os x 10.6 snow leopard

#Mac app store mac os x 10.6 snow leopard install
#Mac app store mac os x 10.6 snow leopard update

Moral of the story: Apple failed to think through the impact of swapping out the Nano with the latest model, but their support (free) and speedy supply of Snow Leopard (also free) solved the problem. Eventually everything now works again, and Snow Leopard is not so different to be confusing for her, with her limited vision, and she loves her new clip-on Nano.

However the upgrade fails, necessitating another trip with a spare hard drive to back up her photos and itunes library followed by a complete disc wipe and fresh OS install. I persuade Apple to supply the CD gratis – they were very good about that.

#Mac app store mac os x 10.6 snow leopard install

I order the memory from the net and it arrives the next morning so i install it and call Apple back to order Snow Leopard, since it is not available from the store. But her iMac must first be upgraded with more memory. I contact Apple and they advise an upgrade to Snow Leopard is required. The new Nano requires iTunes 10.6 which is not supported on Tiger. But she cannot install it and she has to wait for my next visit. I visit and organise the iPod replacement and Apple, very efficiently, replace it with a brand new Nano. She has a 5yr old iPod Nano which Is subject to the battery recall. Situation: 74yr old grandmother with 6yr old iMac on Tiger, still using it (by virtue of the excellent Universal Access tools, despite her advanced Macular Degeneration). For those celebrating the holiday, Happy Thanksgiving and, as always, thanks for visiting MacDailyNews! MacDailyNews Note: Posting will be limited tomorrow as we spend Thanksgiving with family and friends.

#Mac app store mac os x 10.6 snow leopard update

Haslam reports, “Purchasing a copy of Snow Leopard is the only option for owners of older Macs that wish to update to the latest version of iTunes, required since the iOS 6 update.”

“As we wrote at the time iOS 6 launched, users were finding that having updated their iPhone or iPad to iOS 6 their device was rendered incompatible with the version of iTunes they were running on their Mac, and in some cases it was impossible to upgrade their Mac to a version of iTunes that was compatible because they were running a OS that predated Snow Leopard.” “Snow Leopard was pulled from Apple’s site after Mountain Lion was launched earlier this year, however, following the launch of iOS 6 in September it emerged that iOS 6 required iTunes 10.6, which required Snow Leopard,” Haslam reports. The software, which many Mac users discovered that they required following their recent upgrade to iOS 6, costs £14,” Karen Haslam reports for Macworld UK. “Apple is selling Snow Leopard on its online store again.