Security Update 2014-002

Re:Security Update 2014-002 by GFK_of_xmaspast on Tuesday April 22, 2014 @05:24PM (#7630549)

Turns out if you missed the 10.5 -> 10.6 or 10.7 upgrades, you appear to be hosed unless you can find some physical media for those releases, you can't go 10.5 -> 10.8 (never tried ->10.9, would not expect it to work).

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Re:Security Update 2014-002 by mrpippy on Tuesday April 22, 2014 @06:04PM (#7630787)

Apple still sells 10.6 (the physical DVD) online (at it's original price, $20) for anyone still stuck on 10.5. Once you're at 10.6.8, the Mac App Store is available for further upgrades

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Re:Security Update 2014-002 by pja on Tuesday April 22, 2014 @05:49PM (#7630713)

Get hold of a 10.9 installer on a USB stick from a friend with a 10.9 Mac & restore /Users from backup after a wipe & fresh install of 10.9?

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Re:Security Update 2014-002 by coherentpony on Tuesday April 22, 2014 @06:37PM (#7630939)

I think this issue is that it might be the case the hardware isn't even supported on newer OS X releases.

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Re:Security Update 2014-002 by ams6110 on Tuesday April 22, 2014 @07:16PM (#7631101)

Yes they stopped building PPC support after 10.5

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Re:Security Update 2014-002 by coherentpony on Tuesday April 22, 2014 @09:22PM (#7631523)

Not just PPC. They also stopped support certain intel hardware too.

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Re:Security Update 2014-002 by ams6110 on Tuesday April 22, 2014 @09:43PM (#7631578)

That's true. The latest OSX releases won't install on some of the early Intel Macs. I've heard it's possible, with a certain amount of hacking, to get an early Intel MacPro for example to run 10.8 or maybe even 10.9 but it's unsupported.

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Re:Security Update 2014-002 by GFK_of_xmaspast on Tuesday April 22, 2014 @08:17PM (#7631306)

That works but it's not exactly an easy upgrade path.

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