Re: old iMac OS upgrade advice

From	Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.system
Subject	Re: old iMac OS upgrade advice
Date	2017-05-30 17:27 +0000
Organization	People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates
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On 2017-05-30, Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> wrote:
> On 2017-05-30 10:14 AM, Jolly Roger wrote:
>> On 2017-05-30, dyera@not.freeshell.org.invalid <dyera@not.freeshell.org.invalid> wrote:
>>> On 2017-05-30, Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> wrote in <DcidnbCq6ZSfDLDEnZ2dnUU7-fnNnZ2d@giganews.com>:
>>>> On 2017-05-30 10:02, dyera@not.freeshell.org.invalid wrote:
>>> <snip>
>>>>>
>>>>> This is "iMac10,1" with Intel Core 2 Duo 3.06 GHz.
>>>>
>>>> Sierra should install.
>>>>
>>>> SSD will certainly give it a boost and I'd suggest that you bump the
>>>> memory to at least 16 GB if not already there or beyond.
>>>>
>>> My upgrade parts were a Christmas gift, so I am not sure if I got any
>>> memory or just the SSD swapping kit.
>> 
>> You can easily tell how much RAM is installed by choosing About This Mac
>> from the Apple menu at the top of the screen.
>
> Not if the machine has a dead drive in it...

Yes you can. Just insert the Snow Leopard (or any other system) DVD and
boot from it, then choose About This Mac from the Apple menu. You can
also boot from another (external) hard drive if desired.

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old iMac OS upgrade advice dyera@not.freeshell.org.invalid - 2017-05-30 14:02 +0000
  Re: old iMac OS upgrade advice nj_kruse@me.com (Niels Jørgen Kruse) - 2017-05-30 16:29 +0200
    Re: old iMac OS upgrade advice dyera@not.freeshell.org.invalid - 2017-05-30 16:14 +0000
      Re: old iMac OS upgrade advice nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-05-30 12:26 -0400
      Re: old iMac OS upgrade advice Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2017-05-30 15:56 -0400
        Re: old iMac OS upgrade advice JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2017-05-30 16:08 -0400
  Re: old iMac OS upgrade advice Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2017-05-30 11:34 -0400
    Re: old iMac OS upgrade advice christian170401@ghanart.org (Christian) - 2017-05-30 18:20 +0200
      Re: old iMac OS upgrade advice Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2017-05-30 13:30 -0400
    Re: old iMac OS upgrade advice dyera@not.freeshell.org.invalid - 2017-05-30 16:19 +0000
      Re: old iMac OS upgrade advice nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-05-30 12:26 -0400
        Re: old iMac OS upgrade advice Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-06-03 05:49 +0000
      Re: old iMac OS upgrade advice Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-05-30 17:14 +0000
        Re: old iMac OS upgrade advice Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2017-05-30 10:17 -0700
          Re: old iMac OS upgrade advice Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-05-30 17:27 +0000
            Re: old iMac OS upgrade advice Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2017-05-30 10:32 -0700
              Re: old iMac OS upgrade advice dyera@not.freeshell.org.invalid - 2017-05-31 13:41 +0000
                Re: old iMac OS upgrade advice nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-05-31 10:08 -0400
                Re: old iMac OS upgrade advice Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2017-05-31 11:32 -0400
                Re: old iMac OS upgrade advice nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-05-31 11:41 -0400
                Re: old iMac OS upgrade advice Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2017-06-02 11:38 -0400
                Re: old iMac OS upgrade advice nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-06-02 12:34 -0400
                Re: old iMac OS upgrade advice Andreas Rutishauser <andreas@macandreas.ch> - 2017-06-01 07:01 +0200
                Re: old iMac OS upgrade advice dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2017-06-01 09:49 +1200
                Re: old iMac OS upgrade advice "John Varela" <newlamps@verizon.net> - 2017-06-02 01:17 +0000
                Re: old iMac OS upgrade advice Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-06-03 05:47 +0000
        Re: old iMac OS upgrade advice Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2017-05-30 13:37 -0400
      Re: old iMac OS upgrade advice Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2017-05-30 13:28 -0400
        Re: old iMac OS upgrade advice dyera@not.freeshell.org.invalid - 2017-05-30 18:42 +0000
        Re: old iMac OS upgrade advice Andreas Rutishauser <andreas@macandreas.ch> - 2017-05-31 06:44 +0200
          Re: old iMac OS upgrade advice Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2017-05-31 08:47 -0400
    Re: old iMac OS upgrade advice Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-05-30 17:13 +0000
    Re: old iMac OS upgrade advice Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-06-03 05:45 +0000
      Re: old iMac OS upgrade advice Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2017-06-03 09:21 -0400
      Re: old iMac OS upgrade advice JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2017-06-03 12:55 -0400
        Re: old iMac OS upgrade advice Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2017-06-03 16:02 -0400
  Re: old iMac OS upgrade advice "John Varela" <newlamps@verizon.net> - 2017-06-02 01:15 +0000
  Re: old iMac OS upgrade advice Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-06-03 05:42 +0000

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