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From: Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
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Subject: Re: old iMac OS upgrade advice
Date: 30 May 2017 17:27:04 GMT
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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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