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Free Mac OS X 10.9 upgrade for anyone who has OS X 10.6 and above.
FREE Mac OS X 10.9 Upgrade from Apple for Macs with 10.6+
LRegChipznGravy on 23/10/2013 - 05:32
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the australian website links to the same page
But what if your Mac doesn't support it and the highest supported version is no longer on the store?
Then it is time to buy a new mbp, macbook air, imac or that shiny macpro
The Macbook exteriors are made from aluminum- not shiny enough for you? :P
OS X was previously a paid upgrade
But Apple has been charging for them. Mountain Lion was $19.99 and 10.7 Lion was $29.99 (US dollars).
"This particular update" - you don't seem to understand - Mavericks has only just been released. It "has always been free" because either (a) it was released as a developer preview, or (b) "always" meaning "the last few hours of its public release".
Either way, I agree this is probably a forum post, but disagree as to your neg and your reasoning.
You could also be confused as to the fact that Snow Leopard (10.6) was a free upgrade because the minimum requirement for going to Lion was the Mac App Store, which was only available from Snow Leopard onwards, hence Apple gave it away for free hoping to entice more people to upgrade to Lion.
Yes, but if for the past few years BBM for Android had been free (if it existed) and then they suddenly made it free then it could be a bargain.
You've always had to pay for OSX upgrades in the past. I'm sure if Microsoft offered the next version of Windows for free people would consider it a bargain, this is the same.
The phrase "keep digging" seems amusingly appropriate here :)
can you upgrade from lion straight to 10.9 or do you need to do 10.8 first?
Just a little look at Apple's website - you know the company that released the software, :)
You can upgrade to OS X Mavericks from Snow Leopard (10.6.8), Lion (10.7) or Mountain Lion (10.8). Click the link below if you have an older version of OS X.
Those who are still on 10.6.8 are essentially getting 10.8 ($20) and 10.7 ($32) for free with a 10.9 upgrade. Hence, bargain.
If there was some magical bargain where XP or Vista users could upgrade to Windows 8.1 for $0 (and not just Win8.0 users) it would probably be posted here too.
Updates have never been incremental. At most you could argue you're skipping having to pay for 10.7. with that said, people stupid enough to still be running such old software to save a fee bucks are clearly idiots.
My memory must be failing me…I was sure there was at least one OS X update where the only upgrade course was the 'obtain' a previous update as an intermediary first.
Oh well.
No one posted Windows 8.1 being a free upgrade, this is no different. Software released as free belongs in the forums. It's irrelevant that other versions were charged for, 10.9 is new and that always been free.
That said, can't wait to upgrade.
Windows 8.1 is only free for Windows 8 users only. Snow Leopard was released in 2009.
Lol wth. This is only for OSX users.
Why bother having rules if their continuously going to be ignored.
You mean "if they are".. thats ok.. no need to thank..
Let the mods decide, that's their role. Just REPORT it if you dont think it belongs here.
As for agreeing with you on it being in the forums, I do, but I am not a mod.
BTW I'm upgrading now….:)
I reported it the same time I voted.
I m still on Lion…how?
Rephrase, if i have a lot of stuffs in my LION, then upgrade it will wash away or will they be kept?
what kind of "stuff"?
Porn obviously.
Kept obviously, but Time machine.
Data will be kept. You won't lose anything important in that regard.
There is the possibility that some of your applications may not be compatible and depending on your model it might run slower. I'm running a 7 year old mini with 10.6.8 and it goes fine for me. Like PlasticSpaceman below I'm waiting a few weeks and then googling for other user experiences before upgrading if I do it all.
Early '09 mini running 10.8.5 here. If you hunt for people having issues with the upgrade, I reckon you'll find 'em. There will always be some people who have problems for all sorts of reasons, most probably due to hardware or other problems that are not directly attributable to the new OS. I'd be more concerned if there are issues that are so widely reported that you read about them without having to look. Anyhoo, although the upgrade should not remove existing user data, the key is that you are mucking around with the o/s and doing lots of writing to disk in the process, so - for example - there is always the chance that all that activity might push a failing hard drive over the edge. You should of course always have backups, but it's always a good idea to get into the habit of making sure you have a good, working, recent backup before doing anything like this. You almost certainly will not need it, but it's good to have anyhow.
I would note that if you have a mac that's a few years old, I personally would consider backing up all the data and doing a nice clean install - wiping out all that rubbish that's built up over the years. Even take the opportunity to use the $$ you have saved on not buying the software and putting that towards some extra ram and/or a SSD to really make the most of any speed improvements… ;-)
Well been on LION for 2 years. So all the files and stuff like that. But i like the idea of keeping some 'po…'
Currently downloading…
My system is showing it as a 5.29 GB download. Make sure you aren't on a small download plan.
Be sure not on a mobile network…
People still consider 5gig big?
5 gig is still big for OS. it is not big when u look at the download plans….
what year is your Mac? I have a 2010 MBP and the latest OSX available before this was 10.6.8. not sure if old MBPs will behave well with the updated OSX or will the HW be too slow to handle the new thing.
what are your views/opinion if you have updated on old Mac?
thanks
- As the installation file(s) get wiped after an update, suggest taking a copy before running the update (eg http://osxdaily.com/2013/06/12/make-boot-os-x-mavericks-usb-… - for the dev version, but process should be similar) so you can always do a fresh install later if required.
- Although not a major update, would always recommend taking a backup of important data first onto an external drive and/or the cloud (dropbox, amazon glacier, etc)
- If you are moving from a much older version of the OS, always worth checking any important apps you use are compatible.
- Personally, I would always suggest waiting a few weeks before updating - let the early adopters encounter any major issues that you can then prepare for if/as required
Oh, this tool is being/has been updated to create a boot key: http://www.downloadcrew.com/article/28018-lion_diskmaker
Sweet, still on Snow Leopard. It needs an update.
Will this slow down my macbook pro - late 2008, 14,1?
Free upgrade, then slow macbook pro, then have to buy new macbook pro… strategy?
Anyway, if I don't like it, I can revert to 10.6.8 right as long as I have backup time machine?
I might want my macbook pro to retire elegantly and gracefully instead of being retired because of slowness..
One thing to note, OSX 10.6.8 is the last OS with a 32b system path, so any legacy h/w or s/w may not operate in an environment above this. Sure, there is the alternative of (shift-opt-2-3) at startup, but I have heard this is not always 100% successful. I know this because Tascam won't upgrade drivers for their FW-1804 :(
but my MBA will appreciate the upgrade :)
Has anyone updated on legacy MBP? I have 2010 MBP OSX 10.6.8. If anyone has updated, what are the reviews?? I want to update to feel the new OS but not sure how the system would behave (after reading the article provided by tonester, i am worried).
I read that it performs noticeably slower than lion, I think it was on gizmodo but can't remember. It may improve battery life by very little though.
I think you will find some more feauture which are good and helpful
All there is new after lion is just built in facebook and twitter sharing, and shoving in Apple Maps and updated safari which no one uses anyway. Not worth it imo.
IMHO I thought 10.7 Lion should have been named "Dog"…10.8 was an improvement stability-wise, as well as restoring scroll bars to wider than 10.7's annoying hairs-breadth. I think 10.9 (especially being free) brings enough efficiency improvements to be worth installing over 10.8, and certainly over 10.7.
This upgrade is a no-brainer if you have any compatible MacBook. Check out Siracusa's battery benchmarks on Ars Technica: http://arstechnica.com/apple/2013/10/os-x-10-9/18/#battery-b…
25% increase in battery life on an ancient 2007 C2D MacBook Pro, and a 30% increase on a new Air. That's just crazy. No need to replace my 2010 C2D Air for a while yet…
probably the time you save on battery replaces the waiting time if the mac runs slowly…
Seems fast enough on my 2008 iMac C2D.
What makes you think 10.9 is slower?
I just downloaded . But have not had a chance to test.
Thanks OP, was thinking of spending my tightly-saved iTunes credit on this upgrade soon; but now I get it for free! Cheers!
Just one question: can it run old programs? I have aperture 2 and adobe PS CS3. Can they still function properly if I upgraded to Mavericks?
Cheers
Curious about this as I also have PS CS3 - after the last update, I found that my version of MS Office stopped working, which was annoying (ended up getting OpenOffice instead, which is fine, but has been a bit of a learning curve).
Upgrade available directly from Software Update and the Mac App Store, awesome.
very snappy, and Safari is quite good now.
Not currently available in AU store but should be soon