2009 iMac - upgrade...
 

[Closed] 2009 iMac - upgrade to OS X El Capitan.......

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..... or stick with Yosemite?

Tis a 2009 model with a 3.06 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo processor and 4GB of RAM.

Mostly used for web browsing, editing photos and putting movies together with iMovie.

Upgrade or not?

Ta in advance.


 
Posted : 04/12/2015 2:17 pm
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No idea but back EVERYTHING up - so many stories of people losing stuff. MiL lost three years of photos...


 
Posted : 04/12/2015 5:35 pm
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Yeah the photos thing is a bummer. The change from iphoto to photo wasn't smooth for us either.

I took a time machine backup and to another drive all my music and photos just by copying the files.

Good luck if you try it. BTW we're on a much newer machine...


 
Posted : 04/12/2015 5:42 pm
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It now works for me with the same model and spec as you although my HD has being dying for a few months now so I swapped out my original HD to a new 250gb SSD and dumped ALL my files on to the cloud so effectively all the SSD has on it is the system. Runs VERY fast now!


 
Posted : 04/12/2015 5:44 pm
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Works well in mine of that era once I'd sorted out the completely screwed up keychain.


 
Posted : 04/12/2015 5:45 pm
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I'd upgrade to 8Gb and go for it. My 2010 Mac Book works a treat with El Capitan now it's 8Gb, I had no issue upgrading.


 
Posted : 04/12/2015 6:00 pm
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Cheers all.

I'm thinking of maxing the RAM to 16GB before upgrading BTW.


 
Posted : 04/12/2015 6:16 pm
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Upgrade.

You'll still have iphoto.


 
Posted : 04/12/2015 6:17 pm