Photo Credit: Apple, Inc. (Retina Display MacBook Pro running OS X Mavericks) Official System Requirements On June 10, 2013, Apple didn't yet publicly note which Macs are compatible or the minimum system requirements for the operating system, but AppleInsider first broke unofficial compatibility information for the Preview Release citing an. The MacBook is a line of Macintosh notebook computers designed, manufactured and sold by Apple Inc. From May 2006 to February 2012. A new line of computers by the same name was released in 2015, serving the same purpose as an entry-level laptop. It replaced the iBook series and 12-inch PowerBook series of notebooks as a part of Apple's transition from PowerPC to Intel processors.
There are two methods for install Mavericks1. Install Mavericks on empty volume
This is the easy way that you can use for install Mavericks without keeping any backups of previous Mac OS X version. You do not need any backup because you have an empty volume to install the OS. The main advantage of this method is you can install Mavericks download with exiting startup drive while it is booting. Also, this method doesn’t need much time to complete the installation process.
2. Install Mavericks on the startup volume
When you are using this method to install the Mavericks download, please keep a backup of your previous OS file and application data. Otherwise, you do not be able to use those applications and file after the installation of the new OS X version. You need to create a bootable USB installer which has the Mavericks installer software on it.
How do you keep a backup before installing Mac OS X Mavericks?
There are many tools and applications for backing up the Mac OS X before upgrading. So you must choose the best tool for backup the previous OS’s data. Basically, those kinds of tool is using for clone backup. After the process of backing up, you can ensure the process by checking system preferences and go to startup disk pane and booting the backed up device.
Tools for clone backup
As I mentioned above there are a number of tools and application for backing up Mac OS X. But all the tools may not be able to do the backup task correctly. We can name some tools for clone backup.
Mac Os Mavericks
Mac Backup Guru, SuperDuper, Carbon Copy Cloner, you can use those tools for Mavericks and clone backup the Mac OS X.
iMac ( After 2006 iMac versions), Mac Book and Mac Book Black/White (the year 2008 and 2009 upwards), All Mac Book Retina Models, Mac Book Pro 15 inch, Mac Book Pro 17 inch, Mac Mini (2007 or later), Mac Book Air 2008 or later, Mac Pro (2008 or later), Mac Book Pro 13 inch (2009 or later), Xserve (2009)
System Requirements for Mac OS X Yosemite
2 GB of RAM, 8 GB storage, OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard
How to Mavericks download from the Apple Mac Store
Community member Julius Chan has sent us this handy guide to getting a 2006 Mac Pro to run the lastest Mac OS X Yosemite.
Here is his helpful guide.
Disclaimer
First of all, all of the below are regarded as hacks. If you end up with bricked Mac Pro, then it’s your own silly fault. None of this stuff is qualified. You’re building what I refer to as a “Frankenmac”.
History
Part of my day job is building Pro Tools rigs for high-end customers. They can afford the best, so I get to tinker with the latest Avid qualified hardware and software available: “iAshtray” Mac Pros, tank-like rack mounted Sonnet chassis, HDX or HD Native cards etc. All fully qualified, just the way I like it.
This is all jolly nice for my clients, but my own personal 2006 Mac Pro 1,1 with a Cinema display (purchased from a friend for a pittance) sits there languishing quite a few operating systems behind on OSX Lion 10.7.5 running Pro Tools 10.3.10 HD. Bugger…
I’d read that some very clever folk had managed to persuade an old Mac Pro to run Mountain Lion and then Mavericks, and searching the Interwebs, I did indeed find a number of solutions that seemed to require entering a lot of commands in Terminal, creating boot partitions and generally patting your head and chewing gum at the same time. So I decided to wait a wee while until I found a more elegant solution. The wait seems to have been worth it, as I now have my poor old machine running on OSX Yosemite 10.10.2 and Pro Tools 11.3.1
Turn your camera on. The main restriction for a 2006/7 Mac Pro is that it was designed to boot into a 32-bit environment, even though a lot of the internal hardware was 64-bit capable. The clever bunnies out there in the Wild World Webby, have managed to fool a Ye Olde Mac Pro to run in 64 bit EFI.
Things that you will need:
All of the above cost me around $200 US, I had a spare 1TB 7200 rpm SATA drive, USB drives are cheap and seem to breed like rabbits. They also seem to disappear down the black hole that guitar picks, iLok 2 lids and single socks end up.
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I’m going to assume that you’re booting from your old Lion system drive, so go ahead and download all the bits and bobs from the links above. Depending on your internet speed, this may take some time, so make a nice pot of tea. If you’re in Australia, as I am, you have plenty of time to make a nice batch of scones with jam and cream, thanks to our advanced network infrastructure.
Once you’ve finished downloading, place the files somewhere safe, it could be on a USB drive etc
I popped the files on one of my media drives temporarily so I could access them from my old system drive or my new system drive. (yet to be created, mwahhahaha)
Hardware Installation
Open up your Mac Pro, take the nasty GT120 graphics card out and pop in the ATI Radeon 5770. This card takes its power from the motherboard, so make sure you’ve got the correct power cable.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUh0uvUHn68
Install your new system drive, but leave the Lion drive in for the moment. I usually put new, unformatted drives in bay 4… Just so I know…
Mavericks 2006 Mac Pro Upgrade
Reboot your rig into OSX Lion and make sure the new graphics card is AOK. You could format your new system drive at this stage as well. Call it something like “Yosemite HD” or “Kevin” if you wish.
Double and triple check that you’re formatting the correct drive… (Doh) Bay 4, remember??
Software Installation
Open up Lion Diskmaker X and follow the instructions to create a bootable USB “special” Yosemite installer from the big Yosemite image you download before. This is the patched version of Yosemite.
Don’t install the Apple App store version as this does not have ze patch…
This can take some time, so be patient and do something useful for the planet, like knitting a vest for our wee penguins on Phillip Island.
You’re done. I then optimise OSX Yosemite for Pro Tools, turning off mission control, notifications, silly kitten desktop pictures etc.
More Hardware Options![]()
This not a job for the faint-hearted, but it’s still pretty easy to do if you like to get your hands dirty.
I replaced the old processors (dual cores) with SLAED Xeon 5355’s. EBay again, cost $80 US each.
This mod doubles the amount of processor cores giving a significant speed bump. Universal video converter mac.
Videos here:
Conclusion
I now have the choice to boot into OSX Lion 10.7.5 with PT10.3.10 HD OR boot into OSX Yosemite 10.10.2 with PT11.3.1. As an added bonus, my processor cores have gone from 4 to 8 at 3GHz.The new graphics card no longer struggles like the old GT120 did.
Both the software and hardware changes, including the processor upgrades were done comfortably in an afternoon. Download times were about 7 days with our advanced Australian Internet speeds.
Mac Pro 2006 Specs
The main reason why I wanted PT11.x running was for the video engine and faster than real-time bounce as I have recently completed a filum project that required a whole bunch of stems.
I used PT10HD for the editing and mixing, then bumped over to PT11.3.1 for stem creation.
Next thing to do for the ye olde Mac is to find some more RAM and change the Yosemite system drive to an SSD. Microsoft office for mac laptop. It seems that I should be able to get quite a few more years of life from a machine that officially could not run a 64 bit OS or applications. For a machine from 2006, this is pretty cool and I’ve managed to spend under $400 US to achieve it.
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