

Once you have updated Snow Leopard to 10.6.8 you can now consider if you want to upgrade to macOS 10.11 El Capitan –the newest macOS version that your Mac mini can run– or maybe 10.8 Lion or 10.9 Mavericks.īefore doing further upgrades, however, I would also strongly recommend that you clone (backup or make a copy of) the startup drive using either Time Machine or another backup/copy application such as CarbonCop圜loner or Super Duper!. Then follow the prompts to Agree to the license agreement and then to Restart the mini. In El Capitan, Disk Utility looks slightly different, as you can see below. What Disk Utility looks like in Lion through Yosemite. When the computer tells you that updates are available and asks "Do you want to download and install them?" click Continue. Then proceed to highlight your computers hard drive select the Erase tab, make sure OS X Extended (Journaled) is selected, then hit the Erase button.

(Make sure you've enabled the Wi-fi and connected to your network.) Adds all publications in Apple News+, including newspapers, to the catalog at the top of the News+ feed. Makes downloaded issues available in the My Magazines section of Apple News+, both online and offline. and wait for the computer to check for software updates. The macOS Mojave 10.14.6 update improves the stability and reliability of your Mac. You can download and install Snow Leopard updates by clicking Apple menu > Software Update. You'll need to do that before you try to upgrade to any newer macOS. Once you have reinstalled Snow Leopard, I strongly recommend that you make sure it is fully updated to version 10.6.8, including any Security updates that are available.
