Upgrading Mac OS X 10.7.5 search for advice

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Ducal OP

Created Jul ’16

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Hello!

I have Mac Book Pro 17 inch december 2011. Mac OS X 10.7.5

I will be grateful for your help on how I can safely upgrade my Mac OS X 10.7.5 to a higher version because my OS is obsolete and I have problems working with apps, in particular I can't install MySQL, for example, and can't perform other important tasks.

I am not a professional, I am just learning and hence I am afraid to do any OS upgrade without support and guidance from professionals because I need help to make sure I:

- choose a correct upgrade that will improve the functionality and will be accepted by my computer

- perform correct installation and all following procedures

How shall do this?

Which OS shall I install? Does Apple offer free upgrades for my system?

Shall I perform several ones to get to the highest that can be installed on my Mac?

Thank you very much!

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Answer 1

bob133 OP

Jul ’16

Since 2013, in fact, macOS upgrades have been free. Your Mac can definitely support OS X El Capitan (10.11), the latest release version. Just open the Updates page of the Mac App Store and follow the directions for the OS X El Capitan upgrade.

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Answer 2

Ducal OP

Jul ’16

Thank you very much for your answer. I have been told that it is not recommended to leapfrog to a much higher version from 10.7.5. Also do these upgrades require reinstallation of Microsoft Office and other programs?

Thank you!

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Answer 3

KMT OP

Jul ’16

If this is about the OS X public/app store version, those user-centric questions may be better suited for Apple's public community support forums, rather than here in the developer/IDE forums, thanks.

https://discussions.apple.com

@AppleSupport twitter

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