{"id":53863,"date":"2013-10-23T12:34:03","date_gmt":"2013-10-23T10:34:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/?p=53863"},"modified":"2025-07-02T01:04:38","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T08:04:38","slug":"before-you-install-os-x-mavericks-read-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/before-you-install-os-x-mavericks-read-this\/","title":{"rendered":"Before you install OS X Mavericks, read this&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With every new update of OS X<strong>, questions and doubts<\/strong> pop up about whether or not your Mac can run the new version, how you can install it, and whether or not \u00a0your current applications are compatible.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/os-x-10-9-mavericks.en.softonic.com\/mac\">OS X 10.9 Mavericks<\/a> has some <strong>interesting new features<\/strong>, like\u00a0Maps for\u00a0accessing Apple Maps,\u00a0iBooks for\u00a0buying and reading ebooks from the Apple Store, tabs and labels in Finder, and, probably most importantly, improvements to performance and stability.<\/p>\n<p>As usual (at least since OS X 10.7 Lion), Mavericks is installed from the Mac App Store, Apple&#8217;s App Store for OS X. You&#8217;ll already have your own\u00a0Apple account, which you can use\u00a0in this store and in the App Store to buy apps for iOS (iPhone, iPad and iPod touch).<\/p>\n<h3>Minimum requirements<\/h3>\n<p>Not all Macs can install OS X Mavericks. In terms of software, installing Mavericks requires your Mac to be running <strong>OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard<\/strong> at the very least. At a hardware level, the following devices are compatible:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" title=\"OS X Mavericks\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-images.sftcdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/10\/OS-X-Mavericks-Logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>iMac (mid-2007 model or later)<\/li>\n<li>MacBook (late 2008 aluminum model, or early 2009 or later)<\/li>\n<li>MacBook Air (late 2008 model or later)<\/li>\n<li>MacBook Pro (mid\/late 2007 model or later)<\/li>\n<li>Mac mini (early 2009 model or later)<\/li>\n<li>Mac Pro (early 2008 model or later)<\/li>\n<li>Xserve (early 2009 model)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Additionally, there are other <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/osx\/specs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">requirements to fulfill<\/a>. Obviously, you&#8217;ll need an internet connection to access the app store and download the installer. The last version of OS X also called for 2 GB of RAM and 8 GB of available space, so keep these requirements\u00a0in mind as they&#8217;re probably relevant this time around too.<\/p>\n<h3>Tips before upgrading<\/h3>\n<p>Once you&#8217;ve made sure your Mac meets the requirements to run OS X Mavericks, there are some things to think about before deciding if upgrading is the best option for you.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Things to check before upgrading to OS X Mavericks.\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-images.sftcdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/10\/Mac-Icons-Before-Update.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"568\" height=\"143\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Are the <strong>apps you use daily<\/strong> compatible? Check out the author&#8217;s website, or <a href=\"http:\/\/roaringapps.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">RoaringApps<\/a>,\u00a0\u00a0a\u00a0page updated daily by users. If you downloaded the application from the Mac App Store, it&#8217;s pretty likely to be supported. But check first! On the other hand, if you need an application that isn&#8217;t compatible but you really want to upgrade to Mavericks, you can find alternatives while you wait for an update that brings your app up to scratch.<\/p>\n<p>Are the <strong>peripherals you use compatible<\/strong>? Although Macs come very well equipped, you may use additional hardware, like external hard drives, scanners, printers, graphics tablets, etc. Make sure your model is compatible with Mavericks by checking the <strong>manufacturer&#8217;s website<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Backup<\/strong>. Backup. Shall we say it again? Backup! First of all, make sure that you&#8217;ve properly configured iCloud, the data synchronization service from Apple. Secondly, do another backup with Time Machine just in case: if the installation doesn&#8217;t\u00a0end well, you can always go back without losing important data. If all goes well, Mavericks will update your version of OS X\u00a0while <strong>keeping the setup and files<\/strong> that you have at the\u00a0time of updating.<\/p>\n<p>Is your <strong>hard drive in good condition<\/strong>? You&#8217;d have to be really unlucky to have a problem with your disk while updating, but\u00a0just to be sure, it wouldn&#8217;t\u00a0hurt to go to <strong>Disk Utility<\/strong> and analyze the disk and permissions.<\/p>\n<p>Try to make sure <strong>the version of OS X you&#8217;re using at the time of the upgrade<\/strong> is updated.<\/p>\n<p>Take all of these factors into account before upgrading to OS X Mavericks. Normally, the process goes smoothly, but you can definitely take a few steps to safeguard the operation. You might find\u00a0that if you want to update as soon as the launch is released, you&#8217;ll have trouble downloading the installer due to <strong>server overload<\/strong>, but the problem will be resolved within a few hours.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Are you going to upgrade to OS X Mavericks ? Do you have any questions before you update?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><em>Original article by <a href=\"http:\/\/articulos.softonic.com\/editor\/jose-maria-lopez\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda L\u00f3pez<\/a>, published on <a href=\"http:\/\/articulos.softonic.com\/antes-de-instalar-os-x-mavericks\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Softonic ES<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With every new update of OS X, questions and doubts pop up about whether or not your Mac can run the new version, how you can install it, and whether or not \u00a0your current applications are compatible. OS X 10.9 Mavericks has some interesting new features, like\u00a0Maps for\u00a0accessing Apple Maps,\u00a0iBooks for\u00a0buying and reading ebooks from &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/before-you-install-os-x-mavericks-read-this\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Before you install OS X Mavericks, read this&#8230;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2040,"featured_media":53867,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-53863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53863","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2040"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53863"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53863\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":331934,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53863\/revisions\/331934"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53863"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=53863"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=53863"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=53863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}