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1. #SHOULD I INSTALL MAC OS SIERRA ON MY 2010 MAC BOOK PRO MAC OS X#
2. #SHOULD I INSTALL MAC OS SIERRA ON MY 2010 MAC BOOK PRO DRIVERS#
3. #SHOULD I INSTALL MAC OS SIERRA ON MY 2010 MAC BOOK PRO UPDATE#
4. #SHOULD I INSTALL MAC OS SIERRA ON MY 2010 MAC BOOK PRO UPGRADE#
5. #SHOULD I INSTALL MAC OS SIERRA ON MY 2010 MAC BOOK PRO PRO#

For example, if you didn’t chose the All Available Printers option and you later try to use a printer that’s not supported by your original installation of drivers, OS X will connect to the Internet and download drivers as needed.

#SHOULD I INSTALL MAC OS SIERRA ON MY 2010 MAC BOOK PRO PRO#

If your Mac has an active license for QuickTime Pro 7, this option will be enabled by default.Įven though you have all these options to consider, don’t spend too much time worrying about what to install: unlike Leopard and earlier OS versions, Snow Leopard can automatically download and install some software on demand. Check this option to install QuickTime 7 for backward compatibility. However, the new version may not support some older media formats that QuickTime 7 handled with aplomb (see this Apple support document for details). QuickTime 7 Snow Leopard includes a new version of QuickTime that claims to offer many improvements over QuickTime 7. If there’s a chance you have older Mac software that never made the jump to Intel code, you should install Rosetta-although, as with printer drivers, Snow Leopard is forgiving here (see below).

Rosetta Disabled by default, Rosetta is the behind-the-scenes program that lets you run many PowerPC applications on Intel Macs. On the other hand, at approximately 64MB, it’s worth installing just in case you ever come across an app that needs it. If you use X11, chances are you’ll know it. X11 X11 is a windowing system used by some Unix software to provide a graphical user interface under Mac OS X. Next, click Customize to access a slew of available installation options: On the Installer’s second screen, choose the disk on which to install Snow Leopard if you have only one disk, it’s selected by default. For more on why you might want to choose this route, see “Why Erase and Install?” below.) For example, to erase the hard drive before installing, choose Utilities -> Disk Utility from the first Installer screen after rebooting, and then manually erase the drive you can then exit Disk Utility and proceed with installation. If so, click the Utilities button and follow the instructions to boot off of the Install DVD. (The exception to the steps just mentioned is if you want to check, repair, or erase your hard drive, or use other utilities, while booted from the Install DVD. Instead, you get to choose your install options immediately: just click Continue, accept the license agreement, and you’re taken to the options screen.

#SHOULD I INSTALL MAC OS SIERRA ON MY 2010 MAC BOOK PRO MAC OS X#

When you insert the Snow Leopard DVD in your Mac and double-click the Install Mac OS X icon, you aren’t immediately prompted to restart as you have been with previous installers.

#SHOULD I INSTALL MAC OS SIERRA ON MY 2010 MAC BOOK PRO UPDATE#

(Don’t forget to check for new versions of preference panes and other add-ons that run in the background.) Finally, as with any major software update or upgrade, you should be sure to back up before installing Snow Leopard.

#SHOULD I INSTALL MAC OS SIERRA ON MY 2010 MAC BOOK PRO UPGRADE#

Let me also suggest that a major OS upgrade is the perfect chance to check your drives for problems, clean house, and check for updates for your frequently used software. Similarly, if you’ve installed an aftermarket video card in your Mac, be sure to check with the card’s vendor to see if there are new Snow Leopard-compatible drivers you need to download and install. Before you begin installing, it’s also worth checking to see if your Mac requires any firmware updates Apple offers a support article with more details.

While these are the official requirements, I recommend 2GB RAM and at least 10GB of free hard-drive space for a much better experience (both during installation and afterward).

Instead, Snow Leopard provides a more intelligent installation process that makes such tweaking largely unnecessary. Gone, for example, is the old Clean Install option-which moved your existing OS and system add-ons to a Previous Systems folder and installed a fresh copy of the OS, requiring a good amount of tweaking and transferring of files afterward. While older versions of OS X made you decide what kind of installation you wanted to perform before you even specified what to install, Snow Leopard’s installer gives you a single installation path. With Snow Leopard, Apple has streamlined and simplified the process of installing Mac OS X.