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Clean upgrade 10.6.8 to sierra on iMac 9,1
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Two part process. OS 10.6.8 can not upgrade directly to Sierra (10.12). You have to upgrade to El Capitan (10.11) first. Then after that is complete you can upgrade to Sierra.
EDIT: The minimum OS you need to update to Sierra is 10.7. You can still purchase OS 10.7 & 10.8 from Apple, but OS 10. 9 and 10.10 are no longer available from Apple unless you have previously "Purchased" (downloaded) them. 10.11 is still available from Apple for people like you that have 10.6.
EDIT: The minimum OS you need to update to Sierra is 10.7. You can still purchase OS 10.7 & 10.8 from Apple, but OS 10. 9 and 10.10 are no longer available from Apple unless you have previously "Purchased" (downloaded) them. 10.11 is still available from Apple for people like you that have 10.6.
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That's right. And the version of el capitan to use is the one which is still available on the mac app store at https://itunes.apple.com/app/os-x-el-capitan/id1147835434?mt=12
