Install 10.11 on 2006 Macbook

[quinman1980]

Hello Everyone!

I have 2006 MacBook 2,1 with Core2 Duo and 2Gb of Ram. Trying to figure out how to install 10.11 so that I can upgrade to Sierra from there. Is there a solution?

Any help would be greatly appreciated. I have tried installing using installer disk.

 

[jav6454]

You won't be able to. Check Sierra's requirements... hell, check Yosemites or earlier OS requirements. Your 2006 MacBook is way unsupported new OS by now.

 

[CoastalOR]

Your 2006 MacBook only supported a maximum OS of 10.7.5 Lion.

 

[quinman1980]

Your 2006 MacBook only supported a maximum OS of 10.7.5 Lion.

Yes this is what I was afraid of. It is currently using 10.6.8. I have seen different hack methods on the net as well but not sure I should attempt any of those methods.

 

[jav6454]

Yes this is what I was afraid of. It is currently using 10.6.8. I have seen different hack methods on the net as well but not sure I should attempt any of those methods.

*Assuming you go ahead with the upgrade*

Let me put this in clear terms, if you do go up to Sierra, you'll end up with a widely unstable machine as the drivers won't be updated to handle Sierra.

 

[keysofanxiety]

Yes this is what I was afraid of. It is currently using 10.6.8. I have seen different hack methods on the net as well but not sure I should attempt any of those methods.

Your MacBook will run pretty poorly on anything beyond SL. If you need the latest supported browsers/applications, you'd be better off throwing Windows 7 onto it instead.

Oh and an SSD. 🙂