Hello MacRumors Community,
I now have a 2016 MacBook Pro with Touch Bar and Touch ID. I decided to 'hand down' the previous MacBook to my mother. It is a MacBook 7,1 or commonly known as the "White Polycarbonate Unibody" for most. So I moved all of the data from the MacBook to the MacBook Pro. Afterwards, I wiped the MacBook's HDD. After wiping the HDD, the MacBook prompted to install macOS Sierra (10.12).
My mother has been a Microsoft OS user throughout her long career in the Fortune 500 business world. I felt it would be wrong to make this decision. I made the decision to insert the disk that was included with the MacBook 7,1 to download the OS X Snow Leopard (10.6). After all, it can always upgrade from this version as I upgraded to macOS Sierra after a month ago.
Despite my mother having an iPad and a iPhone 6 Plus, she avoids syncing her devices despite the benefits I constantly explain to her. I assisted in the set up process to help if asked but avoided intervention. She was double clicking, it was quite comical and brought back fond memories of the first experience I had. Surprisingly, within the first 10 minutes she asked, "How do I sync the Calendar on my iPhone with this?" I was shocked. The other reason I opted to download Snow Leopard.
I told her that it would need to be one of the more recent OS versions, but would require a long process of updating. She was adamant that the MacBook be upgraded to the latest version. So I began the update, which took 10 minutes. I imagine it was a update to a version in Snow Leopard and not a Lion or newer. Regardless, after downloading it prompted to restart. However, the MacBook was not restarting. I waited 10 minutes and made sure it was connected to a power source.
My mother made the suggestion to shut down the MacBook, and I agreed. So I forced the shutdown via power button. I did this update process once more and it had the same issue. I was more upset than she was I believe. Her first Mac impression was negative because of me. I suggested I keep the MacBook for a few days while I update it. However, she declined and said that she would continue using it regardless.
I'm now regretting the decision I made. Though if I can update the MacBook, what would be the best solution?
Thank you, Gixene
I now have a 2016 MacBook Pro with Touch Bar and Touch ID. I decided to 'hand down' the previous MacBook to my mother. It is a MacBook 7,1 or commonly known as the "White Polycarbonate Unibody" for most. So I moved all of the data from the MacBook to the MacBook Pro. Afterwards, I wiped the MacBook's HDD. After wiping the HDD, the MacBook prompted to install macOS Sierra (10.12).
My mother has been a Microsoft OS user throughout her long career in the Fortune 500 business world. I felt it would be wrong to make this decision. I made the decision to insert the disk that was included with the MacBook 7,1 to download the OS X Snow Leopard (10.6). After all, it can always upgrade from this version as I upgraded to macOS Sierra after a month ago.
Despite my mother having an iPad and a iPhone 6 Plus, she avoids syncing her devices despite the benefits I constantly explain to her. I assisted in the set up process to help if asked but avoided intervention. She was double clicking, it was quite comical and brought back fond memories of the first experience I had. Surprisingly, within the first 10 minutes she asked, "How do I sync the Calendar on my iPhone with this?" I was shocked. The other reason I opted to download Snow Leopard.
I told her that it would need to be one of the more recent OS versions, but would require a long process of updating. She was adamant that the MacBook be upgraded to the latest version. So I began the update, which took 10 minutes. I imagine it was a update to a version in Snow Leopard and not a Lion or newer. Regardless, after downloading it prompted to restart. However, the MacBook was not restarting. I waited 10 minutes and made sure it was connected to a power source.
My mother made the suggestion to shut down the MacBook, and I agreed. So I forced the shutdown via power button. I did this update process once more and it had the same issue. I was more upset than she was I believe. Her first Mac impression was negative because of me. I suggested I keep the MacBook for a few days while I update it. However, she declined and said that she would continue using it regardless.
I'm now regretting the decision I made. Though if I can update the MacBook, what would be the best solution?
Thank you, Gixene
