Mac OS Version Notes

Glossary

• Universal: PowerPC and Intel compatible

Mac OS 10.6 "Snow Leopard"

• Dropped all PowerPC support, all Mac OS versions after this are Intel only
• Many features based off of the previous version
• Requirements:
  • See http://support.apple.com/kb/sp575
• 10.6.8 image - 2011-09 - on empire.cs - for imacs only

Mac OS 10.7 "Lion"

• Introduced the Mac App store
• Only available on the Mac App Store, not by retail DVD
• We didn't use this because of AD Binding problems.

Mac OS 10.8 "Mountain Lion"

• Only available on the Mac App Store, not by retail DVD
• Requirements:
  • Intel Core 2 Duo, Core i3, Core i5, Core i7, or Xeon processor
  • 2GB of RAM
  • Mac OS X 10.6.6 or later with the Mac App Store installed
  • 8GB Hard Drive space
• 10.8.4 image - 2013-08 - on empire.cs - have both imac and macmini image

Mac OS 10.9 "Mavericks"

• Only available on the Mac App Store, not by retail DVD