If the machine shipped with OS X 10.6, you need the installation media that came with it: gray installation discs, or a USB flash drive for a MacBook Air. Preferably, install as much memory as it can take, according to the technical specifications.ī. If the machine is very old and has less than 1 GB of memory, you'll need to add more in order to install 10.6. If the machine shipped with OS X 10.4 or 10.5, you need a boxed and shrink-wrapped retail Snow Leopard (OS X 10.6) installation disc from the Apple Store or a reputable reseller- not from eBay or anything of the kind. It's unsafe, and may be unlawful, to use a computer with software installed by a previous owner.Ī. Then find the model on this page to see what OS version was originally installed. If you're not sure of the model, enter the serial number on this page. How you go about it depends on the model, and on whether you already own another Mac. Changes made by Apple over the years have made this seemingly straightforward task very complex. The first thing to do with a second-hand computer is to erase the internal drive and install a clean copy of OS X. If somehow the 10.9.3 is missing something it should have, and that something isn't changed between 10.9.3 and 10.9.4 it will still be stale after the delta update. 'Delta' updaters can only take you from one version to the next. The Combo updates contain all incremental updates and will update files that could have become corrupted.Ĭombo updaters will install on the same version as they're applying-no need to roll back or do a clean install. Delta updates are also incremental updates and are available from Apple Downloads (software updates are generally smaller than delta updates).

MORE INFO ON WHY RUNNING COMBO FIXES ISSUESĪpple updates available from the Software Update application are incremental updates. You can try running the combo updater but not sure it will fix the problem. Just to confirm, you are seeing this on all new folders you create? I'm not sure what file is corrupt. You'll see a blue line around the icon showing it's selected. Click on the image in the top of the Get Info window. To change a folder icon back to the original, do a Get Info on the folder. I'm not sure how you got this custom icon since it only shows up when you drag the Documents folder to the Toolbar. Is this the icon you are seeing? If yes, this is the icon for the Documents folder.

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