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OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard Again Available on the Apple Online Store

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NewImageApple is once again selling OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard on the Apple Online Store for $19.99. The return was noticed by the French site MacGeneration. Apple had pulled Snow Leopard from its site after Mountain Lion was released earlier this year.

This is significant because Snow Leopard is required to run the more recent versions of iTunes that newer iOS devices require, and it is also the last OS X operating system that could only be purchased on physical media.

For users who want to upgrade from Leopard to Lion, they need to purchase Snow Leopard in order to gain access to the Mac App Store.

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wikus
176 months ago
10.6.8 is still Apple's best OS. Lion and Mountain Lion are just bloatware that went through the iPadification process. I'm not 'upgrading' to any new release of OS X until they improve on performance and stability and bring back Expose to what it used to be. Also, get rid of versions.
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RoelJuun
176 months ago
Please add the drivers for current hardware Apple.
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Skika
176 months ago
10.6.8 is still Apple's best OS. Lion and Mountain Lion are just bloatware that went through the iPadification process. I'm not 'upgrading' to any new release of OS X until they improve on performance and stability and bring back Expose to what it used to be. Also, get rid of versions.

Forever on SL is what you will be.

ML > SL
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otherjobs
176 months ago
The return of the last great OS!!
Score: 26 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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Simplicated
176 months ago
Forever on SL is what you will be.

ML > SL

Thank you for your elaborate proof. I am totally convinced that ML > SL.
Score: 24 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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pancakedrawer
176 months ago
the good olde days

This was easily the best update of OSX in a long time. It improved stability and back end operations significantly without messing around with gimmicky iOS apps marketed as 'features'
Score: 23 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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