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Excellent answer. &nbsp;Thanks! <br />
capreol
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I am running an imac with osx 10.5.8 and experiencing a lot of problems with safari, adobe flash updates, and compatible versions of programs like CCleaner and Avast antivirus. &nbsp;What do I have to do in order to upgrade the osx operating system to a newer version of the osx? &nbsp;Also, the computer has 1 GB of RAM and it is an intel core 2 duo at 2.40 GHz.<br />
thanks,<br />
capreol
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I am running an imac with osx 10.5.8 and experiencing a lot of problems with safari, adobe flash updates, and compatible versions of programs like CCleaner and Avast antivirus.  What do I have to do in order to upgrade the osx operating system to a newer version of the osx?  Also, the computer has 1 GB of RAM and it is an intel core 2 duo at 2.40 GHz.
thanks,
capreol

how to upgrade osx 10.5.8 to yosemite

Mac OS X is the desktop operating system from Apple Inc., found on Macintosh computers. OS X consists of a Mach/BSD-based kernel, operating system interfaces primarily based on FreeBSD and additional frameworks (written in C, C++ and Objective-C providing user interface and application-level services.

Mac OS X

All of Apple's hardware is produced solely by Apple Inc., who determines internal systems, designs, and prices. Apple buys certain components wholesale from third-party manufacturers. The current Mac product family uses Intel x86-64 processors. All Mac models ship with at least 1 GB RAM as standard. Current Mac computers use ATI Radeon or nVidia GeForce graphics cards and include a dual-function DVD and CD burner, called the SuperDrive. Current Apple hardware includes the iPad, iPhone, iMac, Mac Pro, Macbook, iPod and Apple TV. Discontinued hardware includes the Apple I, Apple II, and the Apple III, the Lisa, the Newton, the Quadra, Performa, Centris, Macintosh II and LC series, the Power Macintosh, iBooks and the MacBook.

Apple Hardware

Programs written for the Apple operating systems are distinguished from software created for other operating systems in that it must be approved by Apple for use on its devices, whether it is from Apple (Final Cut, iWork, Keynote, Logic Pro and GarageBand are popular titles), or is a third party application from Parallels, Nuance, Microsoft and Amazon, among many others.