I have a core solo Mac mini that was being used as an HTPC up until now. It's the only Mac I have, so I thought I might try to salvage it to do some iOS development. For that I wanted to upgrade to Lion and XCode 4. Apparently Lion will not install on a core solo, it requires at least a core 2 duo. I'd be happy to use Snow Leopard, but XCode 4 refuses to install on anything but Lion. How can I trick Lion into installing on this old Mac mini?
Or maybe is there some way to trick XCode 4.1 to installing on Snow Leopard?
Best Answer
You absolutely can't. Core Solo is a 32bit CPU, and Lion requires 64bit.