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== Before installation ==
{{man tip|Apple ''macOS versions''|*Gramps 5.0 requires Mac OS X 10.9 (Mavericks) and later.
*Gramps 5.1 requires Mac OS X 10.10 (Yosemite) and later.
*Gramps 6.0 requires macOS 11.0 (Big Sur) and later.<br>(5-year support window for the macOS dependencies)}}
;'''Back up your databases:''': If you're using Time Machine, that's already taken care of. (You do test your Time Machine backups periodically, right?) But it doesn't hurt to have a spare copy set aside before starting up a new version. If you've been using the Gtk-OSX build, version 3.2.4 or later, just copy <code>Library/Application Support/gramps/grampsdb</code>. (Right click/option click and select "Make a copy" from the menu. It will be named <code>grampsdb(2)</code>.
