How do i reinstall mountain lion? not available in app store anymore.

Went through reinstallation procedure only to find mountain lion not available in the app store anymore. when it asks for apple id login the message states, not available. please help!

If you purchased Mountain Lion as an upgrade, it will always be in your list under the Purchases tab of the App Store app. Click Download to reinstall it.

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    By some reckoning, my MacBook is a bit light on in memory (2GB) for Maverick to function at its best. Some time after installing Maverick, I tried to download Mountain Lion from the App Store but it wouldn't let me. Is there any way I can get the OS which, after all, I have paid for?
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  • Mountain Lion not downloading in App Store.

    Hi guys,
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    I've tried connecting via ethernet to download it. I've checked my Mac specs and they're all ok. I've tried restarting everything and cancelling the download.
    Can anyone advise me?
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  • How do i reinstall mountain Lion after installing maverick. Maverick  is not compatible with FileMaker 13 server. Maverick is now objecting to reinstalling Mountain Lion. Where do I go from here? Help?

    How do i reinstall mountain Lion after installing maverick. Maverick  is not compatible with FileMaker 13 server. Maverick is now objecting to reinstalling Mountain Lion. Where do I go from here? Help?

    If you can download the ML installer you can make a bootable install media by using:
    http://liondiskmaker.com/
    If your Mini came with ML you can also boot to Internet Recovery
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  • How do I install mountain lion not as an upgrade

    Hi,
    I'm running OS 10.6 on my computer. I'd like to upgrade to mountain lion. But instead of installing it over the existing system, I want to format my computer and start it fresh. How can I do that?

    If you are running Snow Leopard (10.6.x), update to the latest version of OS X Snow Leopard before you purchase OS X Mountain Lion from the Mac App Store. Click the Apple icon and choose Software Update to install Snow Leopard v10.6.8, the latest version.
    When download of Mountain Lion is complete cancel the installation and you may create an installation disk from downloaded source.
    How to do it you may find here
    Or
    Install it on top of existing system and if there is something that you do not like and think that clean install would make it better, you may start your computer from recovery partition created by Mountain Lion installation, reformat your disk and do clean install.

  • How do i reinstall mountain lion on fairly new machine i have really messed it up i have no key or original login do ihave to to pay

    how do i reinstall mountain lion on fairly new machine i have really messed it up i have no key or original login do ihave to to pay

    You never have to pay to reinstall a Mac's original OS. If that was Snow Leopard or earlier though, you need its original discs.
    If the Mac was built after Lion was released, about August 2011, boot OS X Recovery - using two fingers hold the ⌘ and R keys while starting your Mac. When the Mac OS X Utilities screen appears, select "Reinstall Mac OS X".

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    Why is Mountain Lion not available for Macpro 2007 eventhough this computer is not having old generation hardware like of 15years ago's computers!! I am surprised to know about that. when this mac pro have 2 xeon processor, 8GB ram, OS 10.7.5 (Lion) etc etc. so why is this not compatible for mountain lion???
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    This is a user forum. We are all users like yourself. Conjecture about Apple's products is not appropriate discussion in these forums.

  • I erased my drive on Macbook pro, trying to reinstale os x Maverick but it is not available on App store, what should I do?

    I erased my drive on Macbook pro, trying to re-install os x Maverick but it is not available on App store, what should I do?

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    Boot to the Internet Recovery HD:
    Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND-OPTION- R keys until a globe appears on the screen. Wait patiently - 15-20 minutes - until the Recovery main menu appears.
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  • Mountain Lion OS from the App Store

    I purchased mountain lion os from the app store for my laptop but also want to upgrade my imac from lion to mountain lion. When I went to the mountain lion app to purchase it again for my desktop it did not give me the option to buy only to download. I thought we would have to purchases two copies of the OS for each device, is that incorrect?
    Message was edited by: laminin77

    The Terms of Use for Mac App Store software is that you may install it on as many Macs as you own or have in your control. That includes OS X.

  • When is mountain lion coming to the app store.

    When is mountain lion coming to the app store?I've searched the app store and apparently it doesn't exist.
    The add says coming in july.It's July.

    Or today, for some of us....

  • Why cant i find Mountain Lion download in the APP store?

    why cant i find Mountain Lion download in the APP store?

    They usually remove the previous version. If you need to purchase it, contact the App Store.

  • Hard drive died... How do I reinstall Mountain Lion onto an external drive?

    I have Time Machine and two extra external drives but now I cannot boot from the Hard Drive to reinstall Mountain Lion. I have a recovery partition from TechTool but it does not include Time Machine or the App Store. My computer boots into the TechTool disk but my hard drive is not shown. Disk Utility does not see my hard drive either.
    Any suggestions?
    TIA

    Sorry, I'm confused.
    The recovery partition from Tech Tool, this is on the internal HD or on a CD/DVD?
    Is this the same thing as the TechTool disk that your computer can boot into?
    Where is the Disk Utility that cannot see your hard drive? Is it on the Apple recovery partition on your internal drive?  Are you saying that Disk Utility on your Apple recovery partition cannot see your boot partition?
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    Assuming I am thinking correctly about your situation, I would try to repair your HD. Your options would be:
    a safe boot Mac OS X: What is Safe Boot, Safe Mode? and then disk utility
    boot into single user mode and see if you can repair your hard drive Repair Your Hard Disk in Single User Mode | Everything Macintosh
    internet recovery OS X: About OS X Recovery
    recovery disk assisant, if you have made one already OS X Recovery Disk Assistant v1.0
    If none of that works, then I'd try and wipe the entire drive and start over. I'd try to do that from internet recovery. Hopefully one of your external drives has backups on it.
    If that doesn't work, then I'd replace the drive.

  • How do I Reinstall Mountain Lion on a used Macbook Pro?

    So I just recently purchased a 2011 Macbook Pro off of Craigslist.  A friend picked it up for me, installed an extra copy of Windows 8 he had for me under my name, and made sure the OSX Mountain Lion side worked fine.  Somehow, after the first time I restarted OSX it would no longer boot up, but Windows worked fine.  So I booted up in the recovery partition, reformatted the OSX partition, and attempted to install Mountain Lion.
    The problem is that I don't have it listed under my Apple I.D. as purchased, which makes sense because the last Macbook I bought came with Leopard.  I tried to buy it on the Windows side through iTunes, but I'm not able.  So my question is can I just buy Mountain Lion on someone else's Mac through the App store under my I.D., and will I then be able to reinstall Mountain Lion through the recovery partition?
    Or will I have to resort to resetting my Macbook Pro to factory defaults, losing the copy of Windows 8 I was given, and reverting back to the original OS, which I'm guessing is Lion?

    Well, you need to log in to the App Store on a Mac, using your AppleID, and purchase Mountain Lion. Then, on the konked out Mac's Recovery Partition you'll be able to sign in with the same AppleID and download the ML installer you are now eligible to use.

  • How do I reinstall Mountain Lion in English on a system that was originally in Chinese?

    I'm trying to help a friend who was given a used 13" MacBook Air (A1369) by the Chinese exchange student staying with him. It needed a screen repair, which was done, and we were able to change the display menus to English which is fine for general use. BUT... The previous owner had all kinds of Chinese games and programs as well as a partitioned HD. The plan was to just erase and reinstall Mountain Lion (which it came with, we THINK) and he'd have a fresh start.
    Using the Recovery system would be great, except that since the comp was from China, and the ID associated with it is in Chinese, all of the instructions, menus and EVERYTHING are in Chinese. We can get online fine, and tried booting from a USB drive but everything is still in Chinese. We got as far as making a bootable USB and it looked like everything was OK, and started the erase/restore process but it got stuck in Chinese instructions and menus!!!
    Is there a way to buy new copy of Mountain Lion with a new Apple ID that will be in English and then install it on a computer that was already running Mountain Lion? It seems I should be able to DL the OS to a USB drive and then just boot and install from that. But I'd have to DL on another Mac with its own ID running Lion. (Or use a Linux PC which seems like an even worse option.)
    Any ideas? Suggestions? Laughter?

    Try posting again in the forum for ML, since it hardly seems to have anything to do with your hardware.
    https://discussions.apple.com/community/mac_os/os_x_mountain_lion

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