HT1338 I've just tried to download Mountain Lion on my Mac Pro and it says that I can't install it on this computer. Help
I just tried to download Mountain Lion on my Mac Pro and it says that I can't install it on this computer.
I have version 10.7.4 installed and I'm using Lion at the moment.
Could you advise me as to how I obtain Mountian Lion on this computer.
Thank you
Check the complete list of supported machines here:
http://applehelpwriter.wordpress.com/2012/08/03/will-mountain-lion-work-on-my-ol d-mac/
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ThanksYou can use iCloud with 10.7.5. You do not need to upgrade to Yosemite. You should provide a minimum of 15 GBs of free space or 10% of the hard drive's capacity, whichever is greater.
Freeing Up Space on The Hard Drive
1. See Lion/Mountain Lion/Mavericks' Storage Display.
2. You can remove data from your Home folder except for the /Home/Library/ folder.
3. Visit The XLab FAQs and read the FAQ on freeing up space on your hard drive.
4. Also see Freeing space on your Mac OS X startup disk.
5. See Where did my Disk Space go?.
6. See The Storage Display.
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Association of Associated Devices is subject to the following terms:
"You may auto-download Eligible Content or download previously-purchased Eligible Content from an Account on up to 10 Associated Devices, provided no more than 5 are iTunes-authorized computers."
That information is available here > iTUNES STORE - MAC APP STORE - TERMS AND CONDITIONS
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I am trying to download Itunes onto my windows 7 pc and its say that, "Verify that you have sufficient privileges to start system services." So what do I do because thats all it says and then it gives me three options I can: abort, try again or Ignore. I have tried all three and I still can't download Itunes, so help please!
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You can re download Mountain Lion for free on all your authorized Macs using the same Apple ID used for the original purchase.
How to re download apps from the Mac App Store:
Open the App Store. From the menu bar click Store > Sign In
Click Purchases from the top of the App Store window.
Select Mountain Lion.
Then right or control click where you see Installed then click Install. -
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Any ideas?Patience, little grasshopper! It is a 4.5GB monster floating down the wire. Even with my office's Gbps link, it takes over 40 minutes.
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Yes, S.M.A.R.T. is a built-in diagnostic on the hard drive, and it is reporting a problem that may cause it to fail.
You can see the same status in Disk Utility, and possibly get more info. Run Disk Utility and select the DRIVE in the sidebar. Be sure to select the DRIVE and not the volume indented below it. At the bottom of the window, there is a field for S.M.A.R.T. Status. If there is no problem, it should say Verified.
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I am unable to Download Mountain Lion for my Mac Pro.
This really *****. Now I know why I can't download Mountain Lion!!!! I have an 8 core Mac Pro at 3ghz
Hardware Overview:
Model Name: Mac Pro
Model Identifier: MacPro2,1
Processor Name: Quad-Core Intel Xeon
Processor Speed: 3 GHz
Number of Processors: 2
Total Number of Cores: 8
L2 Cache (per Processor): 8 MB
Memory: 16 GB
Bus Speed: 1.33 GHz
Boot ROM Version: MP21.007F.B06
SMC Version (system): 1.15f3
Serial Number (system): 157191HTUPZ
Hardware UUID: 00000000-0000-1000-8000-0019E3F8CB92
And It is too slow to run Mountain Lion. I doubt it. This would not be the case if Apple Supported the Cores parallelism as they are suposed to do. I know this computer is faster than my MacBookPro; How about it Apple, Why not write software to support all my 8 cores and you won;t have to force me to stop using the new Apple System Software. Why can't we users be the ones to determine if our machines run too slow under Mountain Lion? I can't afford a new Mac Pro; you surely now how to hurt a User/Developer.
Thanks for Nothing, Apple!
USER/Developer
Robert AdamsAs a Developer, you are bound by your agreement to not use public forums to discuss beta products.
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I can not download mountain lion on my mac pro
I am trying to download lion from snow lepard . i only see lion icon and no download what do i do?
I'm not sure I understand what you have tried or what you are seeing. Mountain Lion can only be downloaded from the App Store (found in the Applications folder in Mac OS X 10.6.6 or later). Lion is no longer available in the App Store, unless you had already purchased it at some point before Mountain Lion was released, in which case you can re-download it from your purchase history.
First, check and see if your hardware meets the requirements for Mountain Lion:
http://www.apple.com/osx/specs/
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Anyone out there able to help?Go to the App Store and sign in with your Apple ID
Click on the Purchases List
Accept the apps offered
You can then re-install from there.
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TD -
Trying to download mountain lion but just keep getting calculating coming up
trying to download mountain lion but just keep getting calculating appearing
Try to grab it from a test User Account.
Mac OS X 10.6: Creating a new user account
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH6651 -
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I got it to download by going to the App Store, Purchases, and download.
This was after a false start thanks to Apple Help (total misnomer) which sent me to iTunes.
It is an amazingly slow download, so pack a lunch.
Thanks everyone. -
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