Mountain Lion not enough GB to download

I am trying to purchase and download Mountain Lion but it says that I do not have enough memory. It says I need 2 GB of memory but I have 40 GB free and it won't let me purchase it from the app store on my iMac- desktop. I am currently running 10.6.8. Any thoughts or comments would be appreciated!

Up it to at least 4GB. Minimum requirement is 2GB but in actuality it needs 4GB.
YOu can use the "memory advisor" here.

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My imac is running mountain lion and last night i downloaded maverick. in midst of installing it it said a powerPC app microsoft word would not work so i canceled the install for the time being. my questions is if i choose to finish installing maverick

my imac is running mountain lion and last night i downloaded maverick. in midst of installing it, it said a powerPC app microsoft word would not work so i canceled the install for the time being. my questions is if i choose to finish installing maverick does that mean i will nevver be able to access word documents stored on my desktop? or do the word docs automatically convert to pages or what? i am so confused. would i be better off just sticking with mountain lion and send the maverick install to the trash? hoping someone will be able to answer my question though i am afraid the response is likely to be just stick with mountain lion so you can keep using word. i had been looking forward to maverick but it seems pretty drastic to not have access to microsoft word anymore by switching to maverick. hope someone has an answer so i can have the best of both worlds so to speak!

thanks for your response Csound1 on the peninsula ... if i go ahead and install maverick and then download LibreOffice or OpenOffice will i then be able to access old microsoft word saved documents on my deskstop through those two free alternatives? i am not that knowledgeable about these things so i am not sure if you are saying i will just be able to use libreoffice or openoffice for creating new documents or whether i can access the saved microsoft docs? are they transferred to OO or LO or what and if editing of the old word docs is needed can i do that through the OO and LO programs or apps (see i am not even sure if i am using the correct vocabulary!) hope you can answer this as quick as the first question, so i can decide to stick with mountain lion and trash the maverick install or proceed with maverick install and hoppe that my microsoft word docs are still accessible through OO or LO or adding to myquestion will pages on maverick be able to open the old word documents? thanks again!

I have really slow internet, i bought OS X mountain lion & tried for days to download it. my internet cuts every time & the download restarts from the beginning is thr a way to download the software as a "zip" file or from a link not app store?

I have really slow internet, i bought OS X mountain lion & tried for days to download it. my internet cuts every time & the download restarts from the beginning is thr a way to download the software as a "zip" file or from a link not app store?

MacBook Pro
https://discussions.apple.com/community/notebooks/macbook_pro
https://discussions.apple.com/community/mac_os/mac_os_x_v10.7_lion?view=discussi ons
http://www.apple.com/support/macbookpro
Take it somewhere that has better broadband. The best you can do sometimes is invest in new modem that works with your system instead of the rental etc in most cases.
Do a Safe Boot.
Make sure your firewall is set properly. Don't use 3rd party. AV software can get in the way.
Make sure you are getting the service and a clean strong modem signal - slow is one thing but if it drops off and can't maintain a connection you have hardware issues, not software - and upgrade to a new OS doesn't tend to improve, it may even not work with older networking equipment once you do get it.
I agree and think electronic only goes too far. And when you do get it: burn the package and manually set it aside first before running the intaller! make a flash memory installer, put it on DVDs too.

TA48312 I have purchased Mountain Lion but I can't download it. (the application could not be downloaded). Please help!

I have purchased Mountain Lion but I can't download it. (the application could not be downloaded). Please help!

Absolutely. A proxy can prevent the software from downloading and installing.
I realize you have already purchased Lion from the App Store but a workaround in your case would be the thumb drive.
OS X Lion USB Thumb Drive - Apple Store
Message was edited by: Carolyn

I bought Mountain LIon but no dmg is downloaded. I can see the invoice from Apple but not the OS I supposed to receive. Is it a bugg?? I have a mac book air. Thanks

xI bought Mountain LIon but no dmg is downloaded. I can see the invoice from Apple but not the OS I supposed to receive. Is it a bugg?? I have a mac book air. Thanks

Thanks for the reply.
However the trick is that it cannot download at all.I m asked to download the application. Then I put my Apple ID, then it start to download but just 1s... Then ....Nothing. No application, no error message... Just a nice invoice....

I downloaded os x mountain lion not knowing that air play/mirroring wouldn't be compatible with my mac mini. i don't want this software anymore, is there a way i could get my money back?

I downloaded os x mountain lion not knowing that air play/mirroring wouldn't be compatible with my mac mini. i don't want this software anymore, is there a way i could get my money back?

Open App Store and sign in with your Apple ID. Click on the Support link under Quick Links on the right side.

Mountain Lion Notes App missing (IT installed Lotus Notes over the top)

My IT department installed Lotus Notes and it installed over the top of the Mountain Lion Notes application and thus deleted it. I renamed the Lotus Notes application (originally just called Notes). How do I get the original OSX notes application back?

Ok, found the solution, download mountain lion from the app store once more, then use Pacifist to extract the notes appllication again.

HT1338 Yesterday, I purchased Mountain Lion OSX and tried to download it but I don't think it worked. How can I tell if I am using Mountain Lion and how do I get help if the download was unsuccessful?

Yesterday, I purchased Mountain Lion OSX and tried to download it but I don't think the download worked. How can I tell if I am using Mountain Lion and how do I get help if the download was unsuccessful?

Click your Apple menu icon top left corner of your screen.
From the drop down menu click About This Mac.
If Mountain Lion is installed, it will say: v10.8
If not, launch the App Store. From the App Store menu bar click Store > Check for Unfinished Downloads
FYI .. for downloading Mountain Lion from the App Store, a high speed (broadband) internet connection is strongly recommended by Apple as noted here > iTUNES STORE - MAC APP STORE - TERMS AND CONDITIONS
If you need to reinstall OS X or repair the the startup disk Mountain Lion Recovery, that requires broadband access to the internet via Wi-Fi or an Ethernet connection. OS X is downloaded over the internet form Apple when OS X Recovery is used for reinstallation.

Updated to Mountain Lion and now when I download a purchased program nothing happens (it jumps to downloads but doesn't open)

I've updated to Mountain Lion and now when I download a purchased program nothing happens (it jumps to download but the download will not open?)?

Hi, Thanks for responding. Most downloads you can double click and/or drag over to applications for it to actually install however this one you can't. It just acts like an empty folder and does nothing. I did update to Mountain Lion recently and wondered if it was incompatible or something or if I was doing anything wrong? Thanks.

OS X Mountain Lion: why can't I download you?!

I recently purchased OS X Mountain Lion from the Apple Store. I used the desktop APP Store application to redeem the code for my purchase. There is a big download button for this download but every time I hit it, a pinwheel appears for a moment, and then nothing.
Nothing appears to be downloading. If it were downloading, where exactly would I look to see the status of the download.
I understand we are now in a Maverick world, but my goal today is to get OSX Mountain Lion up and running, and the APP store does not seem to want me to download something that I paid for.
Please Please Help if you have had this problem and found a solution. No forum I've seen so far discusses this problem.

Purge your mind about PowerMac and Snow Leopard first. Only Intel (non-PowerMac/IBM) computers, and Mac Pro Early 2008 and later (3,1 and above) can upgrade to 10.8.x
There can be configuration and network issues with download, even some installed 3rd party products can interfere, or rarely a firewall setting (for which you should be using your router firewall anyway).
Also, try repairing permissions, try safe boot, be sure to make a backup! and also to avoid redownload and to allow install and clean install now and later, save the installer package and make a small ML Install system.
Mavericks is free and any Mac Pro that can run ML can also install 10.9
http://www.apple.com/osx/how-to-upgrade/
Funny too how Bing turns up threads, reports and suggestions - along the Side Bar "More Like This" on over on the right:
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I get error message: not enough space to download when I try to buy a tv series on Itunes. It tells me to delete photos or videos to make space, but I have no photos and videos. Help?

I get error message: not enough space to download when I try to buy a tv series on Itunes. It tells me to delete photos or videos to make space, but I have no photos and videos. Help?

I would guess that a TV series takes up a fair amount of storage capacity. It is just a standard message I think that may indicate that you are actually running low on storage space.
If you go to Settings>General>About how many GBs are specified as being available? If you are low on space maybe deleting some apps may help.

I have a new Mac Mini with Lion. I am entitled to a free copy of Mountain Lion. Where do i download it from?

I have a new Mac Mini with Lion. I am entitled to a free copy of Mountain Lion. Where do i download it from?

http://www.apple.com/osx/uptodate/

Mountain Lion keeps stopping and recalculating download at 53.25MB - I have tried several times now, no joy (have new iMac May 2012)

Mountain Lion keeps stopping and recalculating download at 53.25MB - I have tried several times now with resumes and restarts, no joy (have new iMac May 2012). Any ideas, please?
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In cases like this, if you have an Apple store near by, they will most likely install the OS free of charge for you, if you can't bring your Apple ID along to prove you've paid for it.
Would that work out for you?

Hello Apple. Yesterday I have purchased app «OS X Mountain Lion», but it didn't download completely and disappeared from my purchased list. Need you assistance.

Hello Apple.
Yesterday I have purchased app «OS X Mountain Lion», but it didn't download completely and disappeared from my purchased list.
Need you assistance.

See if the purchase is hidden:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4928

Does OS X Mountain Lion not include MPI (Message Passing Interface)?

Hi,
Does OS X Mountain Lion not include MPI (Message Passing Interface) as Lion did? I need that to compile CUDA 5.0 examples.
I'm running Mountain Lion 10.8 without any updates yet.

I take this statment from the link I posted
Note: Unlike most UNIX-based operating systems, OS X does not use a preallocated disk partition for the backing store. Instead, it uses all of the available space on the machine’s boot partition.
to basically mean it's limited only by the disk space.
There is also this:
Both OS X and iOS include a fully-integrated virtual memory system that you cannot turn off; it is always on. Both systems also provide up to 4 gigabytes of addressable space per 32-bit process. In addition, OS X provides approximately 18 exabytes of addressable space for 64-bit processes. Even for computers that have 4 or more gigabytes of RAM available, the system rarely dedicates this much RAM to a single process.
To give processes access to their entire 4 gigabyte or 18 exabyte address space, OS X uses the hard disk to hold data that is not currently in use. As memory gets full, sections of memory that are not being used are written to disk to make room for data that is needed now. The portion of the disk that stores the unused data is known as the backing store because it provides the backup storage for main memory.

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