To install mountain lion do i need lion?
I'm still running 10.6.8. Will I need to install Lion (10.7) before being able to install Mountain Lion (10.8?)?
You cannot download OS X Lion 10.7.x now anyway, Apple have removed OS X Lion completely from the Mac App Store you have to upgrade straight to the OS X Mountain Lion 10.8 if you have at least OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.8. But beware of what you may be looking forward too with OS X Mountain Lion 10.8 as reading many reviews people with older Macs that are compatible with Mountain Lion they arent being able to use such operations like AirPlay Mirroring via Apple TV etc.
And for people who are qualified for the 'Free Upgrade to OS X Mountain Lion 10.8' you have to go to the Apple Website and request a free copy.
Hope this helps and enjoy OS X Mountain Lion, I sure am
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I assumed this would help my problem with not being able to open apps like Preview or TextEdit since I installed Mountain Lion. Instead, first I'm prompted to enter a password, then once I do that, I get an error box telling me the Library needs repairing. So I click on Repair, and once again I'm prompted for a password, which I enter, then the same error box opens, and so it goes. Can anyone help me with this problem? I'd greatly appreciate it.
ThorBack up all data. Don't continue unless you're sure you can restore from a backup, even if you're unable to log in.
This procedure will unlock all your user files (not system files) and reset their ownership and access-control lists to the default. If you've set special values for those attributes on any of your files, they will be reverted. In that case, either stop here, or be prepared to recreate the settings if necessary. Do so only after verifying that those settings didn't cause the problem. If none of this is meaningful to you, you don't need to worry about it.
Step 1
If you have more than one user account, and the one in question is not an administrator account, then temporarily promote it to administrator status in the Users & Groups preference pane. To do that, unlock the preference pane using the credentials of an administrator, check the box marked Allow user to administer this computer, then reboot. You can demote the problem account back to standard status when this step has been completed.
Triple-click the following line to select it. Copy the selected text to the Clipboard (command-C):
{ sudo chflags -R nouchg,nouappnd ~ $TMPDIR.. ; sudo chown -Rh $UID:staff ~ $_ ; sudo chmod -R u+rwX ~ $_ ; chmod -R -N ~ $_ ; } 2> /dev/null
Paste into the Terminal window (command-V). You'll be prompted for your login password, which won't be displayed when you type it. You may get a one-time warning to be careful. If you don’t have a login password, you’ll need to set one before you can run the command. If you see a message that your username "is not in the sudoers file," then you're not logged in as an administrator.
The command will take a noticeable amount of time to run. Wait for a new line ending in a dollar sign (“$”) to appear, then quit Terminal.
Step 2 (optional)
Step 1 should give you usable permissions in your home folder. This step will restore special attributes set by OS X on some user folders to protect them from unintended deletion or renaming. You can skip this step if you don't consider that protection to be necessary, and if everything is working as expected after step 1.
Boot into Recovery by holding down the key combination command-R at startup. Release the keys when you see a gray screen with a spinning dial.
When the OS X Utilities screen appears, select
Utilities ▹ Terminal
from the menu bar. A Terminal window will open.
In the Terminal window, type this:
res
Press the tab key. The partial command you typed will automatically be completed to this:
resetpassword
Press return. A Reset Password window will open. You’re not going to reset a password.
Select your boot volume ("Macintosh HD," unless you gave it a different name) if not already selected.
Select your username from the menu labeled Select the user account if not already selected.
Under Reset Home Directory Permissions and ACLs, click the Reset button.
Select
▹ Restart
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I am running 10.7.5 but when I try to install 10.8.2 I get an alert that says 10.8 is required first. Can't find a 10.8 system upgrade. What do I need to do to install Mountain Lion?
Buy it from the Mac App Store.
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hi! I've just installed mountain lion and I find one of the programs I need for my work is crashing all the time. any ideas what i can do?
Ah!
Factuur Bright x
part of errors:
Process: Factuur Bright X [1476]
Path: /Applications/Factuur Bright X/Factuur Bright X.app/Contents/MacOS/Factuur Bright X
Identifier: ???
Version: ??? (2.0.0b20)
Code Type: X86 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [184]
User ID: 501
Date/Time: 2013-07-10 22:35:39.180 +0200
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.8.4 (12E55)
Report Version: 10
Interval Since Last Report: 2118 sec
Crashes Since Last Report: 1
Per-App Interval Since Last Report: 24 sec
Per-App Crashes Since Last Report: 1
Anonymous UUID: 47D641A2-4625-7590-369C-8BAFE1439551
Crashed Thread: 0 Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGBUS)
Exception Codes: KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE at 0x0000000000000010 -
Removing "install Mountain Lion" from mac OSX 10.9.4.
If you're running 10.9.4 (Mavericks) and you have no need to revert to the earlier version of OS X (Mountain Lion) you can delete it. However, you may want to make a copy of it on to an external DVD or USB stick first 'just in case'. It may save you another 5gb+ download in the future if you ever did find you wanted to revert to Mountain Lion.
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Mobile Me no longer exists and i want to use icloud. But i need to download Mountain Lion but I am told I can not purchase for my 2007 Macbook Pro. I am now running Snow Leopard.
What can I do?Upgrading from Snow Leopard to Lion or Mountain Lion
You can upgrade to Mountain Lion from Lion or directly from Snow Leopard. Mountain Lion can be downloaded from the Mac App Store for $19.99.
If you sign into the App Store and try to purchase Mountain Lion but the App Store says your computer is not compatible then you may still be able to upgrade to Lion per the following information.
A. Upgrading to Mountain Lion
To upgrade to Mountain Lion you must have Snow Leopard 10.6.8 or Lion installed. Purchase and download Mountain Lion from the App Store. Sign in using your Apple ID. Mountain Lion is $19.99 plus tax. The file is quite large, over 4 GBs, so allow some time to download. It would be preferable to use Ethernet because it is nearly four times faster than wireless.
OS X Mountain Lion - System Requirements
Macs that can be upgraded to OS X Mountain Lion
1. iMac (Mid 2007 or newer) - Model Identifier 7,1 or later
2. MacBook (Late 2008 Aluminum, or Early 2009 or newer) - Model Identifier 5,1 or later
3. MacBook Pro (Mid/Late 2007 or newer) - Model Identifier 3,1 or later
4. MacBook Air (Late 2008 or newer) - Model Identifier 2,1 or later
5. Mac mini (Early 2009 or newer) - Model Identifier 3,1 or later
6. Mac Pro (Early 2008 or newer) - Model Identifier 3,1 or later
7. Xserve (Early 2009) - Model Identifier 3,1 or later
To find the model identifier open System Profiler in the Utilities folder. It's displayed in the panel on the right.
Are my applications compatible?
See App Compatibility Table - RoaringApps.
For a complete How-To introduction from Apple see Upgrade to OS X Mountain Lion.
B. Upgrading to Lion
If your computer does not meet the requirements to install Mountain Lion, it may still meet the requirements to install Lion.
You can purchase Lion by contacting Customer Service: Contacting Apple for support and service - this includes international calling numbers. The cost is $19.99 (as it was before) plus tax. It's a download. You will get an email containing a redemption code that you then use at the Mac App Store to download Lion. Save a copy of that installer to your Downloads folder because the installer deletes itself at the end of the installation.
Lion System Requirements
1. Mac computer with an Intel Core 2 Duo, Core i3, Core i5, Core i7,
or Xeon processor
2. 2GB of memory
3. OS X v10.6.6 or later (v10.6.8 recommended)
4. 7GB of available space
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I need some help on installing mountain lion,
in the begining it says to restart then when i restart it just boots back up to lion anything i need to do so i can install mountain lion btw im a mac mini late 2009
You might try doing this:
Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions - Lion
Boot to the Recovery HD:
Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the menu screen appears. Alternatively, restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears. Select the Recovery HD and click on the downward pointing arrow button.
Repair
When the recovery menu appears select Disk Utility. After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported then click on the Repair Permissions button. When the process is completed, then quit DU and return to the main menu. Select Restart from the Apple menu.
Now try the Mountain Lion installer again. Note that the installer will automatically restart on its own. You don't need to do anything but be sure you have the correct disk volume selected before clicking on the Install button. -
Attempt to install Mountain Lion has highlighted need for internal disk repair. Even after "repair" ML still says disk is damaged. Attempt to restore from Time Machine back-up failed - cannot 'see' internal HD to restore to. Help! Has attempt to install ML caused these problems or just highlighted existing need to Repair Disk? Even so, why can back-up from Time Machine not see the internal drive to restore to?
Csound1, William & Sig .... thanks for taking the trouble to reply. I fear you are right - I'll need a new disk. I'm booked in at the Apple Genius Bar in Bordeaux, France on Wed ... quite a challenge as my French isn't great! The current internal disk is 500gb, does anyone know whether I can upgrade my 21.5" iMac (circa Oct-2009 vintage) to a larger size internal disk, 1Tb or even 2Tb? I already have one external 2Tb drive and another one on order (I have masses of media stored and more planned as I've just taken up photography). Seems a bit of a pain managing with only 500gb internal storage. OR, can you advise me on how I can store all my photos on my new 2Tb external drive - I can't seem to figure out how to set the path for iPhoto to see them (I can't even figure out where they are stored right now!). Same with iTunes, how do I set the default storage to the external drive (I moved everything manually and then imported them all from the new drive - it worked but seemed very convoluted). Any advice on how to manage multiple drives gratefully received. And thanks again for previous replies.
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i have installed mountain lion, and now need to completely remove vista and parallels from my mac, to free up the space on my hard drive, boot camp wont help. and the new update of lion has totaly closed these two software programms
All Mac operating systems use any free space on your hard drive as virtual memory, and this virtual memory plays a part in how well your computer performs. Because of this, the more data you have on your hard drive, the less virtual memory becomes available. Therefore, in order to help increase your Mac boot time, and keep your computer running smoothly, periodically cleaning your hard drive is necessary. To clean it up you want to get rid of any old or unnecessary files. You can do this manually by removing unused applications, emptying your trash etc.,
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Do you need to have lion before installing mountain lion?
do you need to have lion before installing mountain lion?
No. You can upgrade from Snow Leopard http://www.apple.com/osx/how-to-upgrade/.
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Have installed Mountain Lion and need Java. Help
Hi,
I installed Mountain Lion this past week.
I am subscribed to two games sites. They both require me to have Java to use them.
I read after I installed ML that there is no Java in this. However, I guess I still had the Apple Java from Snow Leopard.
But, I thought I had to install Java 7 (think at some point I was asked to update Java and it took me to that.
I then read that Chrome can't use the Java I had installed.
So I then tried to use Safari.
Then I picked up FireFox again. I used to have FireFox but had not used it in a while.
Finally managed to get FireFox to run the one site. Quadplex.
However nothing would allow me to use Pogo. I can get to the main page on Pogo, but when I try to activate the games there, it sits and loads and loads and eventually as it SHOULD open it just up and disappears!
Eventually in some of my searching, I read that Java 7 is not secure. That there is a security issue in it.
I searched until I found where I could uninstall Java 7. And I did that. Then I clicked on the link that said I could install the Apple Java that I had managed to get rid of originally (well I assume it is gone since even after a restart, Safari does not let me play anything requiring Java.
I tried to reinstall the Apple Java and got to what I had read was the "terminal". I began to try the commands that were posted on the Apple support page I was on, but it asked for an Administrator Password. To my knowledge I have never had that on my Mac. I usually just click where the window pops up to ask for it and that window goes away and I can install anything without entering any password. But in the "terminal" I tried to just click on the return to go to the next step in the commands routine and it would not allow me to continue.
I am on a MacPro 15" purchased in August 2009 and which has been refurbished due to me having spilled a drink all over the keys area of it in November of 2010. It has been working great until I went ahead and installed Mountain Lion and now have removed the Java download as I read it is not secure and can expose Mac users to something refered to as "drive by" viruses.
I am really at a loss here. The tech I would normally go to may or may not be available this week and I really am frustrated by missing out on my daily gaming.
Any one here who can help with my problem?
Thanks, Carine (aka catonwheels)Thanks Baltwo...and yes it did...by the time I got your response (and it was great that you sent it!) I had already FINALLY found that I needed 7u11 and then found THAT! I had tried to find it after reading about it somewhere during my surfing for a solution but couldn't seem to find it and then when I clicked on an update link SOMEWHERE I was taken right to it. I remembered that the original Java I had downloaded did not have 11 in it and so I downloaded the one that was at that link where I was taken and voila! It worked...however, had I NOT found it having you respond to my help plea would have fixed it and I thank you for taking the time. I had gone to Oracle originally to find this update but somehow I did not get it the first time round. So this would have been great had I not fallen over it when I did. Again, thank you and now at least I am in this community and will have a lot of support and info when I need it! :-)
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Hi I need some help, I have purchased a secound hand MacBook Pro and cant install mountain lion, I have set up user name and password Ok, any sujestions cheers?
Make sure it meets the requirements for Mountain Lion: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5444
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After installing mountain lion do i need to uninstall trend mac surfing and how
Hello, do i need to uninstall trend macro surfing since i installed mountain lion? If so how do I do that? Im new to macs all together. I dont know how to find the folder in the start up disk. Can any one advise me?
Thank you in advance for your time.
Sincerely,
teagramaNo, as its name suggests you only need to install the Server software on the server.
There is one possible case where it might be useful to install on an administrators computer as well (but definately not all users) which is that you can use the Server.app to 'remotely' control the real server. When you run Server.app it asks whether you want to control the 'local' server or a remote one. -
since installing mountain lion i am unable to get street view on google maps
it asks me to download latest flash player to view street view which i do but still no joyHi, see if it's related to this...
About Safari 5.1.7 and Leopard Security Update 2012-003
Summary
Learn about Safari 5.1.7 and Leopard Security Update 2012-003.
Products Affected
Mac OS X 10.5, Product Security, Safari 5.1 (Mac OS X 10.6), Safari 5.1 (OS X Lion)
Safari 5.1.7 for OS X Lion, Safari 5.1.7 for OS X Snow Leopard, and Leopard Security Update 2012-003 disable out-of-date versions of Adobe Flash Player.
Out-of-date versions of Adobe Flash Player do not include the latest security updates and will be disabled to help keep your Mac secure. If Safari 5.1.7 or Leopard Security Update 2012-003 detects an out-of-date version of Flash Player on your system, you will see a dialog informing you that Flash Player has been disabled. The dialog provides the option to go directly to Adobe's website, where you can download and install an updated version of Flash Player.
Additional Information
If you need to re-enable an out-of-date version of Flash Player, you can do the following:
1. Navigate to the /Library/Internet Plug-Ins (Disabled) folder.
2. Drag "Flash Player.plugin" into /Library/Internet Plug-Ins.
3. If the browser is running, quit and restart it.
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I've just installed mountain lion and my files are all out of their previous folders. Can I set them back or do I need to manually put them back in order??
Hi Thomas,
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