About hardware test on Mountain Lion

I tried to hardware test few different way, as using (Hoding d, option+d and also same thing with usb).
But nothing work.
Anyone know about how to try hardware test on Mac Pro with Mountain Lion?

try using Application Isntall DVD disc which came with your Mac Pro.
(as usual, to use AHT, hold down the D key when you start up your Mac Pro.)
-- kaz-k

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Hardware Test for Mountain Lion?

I can't seem to run a hardware test on my Macbook Pro which is running Mountain Lion. I have tried holding down 'D' whilst starting up but just follows straight through to log in. I don't have a software disk either as my Macbook came with Lion pre-installed.
Any suggestions would be great

Gnarlodious -- welcome to 2012, Macs don't ship with discs anymore.
Andy.Ross1000 -- I'm trying to figure it out myself tonight. Not sure what's up.
Tried Option-D, started Internet Recovery and then -2100D error.

Its about 6h that osx mountain lion is downloading why?

hi,
Its about 6h that osx mountain lion is downloading with out any progress.Can U tell me Y?What if i shot down or lose my connection?

Go to the Purchases Tab in App Store and make sure it is not Paused. If it is, click on Resume.

Cannot start-up to the Apple Hardware Test — MacBook Pro & Lion

Whenever I try holding the D key before and throughout all of the start-up process, it simply makes the grey screen appear for longer, and slow the whole process... but never beings the Apple Hardware Test.
I'm following Apple's official instructions:
To start up your computer in Apple Hardware Test:
Press the power button to turn on your computer.
Press and hold the D key before the gray startup screen appears. An Internet-enabled connection via Ethernet or Wi-Fi is required to use this feature.
Note: Some Macintosh computers that shipped with OS X Lion support the use of Apple Hardware Test over the Internet. These computers will start up to an Internet-based version of AHT if the hard drive does not contain AHT.
Why doesn't it work?
My MBP was shipped as follows:
For Apple computers that shipped with Mac OS X v10.5.5 to 10.6.7, Apple Hardware Test is located on the Applications Install Disc 2 and should be included with your computer.
But I have upgraded to Lion! Do I need the disk still? If so, why am I to lumber around a disk from a previous OS... good that I didn't throw it out!

I'm trying to find the answer to a similiar question. Here's my thread.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3549995

Need to know about charges if reinstalling Mountain Lion.

Hi! I bought a secondhand Macbook and it has mountain lion installed, I erased the hard drive and reinstalled ML twice. Will I be charged even if I already have a mountain lion installed on an iMac? I'm just worried that my credit card will be charged.

If you purchased ML from the App Store, you are allowed to install ML on any computer you own or control without paying anything extra.
charlie

HT1758 About using OS X Mountain lion on iMac

I bought an iMac in november 2010, Can I update my iMac with OS X Mountain Lion? I live in Sydney, Australia.

Upgrade to Mountain Lion

HT1338 Just have a question about updating to new mountain lion os x, if I have to update ALL MY APPLE PRODUCTS WITH THE NEW VERSION, or will it automatically update others, with one purchase???

If I update my iMac to new mountain lion version with paid app, do I still need to update ALL my other apple products paying sere rarely for all???

No. You misunderstood. Upgrading to Mountain Lion is not connected to upgrading your other software nor your iDevices. If you need to upgrade third-party software you need to do that in addition to upgrading OS X. Mountain Lion has nothing to do with upgrading your iDevices. You upgrade their firmware with iTunes.

Confused about DVD+RW on Mountain Lion

I have never messed with DVDs, but am finally to the point where I want to try and transfer my old VHS tapes (family stuff & church sermons - not commercial) to DVD. I have access to borrow someone's DVD recorder and was going to try and record these with DVD+RW just so I could get these into a digital format on my computer hard drive to save. But I am confused as I see the computer came with iDVD but the application doesn't launch as it says its no longer supported for Power PCs, then the next time I tried to launch it to type the message here it says I can't use this version (iDVD 6.0.4) with this version of the OS (why did it come with the computer? LOL)
I still have my older iMac running Snow Leopard which I think can run DVDs on it (it could when it ran Tiger I have never tried it with the upgrade.) I'm assuming if all else fails I can use this older computer.
I am confused though as Mac are usually known for people being able to do extensive film editing etc on them with their videos etc. How is this possible if you have no software? Or can I do this with iMovie?
As you can see I'm clueless about this...
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks!

iDVD is not longer offered by Apple. However, it's still the best video DVD authoring application for the Mac there is. If iDVD was not preinstalled on your Mac you'll have to obtain it by purchasing a copy of the iLife 09 disk from a 3rd party retailier like Amazon.com: ilife 09: Software or eBay.com. Why, because iDVD (and iWeb) was discontinued by Apple over a year ago.
Why iLife 09 instead of 11?
If you have to purchase an iLife disc in order to obtain the iDVD application remember that the iLife 11 disc only provides themes from iDVD 5-7. The Software Update no longer installs the earlier themes when starting from the iLIfe 11 disk nor do any of the iDVD 7 updaters available from the Apple Downloads website contain them.
Currently the only sure fire way to get all themes is to start with the iLife 09 disc:
This shows the iDVD contents in the iLife 09 disc via Pacifist:
You then can upgrade from iDVD 7.0.3 to iDVD 7.1.2 via the updaters at the Apple Downloads webpage.
Export the slideshow out of iPhoto as a QT movie file via the Export button in the lower toolbar. Select Size = Medium or Large.
Open iDVD, select a theme and drag the exported QT movie file into the open iDVD window being careful to avoid any drop zones.
Follow this workflow to help assure the best qualty video DVD:
Once you have the project as you want it save it as a disk image via the File ➙ Save as Disk Image menu option. This will separate the encoding process from the burn process.
To check the encoding mount the disk image, launch DVD Player and play it. If it plays OK with DVD Player the encoding is good.
Then burn to disk with Disk Utility or Toast at the slowest speed available (2x-4x) to assure the best burn quality. Always use top quality media: Verbatim, Maxell or Taiyo Yuden DVD-R are the most recommended in these forums.
OT

Should I do a clean install of Mountain Lion on a late 2009 iMac or will I find hardware/driver issues?

I have a late 2009 iMac (2.93 Ghz Intel Core Duo, 4GB of ram, model id is 9.1) running Lion right now. I upgraded it all the way from Leopard using the standard keep-all-your-apps-and-settings way. After looking at the hardware requirements for Mountain Lion (and my success with running Lion) it seems that my good ol' iMac is still capable of running it fairly well. But I don't like the idea of "stacking" upgrade after upgrade (*coughs*, clean freak!). I like the idea of starting out clean this time because so many years of use has filled my mac with a lot of crap I no longer use.
So I would like to know your sane advice, and if there's anything I should check out before attempting this. Especially I'm concerned about hardware/driver related issues like for example: the webcam or speakers no longer working. Also, if there's something I'm overlooking please point it out.
Thank you in advance for any help you guys can give me. I'll be very grateful!

If it wasn't a Mac computer that originally came with either Lion or Mt Lion Pre-Installed by Apple when new you would not be able to connect to the Online Internet Recovery system. It is a Feature of the Mac EFI Firmware system. And it will only install whichever version of the Download only version of OS X that originally came on that system.
My MBP came with Lion Preinstalled. Even if I have Mt Lion installed on the hard drive the Online Internet Recovery system would always point my MBP to the Lion download as that was the original version of OS X that came on my Mac.
No real authentication needed. Since your Mac came with Mt Lion no matter what newer versionof OS X you ever install the OIRS will always point you to Mt Lion and ONLY Mt Lion.
It is something different, but not completely different, from the built in Recovery HD partition on the internal drive.
No worries as during the install of MT Lion on your SSD the installer will Recreate the Mt Lion Recovery HD partition on your SSD.

I used to have a Snow Leopard that could run as fast as I could type and jump any hurdle. Now I have a mountain lion that can't get up in the morning and takes 2 minutes just to bring up the settings panel. Did Apple actually test this thing????

Apple,
How did you test this Mountain Lion? Was it in a zoo cage with just 30 feet for it to run? Because out in the open it can't even walk!
Not to mention the fact that once I had upgraded many of my preferences and setting had disappeared.
Thank you also for telling me that the upgrade would take 34 minutes - it took 56.

It did work properly, for almost everyone.
You must have something on your computer that is causing it problems. Try booting into Safe Mode and see if you still have the problems.
If not, then you have a third-party incompatibility.
If the problems still exist, I would suggest reinstalling. Lion had the same complaints. Many people fixed it just by reinstalling.
Others had to resort to erasing the drive and then reinstalling and migrating from Time Machine.
Others gave up and went back to Snow Leopard.

After upgrading to mountain lion, contribute cs4 did not open

After upgrading to Mountain Lion, I found that Contribute CS4 did not open. In searching for an answer I found the following on the Adobe forum:
"Earlier versions of Adobe Photoshop (CS3 and CS4) software were also tested with Mountain Lion and there are currently no known issues."
So continuing to search, two days of frustration ensued as I "chatted" with 2 unhelpful Adobe customer support reps, searched unhelpful Apple and Adobe websites and posted my question in various places. Finally I found that the above statement was completely wrong when I received the following from an Adobe staffer:
Mountain LION is not a supported platform for Adobe Contribute CS4. The supported versions are Latest Adobe Contribute 6.5 and Adobe Contribute CS5.X.
And now I have to spend hundreds in order to maintain my website after upgrading to Mountain Lion. I don't even know to whom I should take my complaint, Apple or Adobe. Does this mean I have to research every piece of software I use before upgrading my Mac? At the very least, Mac owners should be forwarned of platform support failures for major 3rd party producers. I'm doing my bit here. How about you taking some responsibility?

I just baught a new imac from the apple store and loaded mountain lion when I got home due to the time it would take there. I then used migration assitant to load CS4 from my mac pro that is using snow lepord. This worked flawlessly. CS4 and Bridge work great. I then downloaded the mountain lion upgrade to my wifes mac pro that was also using snow lepord and once mountain lion was instaled it disabled CS4 compleatly. I will repost the results tomorrow. I believe that I can reinstall CS4 to her mac pro now that she has mountain lion installed using migration assistant from my mac pro since it worked this way with the new imac. I hope this works because I want to upgrade my mac pro to mountain lion but can't afford to lose CS4.

After upgrading to Mountain Lion, my trackpad is erratic and glitchy

I've gotten the Macbook Pro with Retina Display for about a month now and I immediately upgraded to Mountain Lion. After about a few weeks, Mountain Lion was working well. Nothing was going on. Then about a few days later, my trackpad is possessed. My cursor is moving by itself, it switches pane to Launchpad to Mission Control, to switching my tabs. I'm not even touching it.
I've tried doing the SMC reset, the killall Dock method, and PRMC one, but the problem is still persists.
I'm going to college very soon and it's scaring me that this is just happening. Can someone help me or is this something that I just have? Is this also what Apple is going to cure?

This happened to me too. After about a week of ML, my trackpad started freaking out overnight. I went to the mac store [annoyed because I didn't even want to upgrade to ML but it's a requirement for some software...] and they told me to get a new trackpad*. Went home to reference the real geniuses [the forums..] and so far deleting the google files has worked : https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4315898?start=30&tstart=0
I've also turned off all of the extra features for now - tap to click, etc and using it like an old school track pad. I'll turn them back on one at a time once this has been stable for a bit.
*I mentioned I saw this issue in forums, and the 'genius' said the software engineers don't base their knowledge on forums, but extensive testing in their lab. Maybe if the engineers actually got out of their labs and delved into the real-world problems/ read the forums, the geniuses could provide helpful fixes rather just equipment replacements

Upgrading to Mountain Lion of reinstalling Snow Leopard?

Hi,
I want to reinstall my OSX, so I was wandering if it was a better idea to buy Mountain Lion instead of installing Snow Leopard again.
I have a 2010 MacBook Pro (dual core 2.66 GHz i7, 4GB RAM, etc.) but I am worried that Mountain Lion will be significantly slower than Snow Leopard. This is my first Mac so I am judging this by my experiences with Windows, where XP was much faster than Windows 7.
I currently don't need any of the new features that were added to Lion or Mountain Lion and I am fine with Snow Leopard (I know some guys that are still using Tiger). Still, I would not like to fall far behind since the newest OSX is already two versions infront of mine, but what is mostly concerning me is the speed of my Mac. Has anyone tried it on a MacBook Pro like this one? What do you think will be the best option? (I don't care about the money since Mountain Lion is only $20)
Thank you,
Vince.

I'm using Yosemite on an early 2008 iMac, so Yosemite should run on your computer. The biggest thing that would help Yosemite run better is maxing out your RAM.
I would pick Mountain Lion over Lion. Tried them both and Mountain Lion was much better.
One option is to create a new partition (~30- 50 GB), install the new OS, and ‘test drive’ it. If you like/don’t like it it, you can then remove the partition. Do a backup before you do anything. By doing this, if you don’t like it you won’t have to go though the revert process.
Check to make sure your applications are compatible.
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Mountain Lion - shortcomings evident on dual core Macs?

Apple will probably scratch this post, but I am really angry about my experience with Mountain Lion, and there are enough posters here to convince me that I am not alone.
I have a 2 year-old 15" MBP, core i7, 2.6 ghz, 8 g ram. I was running Snow Leopard and everything was sweet. I foolishly installed OSX 10.8 (now on .2) to get my computer into iCloud and it has been nothing but irritation and grief ever since. Beach balls, kernel panics (reducing in frequency now but in the first few weeks, 2 or 3 a day) hangings, slow startups, more beach balls, delays requiring restarts . . .
My question is: why did Apple tout this OS as appropriate for older Macs like mine, when clearly it is optimised for quad cores, and (just look at the number of complaints like mine) just causes problems for people like me?

Hardware Information:
    MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro6,2
    1 2.66 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 2 cores
    8 GB RAM
Startup Items:
    GT Network Tuning - Path: /Library/StartupItems/GT Network Tuning
    HP USB EWS Gateway - Path: /Library/StartupItems/HP USB EWS Gateway
System Software:
    OS X 10.8.2 (12C54) - Uptime: 0 days 15:37
Disk Information:
    ST9500420ASG disk0 : (500.11 GB)
        disk0s1 (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
        Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /: 499.25 GB (225.07 GB free)
        Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
    MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-898
USB Information:
    Plantronics Plantronics C620-M
    Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
    Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub
        Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
    Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
    Apple Inc. Display Audio
    Apple Inc. Display iSight
    Apple Inc. Apple LED Cinema Display
    Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
    Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
FireWire Information:
Kernel Extensions:
    com.zeobit.kext.Firewall    Version: 2.3.1
    com.parallels.filesystems.prlufs    Version: 2010.12.28
Problem System Launch Daemons:
           [failed]    com.apple.xprotectupdater.plist
Problem System Launch Agents:
           [failed]    com.apple.accountsd.plist
           [failed]    com.apple.afpstat.plist
           [failed]    com.apple.coreservices.appleid.authentication.plist
           [failed]    com.apple.lookupd.plist
           [failed]    com.apple.mrt.uiagent.plist
           [failed]    com.apple.printtool.agent.plist
           [failed]    com.apple.tccd.plist
Launch Daemons:
           [loaded]    com.adobe.fpsaud.plist
           [loaded]    com.google.keystone.daemon.plist
Launch Agents:
           [loaded]    com.google.keystone.agent.plist
           [loaded]    com.sierrawireless.SwitchTool.plist
User Launch Agents:
           [loaded]    com.adobe.ARM.925793fb327152fd34795896fa1fb9ffa268b2a852256fe56609efa3.plist
User Login Items:
    iTunesHelper
    System Events
    SuperDrive Update 2.1
    AirPort Base Station Agent
    TheTube Helper
    MediaCentral Launcher
    EyeTV Helper
    LOGINserver
    InstUtilLaunch
3rd Party Preference Panes:
    Flash Player
    Flip4Mac WMV
    MacFUSE
Internet Plug-ins:
    AdobePDFViewer.plugin
    Flash Player.plugin
    FlashPlayer-10.6.plugin
    Flip4Mac WMV Plugin.plugin
    Google Earth Web Plug-in.plugin
    googletalkbrowserplugin.plugin
    iPhotoPhotocast.plugin
    JavaAppletPlugin.plugin
    npgtpo3dautoplugin.plugin
    OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin.plugin
    QuickTime Plugin.plugin
    RealPlayer Plugin.plugin
    Scorch.plugin
    Silverlight.plugin
User Internet Plug-ins:
    fbplugin_1_0_3.plugin
Bad Fonts:
    None
Top Processes:
    31.5 %    prl_vm_app
    2.4   %    WindowServer
    1.2   %    mds
    1.1   %    EtreCheck
    1.1   %    mtmd
    1.0   %    NetAuthSysAgent
    0.4   %    hidd
    0.3   %    mdworker
    0.3   %    ocspd
    0.2   %    mtmfs

Dragging windows in Mountain Lion apps

I have found that document windows in Preview and TextEdit in Mountain Lion cannot be dragged around if a dialog sheet is open. I haven't tested every Mountain Lion app. Terminal does not have this problem, nor do iTunes or Safari.
So when I go to save, and I expand the save sheet to column view, and the columns extend off the screen, I can't move the document window. This can leave columns and buttons permanently offscreen.
My current workaround is:
- Escape key to cancle the save/open.
- Move the window.
- Retry the save or open and see if the offscreen control or display is now onscreen.
iMac7,1 running 10.8.2.
I also spent a good 15-20 minutes looking for a bug report page instead of using the community discussions to report this.

http://bugreport.apple.com/
I wouldn't report it as a bug quite yet, though. Personally, I can't reproduce the issue as you describe it, not in Preview nor in TextEdit. In both cases, when the sheet opens and I choose to expand the window (using the arrow in the top-right; you call it Column view) the sheet expands and, if a side would move off the screen, pushes the whole window further into the display so that the whole sheet appears.
But it sounds odd that your sheets are so broad as to move off the side of the display anyway—have you thought about just resizing them so that they aren't so broad? It's just like resizing any other window.

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