Can new macs be downgraded to run Mountain lion
I have a new imac can it be downgraded to run mountain lion?
No. Mountain Lion doesn't contain the drivers needed to boot it.
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How do I tell if my mac book air will run mountain lion?
I've seen it asked a lot of times. I've seen the same answer every time, which is "so long as it's a late 2008 model"
My macbook air is silver... it says "macbook air" on it... I bought it once upon a time... it is running leopard... it does not appear to have a date stamp...
Do macbook air once-upon-a-time models run mountain lion? Or is there, possibly, some clue somewhere in the system data and about boxes that I might check? You know, like processor speed or graphics or memory? What does "late" 2008 mean anyway? how late? If I bought it in August it won't work but if I bought it in September from a shop that had been stocking it since June it will? Come on...
I don't even want to upgrade, I just find I pretty much have to now or I can't access anything (like the app store). I'm feeling obliged to pay to keep my machine working without being able to work out in advance if I even can - this has put me in a fairly negative frame of mind, and is why you are going to have to live with a fairly grumpy help request!
Anyone know what the real criteria are?Apple uses descriptors like "Late 2008" to indicate when models change. It has nothing to do with the time of year a system might be sold. The late 2008 MBA specs are here.
Type in your systems serial number here, and it will tell you what you have. You can find your serial number by clicking on the apple to the left side of the menu bar. Underneath the MAC OS X where it says what level of operating system you have, click on that until you see the serial number. -
Will my Mac Pro 2,1 run Mountain Lion?
I have read that the Mac Pro 2,1 would not run Mountain lion because of EFI32 in the graphics. If THAT part of the machine is upgraded, COULD it run X.8?
The "EFI64" or Unified EFI 2.x, was never final or adopted until late 2007, found its way into the Early 2008 Mac Pro.
The MacPro 1,1 actually existed, in engineering and such, with its EFI32, all the way back in June 2005, a year before we saw it. 2,1 added support for new processors was all.
64-bit processors, yes. Just think how the G5 folks who thought they had 64-bit systems, only not all the registers, not all the factors from top to bottom to be 64-bit.
I run 64-bit OS and drivers on EFI32 just not Mountain Lion. But my graphic card options have been one area where might matter. And 64-bit graphics is where Apple wants to go. Probably not 100% technical but some.
It does more than it did. 12GB kit (6x2GB) is now only $160. I paid that for a single 512MB DIMM in Sept 2006 ($320 the pair).
Apple supported (oddly) 64-bit Vista on MacBook in Early 2008, then dropped support in late 2008. The iMac did not get such "blessed to run Vista 64-bit" until later, 2009, even though they had Penryn 64-bit class processors in iMac already. None of it 'makes sense.' MacBook, MacBook Pro, iMac. -
HT1338 I have a new mac mini and cannot download mountain lion from apps store gives error
I have a new 3rd gen i5 intel mini mac and it wont' download ML from app store it gives the error
We could not complete your purchase. OS X Mountain Lion is not compatible with this computer.
I want to reinstall it for its running to slow and add only what I need.
it installs on my older mac miniAssuming your mini came with ML installed and you have already made a backup of your personal data, restart the computer while also holding down 'Command-Opt-R' and it should reinstall automagically from Apple's servers.
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Do the new mac books automatically come with mountain lion?
do the new mac books come with mountain lion out of the box?
When did you buy it?
Well i just checked the online store and i guess you are NOT guaranteed to get one with ML on it already BUT you are eligible for the up to date program and can get a redemption code to download it for free.
http://www.apple.com/osx/uptodate/ <--Just go here
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So my 8core 2007 'FutureProof' Mac Pro won't run Mountain Lion - any work arounds?
Can it really be true that it's the end of the OS upgrading line for my 2007 MacPro?
Surely someone out there knows a way to get around this? After holding out for Mountain Lion
while switching from MobileMe to iCould in the 'knowledge' that it wasn't necessary to get Lion first, I thought I
could survive a few weeks!... Just to be disappointed!?! Please say it isn't so!...If you google you will find a step by guide. It's not the easiest process in the world but seems doable. Good luck
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I have a mac book pro with retina,I haven't turned it on in a couple of months.no problems then, now when I try to turn it on i only get apple logo and progress bar. After a few mins the laptop just turns off and nothing eles.any help would be appreciated thanks
I linked to it above, but here is another link.
http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201262 -
My Mac is incapable of running Mountain Lion, so can I go to 10 X 6 and use Firefox?
I really like Firefox and want to continue using it - can I go to OS 10 x 6 or 7 and still be supported? Unless someone wants to suggest another browser for 10 X 5......
Hello thomkallor, of course and the better is to go to 10.7 if you can, see [http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/17.0/system-requirements/ Firefox 17 System Requirements] (Firefox 17 is in beta now).
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I have created three new users without Apple IDs and they can't log into either of my Macbook Pro or Mac Mini running Mountain Lion. These accounts are for my kids and originally were setup with parental controls and time constraints. Thinking this was the problem I removed the time constraints, removed the parental controls, deleted and re-added them, and made them standard users. I have reinstalled, used disk utility to repair permissions, and made them admins. Any help is appreciated.
Users don't need Apple ID's. That's not the issue. Have you tried repairing permissions their accounts?
http://osxdaily.com/2011/11/15/repair-user-permissions-in-mac-os-x-lion/
Repairing User Permissions in OS X Lion
You’ll need to reboot to perform this, and then use the same resetpassword utility that is used to change passwords in Lion, but instead choosing a hidden option.
When you use the Disk Utility app and Repair Permissions — it doesn’t actually repair the permission settings on folders and files in your Home folder where your documents and personal applications reside.
In Lion, there is an additional Repair Permissions application utility hidden away. This tool is located inside boot Repair Utilities. Here’s how to access it.
Restart Lion and hold down the Command and R keys. You will boot into the Repair Utilities screen. On top, in the Menu Bar click the Utilities item then select Terminal.
In the Terminal window, type resetpassword and hit Return.
The Password reset utility launches, but you’re not going to reset the password. Instead, click on the icon for your Mac’s hard drive at the top. From the drop-down below it, select the user account where you are having issues.
At the bottom of the window, you’ll see an area labeled ‘Reset Home Directory Permissions and ACLs’. Click the Reset button there.
The reset process takes a couple of minutes. When it’s done, quit the programs you’ve opened and restart your Mac. Notice that ‘Spotlight’ starts re-indexing immediately. -
I hace a Macbook Pro running Mountain Lion OS.... I need to print from time to time but don't have a new printer to go with my new macbook. Would a 3115CN work with it or no? If so, how can I set it up? Setting up a printer on a mac is a bit different from doing so on a windows machine and I am new to the macworld.
All help would be greatly appreciated.Yes. I'm running this printer from 10.6 through 10.9 and it's worked fine with all versions. Dell released updated drivers a while ago that make it much easier to administer this printer.
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I am having trouble seeing my usb printer from my second gen airport extreme using the newest version of airport utility under Mountain Lion. UGH! And while I can see and network to my Canon IP5000 from my macbook pro running leopard, I can't from my new macmini running Mountain Lion. Any help would be appreciated in configuring my macmini so it can see the Canon IP5000 on the airport extreme. Don't want to "share" the printer from the laptop because that would be a cludge. Thanks ahead
I solved this one based on another post. Turned out I needed the snow leopard IP5000 driver. I had just copied over the leopard driver (I had saved my .dmg file) and installed that but it didn't work. So I downloaded the latest driver which turned out to be for snow leopard and I am guessing since it is 64bit that is why it worked and the leopard driver didn't. Anyway, I also had to hook the printer up via usb to the mac mini to get it to work locally before the O/S would see it over Bonjour via the airport extreme.
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My brand new Mac Pro running Mountain Lion crashes when installing updates or new software.
My brand new Mac Pro running Mountain Lion crashes and re-boots when installing updates or new software. I can only perform these operations while in the safe boot mode. I have reloaded OSX twice. Does not solve the problem. The machine is brand new. It replaced a previous MacPro that would not support the new Mountain Lion. When my new machine came in. I swaped the dirve out of my old unit into the new and ran the new Lion update. The machine has had this aforementioned problem since that time. Also, I had the Legacy version of File Vault running on the old machine/drive, which I also turned off(thinking that was the problem) but that did not fix the problem either.
Here is my panic log entry:
Sun Nov 18 22:08:42 2012
panic(cpu 6 caller 0xffffff800b4ac90b): Releasing non-exclusive RW lock without a reader refcount!
Backtrace (CPU 6), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff8556cab950 : 0xffffff800b41d626
0xffffff8556cab9c0 : 0xffffff800b4ac90b
0xffffff8556cab9e0 : 0xffffff800b51c09c
0xffffff8556cabc10 : 0xffffff800b510e92
0xffffff8556cabc40 : 0xffffff800b4ff375
0xffffff8556cabf50 : 0xffffff800b7e182a
0xffffff8556cabfb0 : 0xffffff800b4ced33
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: installd
Mac OS version:
12C60
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 12.2.0: Sat Aug 25 00:48:52 PDT 2012; root:xnu-2050.18.24~1/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: 69A5853F-375A-3EF4-9247-478FD0247333
Kernel slide: 0x000000000b200000
Kernel text base: 0xffffff800b400000
System model name: MacPro5,1 (Mac-F221BEC8)
System uptime in nanoseconds: 427147359117
last loaded kext at 111975561856: com.apple.filesystems.smbfs 1.8 (addr 0xffffff7f8ba85000, size 229376)
last unloaded kext at 127467947009: com.apple.driver.AppleIntel8254XEthernet 3.1.1b1 (addr 0xffffff7f8bf8d000, size 69632)
loaded kexts:
com.zeobit.kext.Firewall 2.3.1
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I have two older macs running Mountain Lion that have been upgraded over the years from Leopard. They have continued to be able to print to a Canon IP5000 and use a driver that is fully functional. On the new MacBook Pro, the printer is found, but no driver is available for Mountain Lion from apple or Canon. Is there a way of getting the driver info from the old mac so that it will work on the new one?
Sorry, it says "New Event," not "New Entry." My bad.
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will microsoft office for mac 2004 transfer from my emac running 10.4.11 to the new iMac running mountain lion using migration assistant?
Microsoft Office 2004 will not work on any Mac running Lion or Mountain Lion. You will need to upgrade to Office 2011, buy the less expensive iWork apps from the App Store or use a free office clone like OpenOffice or NeoOffice.
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I would like to import the .abcdp files from my old, restored HD (was running mountain lion when the mac crashed) to the addressbook of my new mac (10.9.5).
Please advise.I don't have access to one.
I don't understand why the new address book is not backwards compatible with the data from former OS X versions.
In 10.8. preview was still able to read the files although it was already impossible to import them into the address book. But Why?
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