Cant download mountain lion

My computer is up to date (OS X 10.6.8). I purchased and tried to download Mountain Lion. It just sits in the dock and doesn't download. After a long period it goes into pause mode and screen saver eventhough I put the shut down to never.
What am I doing wrong?

It's ok if screen saver turns on, that doesn't affect the download, it's only when your computer goes to sleep mode that data will stop.
Hoever your mouse over the icon, does it tell you how much is downloaded? If not, look at your puchases tab in MAS, and it should show you some details.

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