Compensation for OS X Mavericks if I purchase Mountain Lion now?
I am forced to upgrade to Mac OS X Mountain Lion so I can use Adobe products and download my Canon software, I know they are releasing Mac OS X Mavericks soon, is there some kind of compensation since I am purchasing it within the same few months? It seems a bit ridiculous to have to pay for a new one when it is being released in September, but I have no choice since none of my programs will run without an upgrade!
Allan Eckert wrote:
It is generally only after the announcement that they say who will get the discount. I don't think you will qualify if you purchase it now.
I also think that in the past, the discount has applied to new Mac computer purchases, as opposed to new OS X purchases.
RalphLandry1 wrote:
Apple has held the Mac OS X pretty fixed at $20 US for three generations so one would expect that to continue.
Thought that Lion was $30 . Anyway, at the very least it's been a downward trend. I don't see that changing.
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Purchased Mountain Lion, but can't install on Mavericks OS...Paid for but Can't install
Purchased Mountain Lion, but can't install on Mavericks OS...Paid for but Can't install
You can't install an older OS over a newer one. So you'll get a message saying you can't install ML until you erase the drive.
I'm presuming you already have the full Mountain Lion installer on your drive.
Download DiskMaker X. Use it, the ML installer, and an 8 GB flash drive to create your own bootable ML installer. Boot to the flash drive when it's ready. From there, you'll get the same minimal work screen as when you boot into Recovery Mode. Use Disk Utility to erase the drive, then install Mountain Lion. Restore your personal data. -
I'm trying to reinstall Mavericks on used Macbook Pro. When I log in to my Apple ID, it says it was not the same ID used to purchase Mountain Lion. I need to change user/admin as a lot of the folders and apps are in Chinese!
The first thing you should do with a second-hand computer is to erase the internal drive and install a clean copy of OS X. How you do that depends on the model. Look it up on this page to see what version was originally installed.
If the machine shipped with OS X 10.4 or 10.5, you need a boxed and shrink-wrapped retail Snow Leopard (OS X 10.6) installation disc, which you can get from the Apple Store or a reputable reseller — not from eBay or anything of the kind. If the machine has less than 1 GB of memory, you'll need to add more in order to install 10.6. I suggest you install as much memory as it can take, according to the technical specifications.
If the machine shipped with OS X 10.6, you need the installation media that came with it: gray installation discs, or a USB flash drive for some MacBook Air models. If you don't have the media, order replacements from Apple. A retail disc, or the gray discs from another model, will not work.
To boot from an optical disc or a flash drive, insert it, then reboot and hold down the C key at the startup chime. Release the key when you see the gray Apple logo on the screen.
If the machine shipped with OS X 10.7 or later, you don't need media. It should boot into Internet Recovery mode when you hold down the key combination option-command-R at the startup chime. Release the keys when you see a spinning globe.
Once booted from the disc or in Internet Recovery, launch Disk Utility and select the icon of the internal drive — not any of the volume icons nested beneath it. In the Partition tab, select the default options: a GUID partition table with one data volume in Mac OS Extended (Journaled) format. This operation will permanently remove all existing data on the drive, which is what you should do.
After partitioning, quit Disk Utility and run the OS X Installer. When the installation is done, the system will automatically reboot into the Setup Assistant, which will prompt you to transfer the data from another Mac, its backups, or from a Windows computer. If you have any data to transfer, this is usually the best time to do it.
You should then run Software Update and install all available system updates from Apple. If you want to upgrade to a major version of OS X newer than 10.6, buy it from the Mac App Store. Note that you can't keep an upgraded version that was installed by the previous owner. He or she can't legally transfer it to you, and without the Apple ID you won't be able to update it in Software Update or reinstall, if that becomes necessary. The same goes for any App Store products that the previous owner installed — you have to repurchase them.
If the previous owner "accepted" the bundled iLife applications (iPhoto, iMovie, and Garage Band) in the App Store so that he or she could update them, then they're linked to that Apple ID and you won't be able to download them without buying them. Reportedly, Apple customer service has sometimes issued redemption codes for these apps to second owners who asked.
If the previous owner didn't deauthorize the computer in the iTunes Store under his Apple ID, you wont be able toauthorize it under your ID. In that case, contact iTunes Support. -
I run a studio here in Atlanta. YEster day morning I called an Apple store to see if I could buy a copy of Mavericks. They forwarded me to Apple Care. Apple Care tech and myself could not find Mavericks anywhere on the app store. Avid does not support Yosemiteam yet, so I had no other choice but to purchase Mountain Lion. It has been over 24 hours waI ting on Apple to "ship" / email me a code to download from the app store. I read a lot of horror stories from when they rolled out Mountain Lion in 2012 about it taking 72 hours to receive the codes. I hope that maybe it doesn't take that l9ng this time because I am losing money by the minute. Microsoft would have had a code to me in minutes. This is just crazy. I have used Apple products for years, but this is very disappointing. Anyone else ordered Mountain Lion recently? How long dI'd it take Apple to "ship" you your code via email? Thanks
From what I've read on these forums over the past few months, it hasn't gotten any better. An electronic order from any company shouldn't take more than 12 hours for a system to respond to, but people have been waiting up to a week for their redemption code email to arrive. It makes no sense to me why it would take that long.
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Hello! I used QuickTime for watch any videos on OS X Mountain Lion, but now, I'm passed to OS X Mavericks and QuickTime, when I open an .avi file, convert this in a .mov file. I'm sorry for my English, I'm French and I don't know speak English very well, but what can I do for QuickTime opens on .avi and doesn't convert to .mov?
HI GalaxieMusique,
I'm french too, but I'm going to write this post in english so that everyone may understand it
I have the same problem in Mavericks, but I'd say, more important, with QuickLook.
Indeed Quicklook can't read avi movies anymore. Actually it always been the case, but with Perian we were able to fix it. The problem is that Perian is no longer available for Mac OS 10.9....
I'd assume that our only hope is Apple themselves... It would be nice from Apple to creat an add-on for quicklook to be able to preview the avi movies.
In regards with quicktime, you can download QuickTime 7 here:
http://www.01net.com/telecharger/windows/Multimedia/lecteurs_video_dvd/fiches/10 0.html
and ask all the .avi movies to be played by QuickTime 7 and not QuickTime X (included into Mac OS).
Sorry for the english, we french people can make mistakes sometimes
If anyone has a solution for QuickLook, please do not hesitate. This topic is becoming a real mess.... -
Purchase Mountain Lion for network installation
Hi I've been having freezing/lockup issues with my iMac (mid 2007). It is currently running Lion 10.7.5
I had it into the Genius bar, they checked the hardware and said it was good, the issue was coming from 'one of my files' on my backup. (I had restored from a Time Machine backup).
So, I am trying to run a network install to do a 'clean' install of Mountain Lion, but it says I haven't purchased it yet and won't let me proceed with the install. Seems like a simple question, but how do I purchase Mountain Lion so I can do a network install without being on my iMac?
If I can do a network install, then I can troubleshoot the backup files and have a known fresh starting point if I need to reimage.
Any thoughts or pointers appreciated.I will try that again, and post the results. Suffice it to say I have done quite a bit of troubleshooting and tried various things. At this point I would just like to be able to get back to a clean image and then troubleshoot which files on my backup may be contributing to the issue. If anyone else has ideas on how to purchase ML without using my iMAC please let me know - I can get it to run for about 5 minutes (when I restore from a TM backup) but then it just freezes or generates Kernel errors. Genius bar told me all the hardware checked out.
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Purchased Mountain Lion via App store but it appears to be stuck in download with no activity for over half an hour and no error messages. The download bar shows the download at about 1/20th for about half an hour as well. I had what appeared to be disk corruption. I used OS CD to repair - indicated successful. When I rebooted again the system showed the spinning icon again. I read that I should not install Mountain Lion if my disk still has errors. I'm not sure what my next steps should be?
Sign out of the Mac App Store.
Sign back in.
Restart the Download.
Sounds like you repaired whatever disk issues there was, you should be fine. Its now a matter of obtaining the install.
Others reported that it looked like it wasnt downloading here;
https://discussions.apple.com/message/19017752#19017752 -
Purchasing Mountain lion for a recovery??
Hey guys.
I recently purchased a Macbook Pro 13" with 8GB ram.
i wanted to reinstall the machine, but it all wen't wrong, since i don't have an apple ID with a purchased version of Mountain Lion.
I have been reading through the internet without finding any answers other than i need to purchase mountain Lion with my apple id, and i honestly just want to purchase it ASAP.
To purchase it, i understand i need to use another mac, in that case i just borrow my dads macbook air, and i tried entering Appstore, but there's no sign of any place to purchase mountain lion.
i also understand that this might have something to do with the drive.
Please do give me some advice, since i have no idea of my next move.
Ps. the seller i bought the machine from, have dissappeared......Hey, thanks for the reply.
here's the results.
Machine Model: MacBookPro7,1
Name: MacBook Pro (Mid 2010 13 inch)
ModelCode: mbp_13_mid_10
Family name: A1278
Model Number: MC375
Group1: MacBook
Group2: Pro
Generation: 71
CPU speed: 2.66GHz
Screen size: 13 inch
Screen resolution: 1280x800 pixels
Colour: Aluminium
Production year: 2010
Production week: 39 (October)
Production number: 5162 (within this week)
Model introduced: 2010
Memory - flavour: DDR3-S-1066
Memory - number of slots: 2
Memory - maximum total: 8GB
Memory - largest module: 4GB
Factory: W8 (Shanghai China) -
Purchased mountain lion has dissapeared
I purchased Mountain Lion about 3 weeks ago - Apple seemed reluctant to sell it to me, they kept offering Mavericks for free where as ML was to cost $22 per computer.
I don't want Mavericks, so many people have complained about it that I'd rather stay on earlier operating systems, but my laptops have to be as current as I can cope with - they are running Lion. I thought Mountain Lion would keep me closer so I purchased it. Three four days ago I downloaded it - thsi involved unlocking an encrypted PDF and using the code inside that to initiate the download.
The download started but seemed to go very slowly (we have a fast connection). I went off and did some backing up of other systems, when I returned the download seemed to have ended but there was no sign of the DMG. I have searched the usual places, Applications, Downloads, Dock with no success. Spotlight cannot find it, listing activity by date doesn't show it..
I returned to the store and they say it has been downloaded and cannot be downloaded again. If I persist they say "there is a problem".
What can I do?
Any thoughts?
Read mende1 response in this thread---> https://discussions.apple.com/message/21565518#21565518 -
I also tried to see if I could buy memory but find thatI cant even do that with this relic?
Those models will support:
Maximum Memory
6.0 GB (Actual) 4.0 GB (Apple)
Memory Slots
2 - 200-pin PC2-6400 (800MHz) DDR2 SO-DIMM
They should be upgradeable to Mavericks as well as Mountain Lion.
Upgrading from Snow Leopard to Lion or Mountain Lion to Mavericks
To upgrade to Mavericks you must have Snow Leopard 10.6.8, Lion, or Mountain Lion installed. Purchase and download Mavericks (Free) from the App Store. Sign in using your Apple ID. The file is quite large, over 5 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 Mavericks- System Requirements
Macs that can be upgraded to OS X Mavericks
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.
Upgrading to Lion
If your computer does not meet the requirements to install Mavericks, 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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When I upgraded to Lion, my Parallels stopped working and I got a Bootcamp error message. It had worked fine for the prior year. I upgraded to Parallels 7. No luck. At the Genius Bar, the Genius uninstalled Bootcamp. No luck. I still get "The Boot Camp partition /dev/diskOs4 used by Hard Drive 1 is missing."
Another Genius suggested upgrading to Mountain Lion. While at the Bar, I purchased Mountain Lion and then we paused the install so that I could resume it at home. Once I got home, I can't find the Mountain Lion installer to resume. It's not in the Downloads file. Any clue?
My business programs all run on Windows, so I have to get it operating. The Genius Bar isn't much help. Does anyone know how to get Mountain Lion installed? How to get Parallels working?The "Geniuses" (and I use that word in sarcasm) at the Bar are lying to you. Upgrading from Lion to Mt Lion will not fix whatever problems you are having. In fact it will most likely make them worse.
If you want to try installing Mt Lion to fix the problems you are having you will need to open the Mac App Store link in your Dock, Login to your Apple ID account for the MAS and go to your Purchases area. Mt Lion should be in there and you will be able to do a proper download. Once you either set your Mac into sleep or shut down and then left the internet connection at the Bar all record of that download was lost. So you will need to restart it again from the beginning, like described above.
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I have been trying to purchase mountain lion from the app store and it doesnt let me. I keep getting mobile me in the system preferences and i want to upgrade so i can link this mac book with my icloud account and devices. How can I uograde to mountain lion?
Choose About this Mac from the Apple menu, click on More Info, and check the model identifier against the following, which are the earliest models capable of running 10.8:
iMac7,1
MacBook5,1
MacBookPro3,1
MacBookAir2,1
Macmini3,1
MacPro3,1
Xserve3,1
If your computer is incapable of running 10.8 but has at least a Core 2 Duo(not Core Duo) CPU and at least 2GB RAM, phone the online Apple Store and order a download code for Lion.
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I purchased Mountain Lion on my MacBook and want it on my mac desktop as well. Can I download the same purchase on my desktopMac? and how do i do that?
Welcome to the Apple Support Communities
When you purchase Mountain Lion, you can install it as many times as you want on all your computers for free. To install it on the desktop, open the App Store, go to Purchases tab and download OS X Mountain Lion.
Another option is to redownload it on the MacBook, put the installer onto a USB drive and connect it to the desktop in order to upgrade -
My app store on my macbook pro no longer shows that i purchased mountain lion. So when I am trying to do a reinstall it is not letting me put mountain lion, without re-purchasing it
Pardon the question, but you are checking the mac app store > Purchases (not iTunes or iTunes store or the app store for iDevices)? Have you tried holding the Option key while clicking on Purchases (shows hidden purchases).
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When I try to purchase Mountain Lion i get an error message: "We could not complete your purchase. The product distribution file could not be verified. It may be damaged or was not signed."
I can purchase other apps, why not Mountain Lion. I get the same message on my wife's IMAC.The only thing that worked for me was to boot in safe mode.
Power down. Then press power button and hold 'shift' key until grey screen with progress bar appears... Once booted and logged in just open safari and browse to applestore.
No trouble at all once I did this.
Hope it helps.
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