Currently running Lion, want to move to server, do I need to upgrade to Mountain Lion first, or will it come with the Server purchase?
Currently running Lion, want to move to server, do I need to upgrade to Mountain Lion first, or will it come with the Server purchase?
No. Mountain Lion Client and Server are two separate purchases and downloads. You will need to upgrade to both.
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my mac is currently running on version 10.6.8,and when i try to upgrade to mountain it just says waiting but no download.what should i do?
Go to the Purchases tab in App Store and click on the Mountain Lion download. See if there is a Resume option.
There also might be an icon in the Dock where you can try the same.
I can't remember from Snow Leopard what it shows when you are downloading. -
I'm running 10.5.8 on my MacBook Pro. Can I upgrade to Mountain Lion.
I'm running 10.5.8 on my MacBook Pro. Can I upgrade to Mountain Lion. Thanks
The first step in Upgrading... is to Snow Leopard = OS X 10.6.x
It is Not available as a download... It is a Paid Upgrade.
Do this first...
Check that your Mac meets the System Requirements for Snow Leopard...
Snow Leopard Tech Specs
http://support.apple.com/kb/SP575
If so... Purchase a Snow Leopard Install Disc...
http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC573Z/A/mac-os-x-106-snow-leopard
Other countries...
http://support.apple.com/kb/HE57
After the Successful Install, run Software Update to get the latest updates for Snow Leopard.
Be sure to make a Backup of your Current System Before Upgrading...
Next...
Upgrade to Mountain Lion
With Regard to ML... Check here for compatibility of 3rd party Software you may be using...
http://roaringapps.com/apps:table
You should also consider more RAM... Get the Maximum you can for your Mac...
It is important to get the Correct and Matching RAM
See Here > OWC RAM > http://www.macsales.com -
If my iMac is running OS X 10.7 do I need to upgrade to Mountain Lion or can I go directly to Mavericks?
Yes, 10.7 can just jump directly to 10.9; just check your Mac App Store to download.
Heres the How to Upgrade guide, pretty simple:
http://www.apple.com/osx/how-to-upgrade/ -
I am currently running version 10.4.11 on my computer, I need to upgrade to 10.5. Do I need to upgrade or get a new full version?
You need to purchase the retail version on a disc with a black face and a big X on it. Do not buy a grey-faced version, that would be machine specific and won't work for you.
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I have a 2010 Macbook, and have snow leopard on it. Do I need to upgrade to Mountain Lion first on order to be able to upgrade to Mavericks?
Lanny wrote:
You shouldn't assume that someone with a 2010 Mac is going to have a lot of incompatible PowerPC software.
It's wrong for you to assume that they don't care about what they are about to lose, even if it's one PPC program.
It's not uncommon for people to keep their software up to date.
It's wrong for you to assume that all software is being updated or that there are Intel versions available.
I have a mid/late-2007 MacBook Pro 3.1 with 6 Gigs of RAM and a 750 Gig 7200rpm hybrid hard drive that is running Mountain Lion just fine. Performance benchmarks with Geekbench are equal between SL and ML, and the Mac runs about 20 F degrees cooler than it did with SL.
You took extremely good care of your almost 7 year old machine and judiciously used it, you added more RAM and a faster cooler hybrid drive to make up for the more feature rich yet slower performing Mountain Lion.
Congratulations, your a conservative.
It would be nice to have some empathy for the people you advise that they also also don't get suddenly ambused by a OS X upgrade that's going to disable software they care about using still. -
My iMac says I have 10.6.8 operating system now. Problem is I do not know if that is 'Lion' or 'Snow Leopard' ... and I wish to upgrade to 'Mountain Lion'
That is Snow Leopard.
Upgrading to Snow Leopard, Lion, or Mountain Lion
Upgrading to Snow Leopard
You can purchase Snow Leopard by contacting Customer Service: Contacting Apple for support and service - this includes international calling numbers. The price is $19.99 plus tax. You will receive physical media - DVD - by mail.
Third-party sources for Snow Leopard are:
Snow Leopard from Amazon.com
Snow Leopard from eBay
After you install Snow Leopard you will have to download and install the Mac OS X 10.6.8 Update Combo v1.1 to update Snow Leopard to 10.6.8 and give you access to the App Store.
Before upgrading check that you computer meets the minimum requirements:
Snow Leopard General requirements
1. Mac computer with an Intel processor
2. 1GB of memory
3. 5GB of available disk space
4. DVD drive for installation
5. Some features require a compatible Internet service provider; fees may
apply.
6. Some features require Apple’s MobileMe service; fees and terms apply.
Upgrading to Lion
First, you need to upgrade to Snow Leopard 10.6.8 as stated above.
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.
Before upgrading check that you computer meets the minimum requirements:
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
5. Some features require an Apple ID; terms apply.
Upgrading to Mountain Lion
Be sure your computer meets the minimum requirements:
Apple - OS X Mountain Lion - Read the technical specifications.
Macs that can be upgraded to OS X Mountain Lion
1. iMac (Mid 2007 or newer)
2. MacBook (Late 2008 Aluminum, or Early 2009 or newer)
3. MacBook Pro (Mid/Late 2007 or newer)
4. MacBook Air (Late 2008 or newer)
5. Mac mini (Early 2009 or newer)
6. Mac Pro (Early 2008 or newer)
7. Xserve (Early 2009)
Are my applications compatible?
See App Compatibility Table - RoaringApps - App compatibility and feature support for OS X & iOS.
Am I eligible for the free upgrade?
See Apple - Free OS X Mountain Lion upgrade Program.
For a complete How-To introduction from Apple see Apple - Upgrade your Mac to OS X Mountain Lion. -
I have a MacBookPro with OS X Lion 10.7.5 - Just purchased an Apple TV Device but can't mirror stuff in my computer to the TV. Do I need to upgrade to Mountain Lion in order to get air play or is there another way to mirror stuff to my TV?
About AirPlay and Airplay Mirroring
AirPlay Mirroring requires a second-generation Apple TV or later, and is supported on the following Mac models: iMac (Mid 2011 or newer), Mac mini (Mid 2011 or newer), MacBook Air (Mid 2011 or newer), and MacBook Pro (Early 2011 or newer). For non-qualifying Macs you can try using Air Parrot.
Several Apple Articles Regarding AirPlay
Apple TV (2nd and 3rd gen)- How to use AirPlay Mirroring
How to set up and configure AirPort Express for AirPlay and iTunes
About AirPlay Mirroring in OS X Mountain Lion
iTunes 10- About playing music with AirPlay
Troubleshooting AirPlay and AirPlay Mirroring
Using AirPlay
Thanks to the $15 Beamer, AirPlay streaming is still possible on Macs that do not support Airplay and mirroring.
Other solutions are the Air Parrot, StreamToMe, and AirServer. -
What do I need to backup before I download Mountain Lion? I am currently OS 10.5.8.
I'd clone the entire drive...
Get carbon copy cloner to make an exact copy of your old HD to the New one...
http://www.bombich.com/software/ccc.html
Or SuperDuper...
http://www.shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper/
Or the most expensive one & my favorite, Tri-Backup...
http://www.tri-edre.com/english/tribackup.html
Snow Leopard/10.6.x Requirements...
General requirements
* Mac computer with an Intel processor
* 1GB of memory (I say 4GB at least, more if you can afford it)
* 5GB of available disk space (I say 30GB at least)
* DVD drive for installation
* Some features require a compatible Internet service provider; fees may apply.
* Some features require Apple’s MobileMe service; fees and terms apply.
Which apps work with Mac OS X 10.6?...
http://snowleopard.wikidot.com/
I'ts been pulled from the online store, so you have to call Apple to buy it.
Thanks to Kappy…
If you need to purchase Snow Leopard you can still purchase a copy from Apple's online store's telesales agents.[1-800-MY-APPLE (1-800-692-7753) or Customer Service and Sales Support at 1-800-676-2775.] Ask for a Sales Representative.
Third-party sources for Snow Leopard are:
Snow Leopard from Amazon.com
Snow Leopard from eBay
After you install Snow Leopard you want to download and install the Mac OS X 10.6.8 Update Combo v1.1 to update Snow Leopard to 10.6.8 and give you access to the App Store.
Are you sure you need to???
I'd reserchall the problems with it first... with a bootable clone, you can at least get back to work where you were. -
Many apps I would like to download were out of reach because they needed the latest software download to work. I was extrememly excited to hear that the newest update was completely free and knew that it would help some of my problems. I was told that Mavericks could be installed straight from Snow Leopard, but I'm guessing a few updates have been missed on the way? How am I supposed to update my apps like Photo Booth when I am a student with low income and can't afford to buy things like Mountain Lion?
Is there anyway to update my apps without downsizing my software???First, I see from the screenshot that you have applications on your desktop - how did they wind up there? Any app should be installed in the Applications folder since that is where Software Update expects them to be when it searches for updates. So you might want to move your apps there. Do that, restart, and run Software Update again. If that does not update your very old version of Photo Booth, then I have only one suggestion: use recovery (hold down Command + R keys while restarting or rebooting) to re-download and install Mavericks again over the top of what you have.
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Do i need to upgrade to mountain lion from snow leopard first to use setup assistant?
to copy my hard drive via firewire from my old macpro to my new mac pro?
No. Just use the Setup Assistant on first boot as described in Pondini's Setup New Mac guide.
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I am concerned to upgrade to mountain lion that I will not be able to use my documents on my iPad and my Mac 10.6 currently. I am reading that may not have some things I have now and have to keep upgrading apps. Mainly I do reports for work an want to be able to do them on my iPad as I am in my stores. From what I am reading I need to upgrade to mountain lion to do so
Well, if you really do have OSX 10.6, then you can't be using iCloud, since you need at least 10.4 (Lion). You can use either Lion or Mountain Lion, but the latter is better for what you want because saving Pages documents to icloud is automatic. It's a manual process using Lion (requiring you to log into icloud.com with a browser and dragging files to the iWork page).
To use pages or any of the other iWork file types, you have to have the corresponding iOS app, like Pages for iOS. -
Can Macbook 4,1 (early 2008) 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo be upgraded to Mountain Lion?
I just upgraded to 4GB of memory after reading somewhere that the Macbook Model Identifier "4,1" can be upgraded to Mountain Lion. I was surprised to read under 'how to upgrade to Mountain Lion' that Macbook's (Late 2008) are upgradable. Aside from this upgrade being less expensive than buying a new Mac, my current Macbook runs perfectly after five years, or I wouldn't be considering an upgrade to the OS. I've been told that Snow Leopard is the last truly solid OS from Apple, and I just got an iPhone 5 that would be more compatible with Mountain Lion. Final note, the site that stated "4,1" is upgradable also stated that while Apple states maximum memory is 4GB, that in fact it can be maxed out at 6GB. Optimistic until advised otherwise.
Any input is much appreciated.
Thanks.Welcome to the Apple Support Communities
OS X Mountain Lion requires a Late 2008 Aluminum or Early 2009 MacBook or later, so you can't install Mountain Lion in your Mac. Read > http://www.apple.com/osx/specs
It doesn't mind that your computer is useless, because Snow Leopard is still supported and Apple updates Snow Leopard, so if you are happy with Snow Leopard, continue using that version. A lot of people say that Lion doesn't work properly with old computers, but Mountain Lion fixed most of its issues. Apart from that, the iPhone 5 is compatible with Snow Leopard in the same way as with Mountain Lion, so don't worry about that -
Lost my E: drive after upgrade to mountain lion
Hi,
I upgraded to Mountain Lion today and everything looked ok. However when I booted into windows 7 (boot camp), I found my E: drive missing.
Earlier with snow leopard, windows 7 would show me the following drives
(BootCamp) C:
(DVD RW Drive) D:
(My Data) E:
(Macintosh HD) F:
Now with mountain lion, windows 7 cannot find E:
A screen shot of my computer management window is below and it shows my earlier E: as unallocated.
Can I get my E: drive back?
Thanks in advance.After trying to rebuild my data for a month, I have got it all back today. Luckily I didnt need the data during this time. Ok below is the solution for others who find themselves in a similar situation.
Recap...
When I had Snow Leopard, I installed windows 7 with bootcamp. Within windows I resized my windows partition and created a new drive E:\ for my data files, Every thing was great and E:\ has all my data from over last year and a half. Also had set up my backup schedule to run once a week.
December 20th 2012 - D-Day
I upgraded to Mountain Lion and the OS worked great. However when I booted into Windows 7, my E:\ has disappeared and my computer management widget shows an unallocated block where my E:\ once resided.
You can see screenshots of my partitions in both Windows 7 computer management and Mountain Lion Disk Layout in my posts above.
The Solution...
Looked for data recovery solutions online and homed in on EaseUs Partition Master at http://www.easeus.com/partition-recovery. Installed the free version in windows 7 and ran the Data Recovery ->Partition Recovery Wizard -> Search all lost files automatically.
It took a while, about 3-4 hours, but after that I could not believe my eyes when I saw my entire folder structure with all my files from my missing partition.
However the free edition only recovers 1 GB of data, so I went ahead and purchased it for $69.95.
This software does not recreate the partition, but allows you to restore the lost files and folders to an existing drive. It also warns you not to select the same disk as destination as it may overwrite the space used by the lost files thus preventing 100% recovery. So I went ahead and recovered the files to my pen drive.
Now I had to recreate the partition from the unallocated space in Windows7 computer management screen. But then I would again face this problem when upgrading to Mac OS X 11 in the future I will have to redo these steps again. So I decided to configure the partition in OS X rather than windows 7 and format it as FAT.
I went ahead and created the partition in OS X and Quick formatted it as FAT. When I created the partition, I was warned that this action could possible affect my boot record (or something to that effect). I ignored it and went ahead.
A new problem surfaces
Now when I restart the MAC, windows 7 is missing from the list of bootables. But the solution to this turned out to be very simple.
See Christopher Murphy's detailed explanation in the discussion here https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4144252?start=0&tstart=0. I just read through the 1st few posts on this discussion to restore the windows 7 bootable option when restarting.
To conclude
Thanks Christopher Murphy from the other discussion for help on the 2nd half of the problem. -
Can I upgrade to Mountain Lion with Mac Book 4.1
have 2007 Mac Book 4.1, need to upgrade to Mountain Lion to run Turbo Tax, will I be able to?
No. The newest OS that Mac can be upgraded to is Lion 10.7.5.
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