Do you need to run mountain lion to access Xcode tools
I have a 5 year old MacBook Pro and would like to access Xcode tools. However when I try to download the free version, my system does not recognize it. Any suggestions?
You must use a version compatible with the version of OS X you are using. Try this one: Download.
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Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Options button, set the
partition scheme to GUID then click on the OK button. Click on the Partition button and wait until
the process has completed.
d. Select the volume you just created (this is the sub-entry under the drive entry) from the left side
list. Click on the Erase tab in the DU main window.
e. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Options button, check the
button for Zero Data and click on OK to return to the Erase window.
f. Click on the Erase button. The format process can take up to an hour depending upon the flash
drive size.
3. Locate the saved Mountain/Lion installer in your Downloads folder. CTRL- or RIGHT-click on the installer and select Show Package Contents from the contextual menu. Double-click on the Contents folder to open it. Double-click on the SharedSupport folder. In this folder you will see a disc image named InstallESD.dmg.
4. Plug in your freshly prepared USB flash drive. You are going to clone the content of the InstallESD.dmg disc image to the flash drive as follows:
a. Double-click on the InstallESD.dmg file to mount it on your Desktop.
b. Open Disk Utility.
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e. Select the USB flash drive volume from the left side list and drag it to the Destination entry field.
f. Drag the mounted disc icon from the Desktop into the Source entry field.
g. Double-check you got it right, then click on the Restore button.
When the clone is completed you have a fully bootable installer that you can use without having to re-download Mountain/Lion.
Note: The term Mountain/Lion used above means Lion or Mountain Lion.
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What upgrades do I need to be able to run Mountain Lion? I have the Macbook 2.1, but am reunning leopard. Do I have to purchase the snow leopard, lion then mountain lion? I am a new MAC user, and am just trying to see. It says on the website I have to be running Lion. If I read that correctly, I have to purchase 2 previous updates before I can update to Mountain Lion. Is this correct?
First we need to know which one of the 9 different models of MacBook you have. To see which model you have go to the Apple in the upper left corner and select About This Mac, then click on More Info (and then System Report if you’re running 10.7 Lion). When System Profiler comes up check the Model Identifier and post it back here.
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I use MB pro running Lion OSX 10.7.5 and Now I have bought MB Air with Mountain Lion,Can I transfer my MB Pro stuff running Lion to MB air running Mountain Lion or do I need to buy Mountain Lion for my Pro and create a backup and then transfer ,Although I want Mountain Lion for my MB Pro but can I use the one from MB Air,thnx?
Hello,
If you just do a normal time machine backup on your macbook pro and then plug that harddrive into your new air; you should be able to just use migration assistant to transfer all your files. You wouldnt need to upgrade to mountain lion on your macbook pro.
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Do I need to upgrade to Mountain first or just go straight to Mavericks?
If you are running Snow Leopard (10.6.8), and your computer meets the other requirements, you can upgrade directly to Mavericks.
To install Mavericks, you need one of these Macs:
iMac (Mid-2007 or later)
MacBook (13-inch Aluminum, Late 2008), (13-inch, Early 2009 or later)
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid-2009 or later),
MacBook Pro (15-inch or 17-inch, Mid/Late 2007 or later)
MacBook Air (Late 2008 or later)
Mac mini (Early 2009 or later)
Mac Pro (Early 2008 or later)
Xserve (Early 2009)
Your Mac also needs:
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Have a late 2007 MacBook 2.2 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo, memory upgraded to 4 GB 667 MHz. What do I need to upgrade to run Mountain Lion OS 10.8?
While we all have MacBooks in this forum most of us don’t run Lion. There's a Lion Support Community where everybody has Lion. You should also post this question there to increase your chances of getting an answer. https://discussions.apple.com/community/mac_os/mac_os_x_v10.7_lion
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Hi - I've stupidly forgotten a log in password on my new iMac running mountain lion, tried the recoverpassword prompt by Command R and then terminal - all OK, but my computer is showing no volumes - and therefore no existing users so I'm unable to reset the password. Can anyone help? I'm tearing my hair out.
You are not selecting your boot volume. That would be the one indented at the top of the list. The one labeled "Macintosh HD." The internal hard drive would be the entry above Macintosh HD. I can't read it in the picture.
Are you able to boot the computer normally? If not, then boot from the Recovery HD. Try the resetpassword routing:
Forgot Your Account Password
For Snow Leopard and earlier
Mac OS X 10.6- If you forget your administrator password
For Lion/Mountain Lion
Boot to the Recovery HD:
Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the menu screen appears. Alternatively, restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears. Select the Recovery HD and click on the downward pointing arrow button.
When the menubar appears select Terminal from the Utilities menu.Enter resetpassword at the prompt and press RETURN. Follow instructions in the dialog window that will appear.
Or see Reset a Mac OS X 10.7 Lion Password and
OS X Lion- Apple ID can be used to reset your user account password. -
Need to reformat HDD running Mountain Lion and install Snow Leopard
I bought a new Retina Display MBP and want to sell my Late 2008 MBP.
My 2008 MBP is running Mountain Lion, but I want to format the HDD and install Snow Leopard. When I try installing Snow Leopard from the DVD, I get the following message: "You can;t use this version of the application Install Mac OS X.app with this version of Mac OS X."
How can I get this done?The only way to do it is to boot from the Snow Leopard installer disc and the erase and install. In other words you cannot "downgrade" OS X 10.6 over top of 10.8. Besides, if selling it an erase and install is the best thing to do anywya - gets all your info off it.
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I need to move my data from a time capsule that backuped my Macbook Air (which has been destroyed by liquid damage) to my Macbook Pro. The Air and the Pro both run Mountain Lion and I have a clean installation on the Macbook Pro.
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my imac is running mountain lion and last night i downloaded maverick. in midst of installing it, it said a powerPC app microsoft word would not work so i canceled the install for the time being. my questions is if i choose to finish installing maverick does that mean i will nevver be able to access word documents stored on my desktop? or do the word docs automatically convert to pages or what? i am so confused. would i be better off just sticking with mountain lion and send the maverick install to the trash? hoping someone will be able to answer my question though i am afraid the response is likely to be just stick with mountain lion so you can keep using word. i had been looking forward to maverick but it seems pretty drastic to not have access to microsoft word anymore by switching to maverick. hope someone has an answer so i can have the best of both worlds so to speak!
thanks for your response Csound1 on the peninsula ... if i go ahead and install maverick and then download LibreOffice or OpenOffice will i then be able to access old microsoft word saved documents on my deskstop through those two free alternatives? i am not that knowledgeable about these things so i am not sure if you are saying i will just be able to use libreoffice or openoffice for creating new documents or whether i can access the saved microsoft docs? are they transferred to OO or LO or what and if editing of the old word docs is needed can i do that through the OO and LO programs or apps (see i am not even sure if i am using the correct vocabulary!) hope you can answer this as quick as the first question, so i can decide to stick with mountain lion and trash the maverick install or proceed with maverick install and hoppe that my microsoft word docs are still accessible through OO or LO or adding to myquestion will pages on maverick be able to open the old word documents? thanks again!
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Imac freezing- running Mountain Lion 10.8.4
Hi all - Running Mountain Lion 10.8.4 on an Imac 2.4ghz Intel Core 2 Duo with 3gb RAM. Have recently (last 2 weeks) started to get problems with system freezing on waking up from sleep, only way to cure is to force shut programs then turn off pc and reboot. Have scanned the net for similar problems and found that it seem to be becoming a common one, followed various bits of advice and have found that using the console feature and the logs it provides that my problem seems to originate with Time Machine. I had gone through the process of removing all my peripherals except TM and started to read the diagnostic logs on console for a common thread and noticed that there were constant references to Tm (see below) and backup alias.
com.apple.backupd-helper[1741]
Not starting Time Machine backup after wake - failed to resolve alias to backup volume.
I decided to disconnect my TM and see what the result was - firstly I noticed there was a definite increase in the speed of my system and secondly that if I let the system go to sleep by itself when woken it worked fine, however if I forced sleep it froze on waking up, below is snapshot of the log at 3.00am in the morning
11/07/2013 02:59:48.000
kernel[0]
IOPMrootDomain: idle revert
11/07/2013 03:00:17.347
com.apple.backupd-helper[1399]
Not starting Time Machine backup after wake - failed to resolve alias to backup volume.
11/07/2013 03:00:18.698
com.apple.backupd-helper[1401]
Not starting Time Machine backup after wake - failed to resolve alias to backup volume.
11/07/2013 03:02:12.718
StatusMenu[189]
receiveSleepNote: NSWorkspaceWillSleepNotification
11/07/2013 03:02:12.723
StatusMenu[189]
receiveSleepNote: NSWorkspaceDidWakeNotification
11/07/2013 03:02:12.000
kernel[0]
PM notification cancel (pid 59, WDDMService)
11/07/2013 03:02:12.000
kernel[0]
IOPMrootDomain: idle revert
11/07/2013 03:02:42.769
com.apple.backupd-helper[1402]
Not starting Time Machine backup after wake - failed to resolve alias to backup volume.
11/07/2013 03:09:47.314
StatusMenu[189]
receiveSleepNote: NSWorkspaceWillSleepNotification
11/07/2013 03:09:47.000
kernel[0]
PM notification cancel (pid 59, WDDMService)
11/07/2013 03:09:47.320
StatusMenu[189]
receiveSleepNote: NSWorkspaceDidWakeNotification
11/07/2013 03:09:47.000
kernel[0]
IOPMrootDomain: idle revert
11/07/2013 03:10:17.363
com.apple.backupd-helper[1404]
Not starting Time Machine backup after wake - failed to resolve alias to backup volume.
11/07/2013 03:14:47.324
StatusMenu[189]
receiveSleepNote: NSWorkspaceWillSleepNotification
11/07/2013 03:14:47.000
kernel[0]
PM notification cancel (pid 59, WDDMService)
11/07/2013 03:14:47.339
StatusMenu[189]
receiveSleepNote: NSWorkspaceDidWakeNotification
11/07/2013 03:14:47.000
kernel[0]
IOPMrootDomain: idle revert
11/07/2013 03:14:47.629
StatusMenu[189]
receiveSleepNote: NSWorkspaceWillSleepNotification
11/07/2013 03:14:47.766
StatusMenu[189]
receiveSleepNote: NSWorkspaceDidWakeNotification
11/07/2013 03:14:47.000
kernel[0]
PM notification cancel (pid 59, WDDMService)
11/07/2013 03:14:47.000
kernel[0]
IOPMrootDomain: idle revert
11/07/2013 03:14:47.876
StatusMenu[189]
receiveSleepNote: NSWorkspaceWillSleepNotification
11/07/2013 03:14:48.016
StatusMenu[189]
receiveSleepNote: NSWorkspaceDidWakeNotification
11/07/2013 03:14:48.000
kernel[0]
PM notification cancel (pid 59, WDDMService)
11/07/2013 03:14:48.000
kernel[0]
IOPMrootDomain: idle revert
11/07/2013 03:15:17.381
com.apple.backupd-helper[1406]
Not starting Time Machine backup after wake - failed to resolve alias to backup volume.
11/07/2013 03:15:17.878
com.apple.backupd-helper[1407]
Not starting Time Machine backup after wake - failed to resolve alias to backup volume.
11/07/2013 03:15:18.108
com.apple.backupd-helper[1408]
Not starting Time Machine backup after wake - failed to resolve alias to backup volume.
Appreciate that this possibly relates to me not having the TM connected - will reconnect and see what the result is and follow up.
I have spoken to our local Apple shop however they have not heard of the problem! The advice given is to save everything and do a clean install, however have noted on the net that this is not necessarily the answer to the problem. Am a bit loath to place my Imac in the shop for many hours work and not necessarily get the problem solved.
So any ideas as to where I go from here please!
Many thanks
BMake a "Genius" appointment at an Apple Store, or go to another authorized service center.
Back up all data on the internal drive(s) before you hand over your computer to anyone. If privacy is a concern, erase the data partition(s) with the option to write zeros* (do this only if you have at least two complete, independent backups, and you know how to restore to an empty drive from any of them.) Don’t erase the recovery partition, if present.
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