Downloading Mountain Lion OSX
I just found out that I cannot purchase and download the osx installation.
Is this true?
I urgently need the file, and a DVD won't do the job.
Is there a way I can purchase and download Mountain Lion?
Mountain Lion doesn't ship on DVD - it is download only, as QuickTimeKirk says.
The link I provided is a bona fide link to the Apple Online Store - the only place to legitimately purchase Mountain Lion. They will issue you with a Redeem Code that you can use at the Mac App Store (you will need to be running at least OS X 10.6.6 on your Mac to have access to the Mac App Store). When you redeem the code the Mountain Lion OS X Installer file will be downloaded to your Applications folder. You make want to make a copy of it it before running it as it self-deletes on successful installation - it may save you another 5gb+ download in the future.
It would be a good precaution to have tried and tested backup (Time Machine or a clone) that you can restore from if things go wrong (they shouldn't) or if you need to revert to the condition prior to upgrading for any reason.
Whilst Mountain Lion will work with 2gb of RAM installed, 4gb or more would be better. Also, some older apps may no longer work as Mountain Lion no longer supports Rosetta which enabled older PowerPC apps to run. Here is a reasonably comprehensive compatibility list. If there any older apps you rely on in your workflow they may also need to be upgraded as well:
http://roaringapps.com/apps?index=a
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I hope Apple brings an update too. I still have this problem. I also tried to do a clean install, which was a lot of work! So it must be a software problem.
I find it really annoying to get the black boot screen every time I do a cold startup!
I hope more people who have the same problem post something here, to let Apple now that they have to do someting about it!
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http://www.apple.com/support/mac/app-store/contact/
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https://discussions.apple.com/community/mac_os/os_x_mountain_lion
https://discussions.apple.com/community/notebooks/macbook_pro
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10.7/10.8 will NOT run your older PPC or most Intel software, you going to have to spend money on a older machine that might not be worth it.
http://roaringapps.com/apps:table
Also 10.7/10.8 is slower and has more memory needs you machine might not be able to handle (4GB+) also your older CPU and graphics card.
If you want fast, OS X 10.6.8 is simply the fastest with a fresh install, even faster than 10.5. AND it runs your older software, no need to purchase new ones.
Run 10.6 until the wheels fall off that machine before you inflicted yourself with a backwards crap of the Lions.
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Hi , and a warm welcome to the forums!
Could be many things, we should start with this...
"Try Disk Utility
1. Insert the Mac OS X Install disc, then restart the computer while holding the C key.
2. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, choose Disk Utility from the Installer menu at top of the screen. (In Mac OS X 10.4 or later, you must select your language first.)
*Important: Do not click Continue in the first screen of the Installer. If you do, you must restart from the disc again to access Disk Utility.*
3. Click the First Aid tab.
4. Select your Mac OS X volume.
5. Click Repair Disk, (not Repair Permissions). Disk Utility checks and repairs the disk."
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214
Then try a Safe Boot, (holding Shift key down at bootup), run Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities, then highlight your drive, click on Repair Permissions, reboot when it completes.
(Safe boot may stay on the gray radian for a long time, let it go, it's trying to repair the Hard Drive.)
If perchance you can't find your install Disc, or are running 10.7+, at least try it from the Safe Boot part onward.
If 10.7.0 or later...
Bootup holding CMD+r, or the Option/alt key to boot from the Restore partitiion & use Disk Utility from there. -
I have been downloading Mountain Lion for MAC for over 4 hrs. and it seems to be stuck about 2/3 of the way through. I have a I mac that is only 2 yrs old has 8 GB memory and I updated all software, checked utilitie for any disc repairs andbacked up everything before I started this process. Can someone tell me what to do Right now the version is OSX 10.6.8.
Let it go... these DL's take forever, depending on the spped of your connection and the traffic on the servers.
If by morning it is still sitting there restart and the DL should pick up from where it left off. -
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I think you'll need to find a way to delete or move files to an external drive to free up some space. Generally, you want at least 10% free space on the HD for best performance. In your case, you probably will not get ML to install. Assuming you are talking about 2 GB of hard drive and nor 2 GB of RAM.
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Click your Apple menu icon top left corner of your screen.
From the drop down menu click About This Mac.
If Mountain Lion is installed, it will say: v10.8
If not, launch the App Store. From the App Store menu bar click Store > Check for Unfinished Downloads
FYI .. for downloading Mountain Lion from the App Store, a high speed (broadband) internet connection is strongly recommended by Apple as noted here > iTUNES STORE - MAC APP STORE - TERMS AND CONDITIONS
If you need to reinstall OS X or repair the the startup disk Mountain Lion Recovery, that requires broadband access to the internet via Wi-Fi or an Ethernet connection. OS X is downloaded over the internet form Apple when OS X Recovery is used for reinstallation. -
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Hello,
I registered Apple developers have now the lion OS 10.7.4, I want to upgrade to a mountain lion Osx 10.8, I read that developers can get a download code to download the mountain lion Os from the App store, The question is how I do it?
i add a screen shot.Are you a registered Mac developer? In not, you must be to have access to the developer versions of OS X.
Details on registration are HERE. -
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I got it to download by going to the App Store, Purchases, and download.
This was after a false start thanks to Apple Help (total misnomer) which sent me to iTunes.
It is an amazingly slow download, so pack a lunch.
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Welcome to the Apple Support Communities
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