Frustrated about Mountain Lion too... but.....
I actually have been very excited for this Mountain Lion update! I am a new Mac user, this 27 iMac that I got on 6/21 is AMAZING, and already I feel that I will never venture back to Windows. After learning this OS, and finding out how easy it was, and just made more sense than Windows... I was even more excited about the update that integrated all the iOS stuff, as I have an iPhone and iPad as well. ( got the ipads the same day.. iphone user for 2 years).
I requested the code on the 25th, and have yet to get it in my email. Yeah, I am frustrated but after really thinking about it, the bottom line is.. I will get it, I won't have to pay for it, and all will be well. I am not sure why there are so many people on these forum that are so upset, that they start condemning apple because something is not perfect.
LOL maybe I am still used to Windows where nothing was perfect, and this would have been a normal thing to expect. Oh well... I still am excited to get my code, and check out the new features. Also, I am sure I will run into lots of issues that I have not attempted yet, and will need help, and I hope to come to these forums and find the answers I need.
Thanks.
I requested the code on the 25th, and have yet to get it in my email.
"Upon receipt of your completed order form and proof of purchase, a content code for OS X Mountain Lion, redeemable on the Mac App Store, will be emailed within 24 hours of order qualification."
From here > Apple - See if you qualify for a free OS X Mountain Lion upgrade.
If you don't receive the code today, use the email form to contact Apple here > Apple - Support - Mac App Store - Contact
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I am new to mac, but i keep reading about Mountain lion. I just bought my Mac book Pro less then a month ago. my current software is OS X 10.8.2, Do i already have mountain lion? How do I check to see?
As the others have stated, you're on Mountain Lion with 10.8, anything. But you can check your version of the software by going to the apple in the upper left corner of the screen and clicking it and selecting "About This Mac". That will open a box that shows your software version. Once there you can click on "More Info" that will tell you everything about your specific mac configuration.
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General question about Mountain Lion
I've kept clear of Lion on both my MACS because of all the "bad press" it got, I'm still running Snow Leopard on my MACS and I've never had a day of problems with either. Also I run Logic Studios on both my MACS and didn't want to chance having issues with interface compatability, lack of drivers and such. My question is kind of simple and for better or worse comes down to opinion, what is the general feeling about Mountain Lion? Is it a big improvement over Lion? Is it more stable with less bugs? Any issues running Logic? I'm "playing with the idea" of upgrading but I want to do my research first. If Mountain Lion is not a big improvement over Lion or if people are having issues with running Logic I'm going to stick with SL.
Thanks for your opinions in advance.Be cautious about listening too much to replies you're likely to get. These sort of questions in a place like this are like magnets to people who are having problems and want to complain about it. You're likely to hear some horror stories that don't represent the majority of cases.
ML has been excellent so far for me, faster than Lion and no serious bugs I've discovered so far. But if you upgrade, be sure to do your homework: backup, check compatibility of all your software (including things like printer drivers) and repair the hard drive with Disk Utility before installing. -
I bought a 13 inch macbook pro9.2 at Cash America with windows 7 Ultimate with boot camp program.
The Mac op sytem has Mountain Lion installed but the previous ower has his name and password attached to it and can only use as guest.
My question is how do I get around this to be administrator to reload software so i can use mountain Lion,and not loose the windows op .If you reformat the partition that contain Mountain Lion and reinstall Mountain Lion, it should not effect the Windows pratition.
Have said that I suggest you backup everything you might want to save just in case.
Allan -
I upgraded to Mountain Lion yesterday, but since doing so I find that my 1Password app will not work. I have checked for 1Password updates but there are none. Is there a compatibility issue
Hmmm...I'm using 1Password Version 3.8.20 (build 31499) with a fresh install (scrape and pave) of Mt. Lion on my iMac and it's working fine.
I use Dropbox to sync 1Password so for my fresh install I simply downloaded 1Password from Agilbits website and installed it.
Have you tried reinstalling 1Password? Depending on how you purchased it, download it from their website or from the Mac App store to reinstall/replace it. (IIRC v3.8.x comes directly from Agilbits and v3.9 from the Mac App store.) You shouldn't have to uninstall it, the new download should overwrite the existing copy.
As with anything else, be sure to run a backup first!
More here:
http://support.agilebits.com/discussions/1password-38-for-mac-from-agilebits-web site/17861-finding-existing-data-file-when-reinstalling-1password
http://support.agilebits.com/discussions/1password-in-mac-app-store/3377-how-to- reinstall
http://support.agilebits.com/discussions/1password-38-for-mac-from-agilebits-web site/13769-reinstall
http://support.agilebits.com/discussions/1password-in-mac-app-store/2394-reinsta lling-1-password
Hope that helps.
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I am trying make a flash drive bootable so i can install OSX Mountain lion it BUT it has MBR partition on it how can i remove this partition
Regards
WarrenDrive Preparation
1. Open Disk Utility in your Utilities folder.
2. After DU loads select your hard drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. Click on the Partition tab in the DU main window.
3. Under the Volume Scheme heading set the number of partitions from the drop down menu to one. Click on the Options button, set the partition scheme to GUID then click on the OK button. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Partition button and wait until the process has completed.
4. 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.
5. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Security button, check the button for Zero Data and click on OK to return to the Erase window.
6. Click on the Erase button. The format process can take up to several hours depending upon the drive size. -
Macbook pro late 2008 update to osx mountain lion already but can't open safari
macbook pro late 2008 update to osx mountain lion already but can't open safari
Where did you buy this "open box" MacBook Pro?
Here are the specifics on the upgrade program:
http://www.apple.com/osx/uptodate/ -
I have 2009 early Imac installed with latest OS X Mountain Lion. But I can't find Ilife from my system. Normally Mountain Lion coming with Ilife loaded, it's true? But I can't find Ilife applications. Pls, advice me.
It is my understanding that iLife is not included with Mountain Lion, but with a new Mac... You only get it pre-installed as part of a hardware purchase.
I am not an expert, but hopefully someone else will be able to confirm this, and if correct it means you wil have to purchase iLife seperately from the Mac App Store.
Sorry!
Update: If you visit the online Apple store and start to order a new Mac, you will see that iLife is not included and can be added as an extra purchase.
You will have to purchase this seperatley.
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I have Mountain Lion OS but I don't have the Messages app. Why do I still only have iChat?
I have Mountain Lion OS but I don't have the Messages app. Why do I still only have iChat?
HI,
If iChat was put inside a subsidiary folder of the Applications one then it will not get removed.
Apple App need to be loose in the Applications Folder or they will not update properly either.
I have heard of people creating a "Messaging App Folder" and keeping this inside the Applications folder with the consequences listed.
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iMac 2.5Ghz 5i 2011 (Mountain Lion 10.8.4)
G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
MacBookPro 2Gb (Snow Leopard 10.6.8)
Mac OS X (10.6.8),
Couple of iPhones and an iPad
"Limit the Logs to the Bits above Binary Images." No, Seriously -
I upgraded my 2009 Mac to Mountain Lion yesterday but cannot add photos from my iPhoto library to contacts anymore. Drop down menu only shows "default, recent and camera" but I cannot get to iPhoto library. Help stated to choose Faces but I don't even get that far. How do I fix. Still works on iPad but not on Mac.
When you have iPhoto and Contacts open and try to drag a picture for iPhoto to the Contacts photo frame do you get a + symbol? if not you should! from there the the pop menu should appear and then you can select the picture and click on done
Sample movie on how to -
HT4788 How about Mountain Lion?
How about Mountain Lion?,I can't go to the library folder,how can I do?
Or you can just hold down the Option key and go to the Go menu in Finder. The Library folder will be shown there so you can select and open it.
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I have paid for the Mountain Lion. But for some reason, I cannot seem to download it, despite software being upgraded. Anyone facing this problem where the download does not begin? How can I solve this?
Make sure your Mac qualifies to run Mountain Lion > Apple - Upgrade your Mac to OS X Mountain Lion.
Try disabling anti virus software and turn off the Firewall in System Preferencs > Security & Privacy
Apps such as Little Snitch and Net Nanny can prevent apps from downloading from the App store including Mountain Lion.
Third party download managers are not compatible with the App Store.
Keep in mind, 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 using 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. -
trying to download mountain lion OS, but whenever the net connection is broken it restarts from zero, how to prevent this and start downloading from the point it was disconnected
Disable anti virus software and try turning off the Firewall in System Preferences > Security & Privacy > Firewall.
Quit then relaunch the App Store. From the menu bar click Store > Sign In
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1. The loss of stickiness in Saving a file. Up until I loaded Mountain Lion the OS would remember the last folder/location where I saved a file and would present that as the assumed default. No more! Mountain Lion always wants to save to the Document folder. I never save there — too cluttered with files various apps have auto saved their crud. Mountain Lion requires several clicks to get to where I want to save. Almost always it's to the same location I last saved something to.
2. Mail defaults all new eMail documents to my iCloud address. I have several addresses loaded into Mail, and the iCloud one is definitely not my default. I have these various addresses for a reason. Up until Lion Mail remembered my most frequently used for addressing new mail. Now every time I send Mail I have to remember to change the address. Confuses my correspondents and frustrates me.
These may seem trivial. But they're not.Morley: This from a comment from the very bottom of that same article (but only if you're comfortable in Terminal... and always have a full back up in the wings when changing stuff this way):
"Use below Terminal command.
Save to disk (not to iCloud) by default:
defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSDocumentSaveNewDocumentsToCloud -bool false
If you would like to bring the functionality back then use 'True' at the end of the command."
Undoubtedly, somebody will come out with a free app to do this sometime.
This way, if you use iCloud, this should fix problem number 1.
For problem number 2: perhaps use a different email app.
Hopefully, Mountain Tweaks at some point will add functionality to overcome these issues: http://tweaksapp.com
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Any news about Mountain Lion not closing open files / folders on smb server shares?
Hey Apple, anyone listening?
Are there any new about this issue, where Mac clients cannot move/edit/rename each others files and folders on a smb server share? We are a graphics work group in an otherwise Windows-centered enterprise. We have mac clients with OS X 10.5.8, 10.6.8, and recently 10.8.5. None of the older clients can work with files or folders created by the new machine, meaning that InDesign files will open read only, files and folders cannot be moved or renamed. This is absolutely critical in a flexible work environment, where any graphics designer must be able to jump into any other project on short notice.
As mentioned in other threads around the web, this seems to be a problem not with file permissions but with the finder not releasing/closing files and folders correctly when not actually in use. (a known issue is the fact, that i.e. Acrobat pdf must not be viewed in column views preview, if anyone else wants to overwrite that file, but this issue here goes much further). We urgently need a fix for that!
I'm really desparate about this topic, since the IT-department is already reluctant to offer mac support and to look into these problems; if there is no solution to this, we will be switched to windows workstations by the end of the year ... Apple, do you want that? We surely don't!
A frustrated userHi,
thanks for your answer. Does that mean, that there is a solution to this on the server side? Is this ACL stuff a matter of setting up the server correctly, rather than a problem with mountain lion's networking?
If i could be sure about this, I would approach our IT department... (the are just waiting for some Mac User pestering them ) ...
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