HT1338 IiMac freezing with Mountain Lion

Over the last few days I've had to manually reboot my iMac as it freezes when trying to open a range of applications. Only recent additions have been to update to OS X Mountain Lion and Real racing 2. If it is OS X Mountain Lion is there any news?

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Calendar & Contacts "freeze" with Mountain Lion

New Mountain Lion installation on 27 inch Imac from SL (also moved to ICloud from Mobile Me). I have both calendar and contacts freezing all the time- I cannot even use the "address book" now called "contacts". Icloud is spinning all the time on contacts trying to sync. And all of the addresses I had on my mac are not there- it is all on Icloud - not what I wanted to see. With Mobile Me, you could designate how you wanted to sync- was the computer the master or the cloud. Icloud just tries to take over. My Imac has 20 GB ram - I should not have a power issue. I would like my Imac to have the master file - not Icloud.
When I click on something in the calendar- it takes almost 5 minutes or NEVER to get into it- I am constantly sending out crash reports. I cannot edit my calendar, I cannot get into the address book. Calendar is crashing on my IPad too. But Contacts are Ok on the IPad. So it is defintely a Mountain Lion issue with the Contacts program. Mail is slow too. Lots of hesitation before you can look at any of the mail. Again, with 20GB of ram on a new IMac, the applications shoudl be lightning quick.
I have an address book backup prior to buying my new IMAC- Is there a way to get rid of this file and go back to the old one and start over? How can I designate the IMac as the master file?

I had this problem. It was caused by me choosing to sync Calendar with iCloud when I did the ML install but not changing the setting on my iPhone. You have to use iCloud for both devices or none. I chose not to use iCloud for either but to get things working again you will need to jump though some hoops if you are in the same position I was in.
You will need to enable iCloud on your phone for Calendars as well as your MB and sync both to the cloud and merge the two calendars onto the Cloud.
Then export each of your calendars in Calendar on your MB to a .ics file using the File/Export command in Calendar. I don't think you can use the Archive option as this will duplicate settings as well and will put you back on the cloud as you move through the next steps.
Disable the iCloud setting for Calendar on your MB under Settings/iCloud. This will delete all your Calendar data on your MB.
Import the .ics files back in to Calendar.
Disable the iCloud setting for Calendar on your iPhone
Sync via iTunes and you should be good to go.

I've got a new iMac with Mountain Lion OS. Created a slideshow complete with music in iPhoto. Every time I try to export to iPhoto slideshow folder, it freezes. Help!

I've got a new iMac with Mountain Lion OS. Have created a slideshow complete with music in iPhoto, but every time that I try to export it to an iPhoto slideshow folder, it gets halfway through and freezes. This has been going on for a couple of days. I've tried opening iPhoto holding down the option key, but it doesn't make a difference. Any advice, please?

Upgrade to v9.4.1 or
Trash the HP Plug in from /Library/Application Support/iPhoto
There are two libraries where this plugin might be
HD/ Library
and
HD/Users/Your Name / Library
(On 10.7 or later: Hold the option (or alt) key while clicking on the Go menu in Finder to access the User Library)

TS3742 MacBook Pro 13" with Mountain Lion Freezing at login and getting Kernel errors

Ive been working on a friends MacBook Pro 13" with mountain lion for about a week now. It is having intermittent kernal panic errors on boot up only. It is also freezing up frequently at apple logo. Disk check passed, reformatted and reinstalled os. Switched out Ram. Still happening. Can anyone help.

Linc Davis,
I hope this is what you were requesting. I deleted out the UUID but as far as hang reports, wasn't sure what that would look like so I am sorry if that is included in this. Please let me know what you think.
Thank you for your help in this.
Mon Apr 29 12:40:14 2013
panic(cpu 0 caller 0xffffff801c8b8709): "Double fault at 0xffffff801c86e7a4, registers:\n" "CR0: 0x0000000080010033, CR2: 0xffffff80956effd8, CR3: 0x0000000019c3d000, CR4: 0x0000000000000660\n" "RAX: 0xffffff80956f01f8, RBX: 0x0000000000000001, RCX: 0x0000000000000000, RDX: 0x0000000000000001\n" "RSP: 0xffffff80956effe0, RBP: 0xffffff80956f00c0, RSI: 0xfffffe803e625000, RDI: 0xffffff80956f0218\n" "R8: 0xffffff80956f0210, R9: 0xffffff80956f0200, R10: 0x00007ff4ea446c00, R11: 0x000000007215d3ba\n" "R12: 0x0000000000000001, R13: 0xffffff801c8c6d9e, R14: 0xffffff80956f0450, R15: 0x0000000000000000\n" "RFL: 0x0000000000010282, RIP: 0xffffff801c86e7a4, CS: 0x0000000000000008, SS: 0x0000000000000000\n" "Error code: 0x0000000000000000\n"@/SourceCache/xnu/xnu-2050.22.13/osfmk/i386/trap_native.c: 280
Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff801c70bd20 : 0xffffff801c81d626
0xffffff801c70bd90 : 0xffffff801c8b8709
0xffffff801c70bf00 : 0xffffff801c8cddcf
0xffffff80956f00c0 : 0xffffff801c862f30
0xffffff80956f0250 : 0xffffff801c8b7a99
0xffffff80956f0420 : 0xffffff801c8cd4dd
0xffffff80956f0440 : 0xffffff801c8c6d9e
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0xffffff80956f0740 : 0xffffff801c8cd4dd
0xffffff80956f0760 : 0xffffff801c8c6d9e
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0xffffff80956f0a60 : 0xffffff801c8cd4dd
0xffffff80956f0a80 : 0xffffff801c8c6d9e
0xffffff80956f0bb0 : 0xffffff801c8b7b3d
0xffffff80956f0d80 : 0xffffff801c8cd4dd
0xffffff80956f0da0 : 0xffffff801c8c6d9e
0xffffff80956f0ed0 : 0xffffff801c8b7b3d
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0xffffff80956f1a20 : 0xffffff801c8c6d9e
0xffffff80956f1b50 : 0xffffff801c8b7b3d
0xffffff80956f1d20 : 0xffffff801c8cd4dd
0xffffff80956f1d40 : 0xffffff801c8c6d9e
0xffffff80956f1e70 : 0xffffff801c8b7b3d
0xffffff80956f2040 : 0xffffff801c8cd4dd
0xffffff80956f2060 : 0xffffff801c8c6d9e
0xffffff80956f2190 : 0xffffff801c8b7b3d
0xffffff80956f2360 : 0xffffff801c8cd4dd
0xffffff80956f2380 : 0xffffff801c8c6d9e
0xffffff80956f24b0 : 0xffffff801c8b7b3d
0xffffff80956f2680 : 0xffffff801c8cd4dd
0xffffff80956f26a0 : 0xffffff801c8c6d9e
0xffffff80956f27d0 : 0xffffff801c8b7b3d
0xffffff80956f29a0 : 0xffffff801c8cd4dd
0xffffff80956f29c0 : 0xffffff801c8c6d9e
0xffffff80956f2af0 : 0xffffff801c8b7b3d
0xffffff80956f2cc0 : 0xffffff801c8cd4dd
0xffffff80956f2ce0 : 0xffffff801c8c6d9e
0xffffff80956f2e10 : 0xffffff801c8b7b3d
0xffffff80956f2fe0 : 0xffffff801c8cd4dd
0xffffff80956f3000 : 0xffffff801c8c6d9e
0xffffff80956f3130 : 0xffffff801c8b7b3d
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0xffffff80956f3320 : 0xffffff801c8c6d9e
0xffffff80956f3450 : 0xffffff801c8b7b3d
0xffffff80956f3620 : 0xffffff801c8cd4dd
0xffffff80956f3640 : 0xffffff801c81e26a
0xffffff80956f3ee0 : 0xffffff801c81e5f5
0xffffff80956f3f20 : 0xffffff801c8b83a9
0xffffff80956f3fb0 : 0xffffff801c8cd401
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kextd
Mac OS version:
12D78
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 12.3.0: Sun Jan 6 22:37:10 PST 2013; root:xnu-2050.22.13~1/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID:
Kernel slide:     0x000000001c600000
Kernel text base: 0xffffff801c800000
System model name: MacBookPro7,1 (Mac-F222BEC8)
System uptime in nanoseconds: 21364954792
last loaded kext at 1663726355: com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCButtons          237.1 (addr 0xffffff7f9e543000, size 20480)
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com.apple.driver.AppleFileSystemDriver          3.0.1
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HT1338 I updated my MacBook Pro with Mountain Lion and now it is starting slow and opening with some of the programs. How can I fix the problem?

I updated my MacBook Pro with Mountain Lion and now it is slow in starting up and loads a number of probrams. How can I fix the problem?

Have you tried starting in Safe Mode and see if the slowness still occurs?
Restart holding the "shift" key.
(Expect it to take longer to start this way because it runs a directory check first.)
If this works look in System Preferences > Users & Groups > Login items and delete any third party login items (-), you can always add them back with the (+). Also look in /Library/Startup Items. Nothing is put in that folder by default, so anything in there is yours.
Reboot normally and test.

HT1338 Purchased a used macbook pro with Mountain Lion. My old Mac runs Snow Leopard is backed up to Time machine. How do I register the operating system to me and how do I use Time Machine to move my files to the new used computer?

Purchased a used macbook pro with Mountain Lion. My old Mac runs Snow Leopard is backed up to Time machine. How do I register the operating system to me and how do I use Time Machine to move my files to the new used computer?

If you look at the User Tips tab, you will find a write up on just this subject:
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-4053
The subject of buying/selling a Mac is quite complicated. Here is a guide to the steps involved. It is from the Seller's point of view, but easily read the other way too:
SELLING A MAC A
Internet Recovery, and Transferability of OS & iLife Apps
Selling an Old Mac:
• When selling an old Mac, the only OS that is legally transferable is the one that came preinstalled when the Mac was new. Selling a Mac with an upgraded OS isn't doing the new owner any favors. Attempting to do so will only result in headaches since the upgraded OS can't be registered by the new owner. If a clean install becomes necessary, they won't be able to do so and will be forced to install the original OS via Internet Recovery. Best to simply erase the drive and revert back to the original OS prior to selling any Mac.
• Additionally, upgrading the OS on a Mac you intend to sell means that you are leaving personally identifiable information on the Mac since the only way to upgrade the OS involves using your own AppleID to download the upgrade from the App Store. So there will be traces of your info and user account left behind. Again, best to erase the drive and revert to the original OS via Internet Recovery.
Internet Recovery:
• In the event that the OS has been upgraded to a newer version (i.e. Lion to Mountain Lion), Internet Recovery will offer the version of the OS that originally came with the Mac. So while booting to the Recovery Disk will show Mountain Lion as available for reinstall since that is the current version running, Internet Recovery, on the other hand, will only show Lion available since that was the OS shipped with that particular Mac.
• Though the Mac came with a particular version of Mac OS X, it appears that, when Internet Recovery is invoked, the most recent update of that version may be applied. (i.e. if the Mac originally came with 10.7.3, Internet Recovery may install a more recent update like 10.7.5)
iLife Apps:
• When the App Store is launched for the first time it will report that the iLife apps are available for the user to Accept under the Purchases section. The user will be required to enter their AppleID during the Acceptance process. From that point on the iLife apps will be tied to the AppleID used to Accept them. The user will be allowed to download the apps to other Macs they own if they wish using the same AppleID used to Accept them.
• Once Accepted on the new Mac, the iLife apps can not be transferred to any future owner when the Mac is sold. Attempting to use an AppleID after the apps have already been accepted using a different AppleID will result in the App Store reporting "These apps were already assigned to another Apple ID".
• It appears, however, that the iLife Apps do not automatically go to the first owner of the Mac. It's quite possible that the original owner, either by choice or neglect, never Accepted the iLife apps in the App Store. As a result, a future owner of the Mac may be able to successfully Accept the apps and retain them for themselves using their own AppleID. Bottom Line: Whoever Accepts the iLife apps first gets to keep them.
SELLING A MAC B
Follow these instructions step by step to prepare a Mac for sale:
Step One - Back up your data:
A. If you have any Virtual PCs shut them down. They cannot be in their "fast saved" state. They must be shut down from inside Windows.
B. Clone to an external drive using using Carbon Copy Cloner.
1. Open Carbon Copy Cloner.
2. Select the Source volume from the Select a source drop down menu on the left side.
3. Select the Destination volume from the Select a destination drop down menu on the right
side.
4. Click on the Clone button. If you are prompted about creating a clone of the Recovery HD be
sure to opt for that.
Destination means a freshly erased external backup drive. Source means the internal
startup drive.
Step Two - Prepare the machine for the new buyer:
1. De-authorize the computer in iTunes! De-authorize both iTunes and Audible accounts.
2, Remove any Open Firmware passwords or Firmware passwords.
3. Turn the brightness full up and volume nearly so.
4. Turn off File Vault, if enabled.
5. Disable iCloud, if enabled: See.What to do with iCloud before selling your computer
Step Three - Install a fresh OS:
A. Snow Leopard and earlier versions of OS X
1. Insert the original OS X install CD/DVD that came with your computer.
2. Restart the computer while holding down the C key to boot from the CD/DVD.
3. Select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu; repartition and reformat the internal hard drive.
Optionally, click on the Security button and set the Zero Data option to one-pass.
4. Install OS X.
5. Upon completion DO NOT restart the computer.
6. Shutdown the computer.
B. Lion and Mountain Lion (if pre-installed on the computer at purchase*)
Note: You will need an active Internet connection. I suggest using Ethernet if possible because
it is three times faster than wireless.
1. Restart the computer while holding down the COMMAND and R keys until the Mac OS X
Utilities window appears.
2. Select Disk Utility from the Mac OS X Utilities window and click on the Continue button.
3. After DU loads select your startup volume (usually Macintosh HD) from the left side list. Click
on the Erase tab in the DU main window.
4. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Optionally, click on the Security button
and set the Zero Data option to one-pass.
5. Click on the Erase button and wait until the process has completed.
6. Quit DU and return to the Mac OS X Utilities window.
7. Select Reinstall Lion/Mountain Lion and click on the Install button.
8. Upon completion shutdown the computer.
*If your computer came with Lion or Mountain Lion pre-installed then you are entitled to transfer your license once. If you purchased Lion or Mountain Lion from the App Store then you cannot transfer your license to another party. In the case of the latter you should install the original version of OS X that came with your computer. You need to repartition the hard drive as well as reformat it; this will assure that the Recovery HD partition is removed. See Step Three above. You may verify these requirements by reviewing your OS X Software License.

HT1338 im on osx snow leopard but the lion is no longer available on app store. How can i still upgrade to lion? my computer by the way is not compatible with mountain lion. thanks

im on osx snow leopard but the lion is no longer available on app store. How can i still upgrade to lion? my computer by the way is not compatible with mountain lion. thanks

Hello royalaqua,
I do think you should ask yourself if upgrading to Lion is the right course to take.
Snow Leopard is an excellent OS and Lion has literally been frozen out after barely a year. Remember too that some of your apps may not work with Lion (those that have Rosetta, for example) so that could mean more new purchases. Plus you may need to uprate your RAM too.

HT1338 preview does not work with mountain lion

I updated my mid 2011 mac mini to mountian lion and i find Preview and all of MS Office 2011 for MAC fails to work
I can cut and paset the logs, but lets astart with assessing whagt does not work with Mountain Lion.

Your profile lists a 2008 MacBook with Snow Leopard.
I installed Windows XP into Bootcamp on my 2009 MacBook Pro (either in Leopard or Snow Leopard, I do not remember which) and I used it with Parallels 6.
When I upgraded it to Lion, even though the Lion Bootcamp will NOT install Windows XP, my Bootcamp (and use by Parallels 7) survived the upgrade.
It may be possible that it will also survive and operate a future upgrade to Mountain Lion.

HT1338 i cannot run java with mountain lion

i cannot run java with mountain lion

@jnsmth
I see Barney-15E made suggestions regarding Chrome preferences. There's also a setting on the Mac to deal with this. Regarding the drop-down menus not seeming to scroll through (such as a list of states)--where when you place or click your cursor over the drop-down menu and it only opens to some of the options in a list, I found that you have to change the scroll bar behavior in your computer's (and not the browser's) General Preferences within your System Preferences.
Open System Preferences, and click on "General" inside the top row of "Personal Preferences" (as it is in my system with Mountain Lion, and I think prior operating systems before that).
Once inside General Preferences, select the radio button option for your scroll bar which you'd like to use in the "Show scroll bar:" section ("Automatically based on mouse or trackpad," "When scrolling," or "Always." If you're using a mouse and not a trackpad, you'd probably want to select "Always" as it takes swiping over the drop-down list on the trackpad to enable (make visible) the scroll bar and/or scroll the list.
Either with the installation of Mountain Lion, or the installation of my trackpad (I'm using a desktop iMac and not a Macbook / laptop) I found that the righthand scroll bars seem to automatically disappear. When I moused over or clicked on a drop-down menu (such as the list of states) I'd see only the first few options in the list. In order to access the rest of the states (get the list to scroll) you have to either have the scroll bar setting set to show "Always" or (if you have a trackpad) use the trackpad to swipe/scroll while hovering your cursor over the list's items to get it to scroll the list, and thus then show/reveal the lefthand scroll bar (which can then be accessed with your mouse if you prefer.
This confused me at first when my scroll bars seemed to disappear, but was an easy fix.
Hope that helps with that part of your issue.

HT1338 How do I get a driver for my Epson Stylus Photo 1400 so that it will run with Mountain LIon? I tried "Software Update" and says "no update available"

How do I get a driver for my Epson Stylus Photo 1400 so that it will run with Mountain LIon? I tried "Software Update" and says "no update available". I contacted Epson and was told all driver updates had to be obtained using "Software Update"?

You will find the latest Epson drivers herehttp://support.apple.com/kb/DL1398.
If you don't find a driver for your printer in the above, then install the Gutenprint drivers. It supports your model.

HT1338 I have tried to updated my iMac with Mountain Lion.

HELP!! I have tried to updated my iMac with Mountain Lion, OS X 10,8,3 (12D78) to 10,8,4, it keeps asking me to restart to install the updates, having tried this 20 times the app still has update available and I just go round again. how can I get this to finish and update correctly

Try downloading the update from the Apple Downloads site. http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1658
Or, you might try booting into Safe Mode and try to install through App Store. http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1455

HT1338 Can i update my apple macbook air with Mountain lion OS? Mine is Core 2 duo with 2 GB RAM aluminium case 2008 model

can i update my macbook air 2008 model aluminium case powered by intel core 2 duo with 2 gigabytes of RAM with mountain Lion? I have Leopard installed on it.

it has to be a late 2008 model or newer:http://www.apple.com/osx/specs/

Multiple problems with Mountain Lion

I purchased OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.3 on August 23, 2012 and iPhoto '11 9.4.3 on August 22, 2012. I have started having problems last month with freezes, various Apple software not working properly, and after the last update, I no longer can access my flash drives. I recently posted about my problems with iPhoto not letting me look at individual photos and showing only the black screen with thumbnail strip on the bottom (followed the reply poster's advice, thank you, but without any luck).
Now I am having issues following the last 2 updates from Apple to my OS.
- Spotlight will only look in the web (followed the steps provided by another discussion by going to system preferences, selecting all the files/areas to exclude using the "+" sign, then using the "-" to remove all the ones in privacy to force spotlight to reindex, no luck, still not working, even unchecking the webpages box in search results)
- Extremely slow response of my iMac, for instance, looking in my Applications folder on my dock, it opens in stages with each stage getting bigger and bigger until it is open to its normal window size (hope that makes sense)
- iTunes corrupted immediately after the lastest update when I tried to create a new folder for music resulting in a corrupted iPod and having to restore the iPod and reload the iTunes and all my songs from back up
- iMac no longer recognizes any of my flash drives (the USB ports recognize my iPod, Seagate external, digital recorder, etc) but refuse to recognize my flash drives. My flash drives work fine on all other computers both Mac and PC (have a 2 Memorex, 2 PNY, and 1 Scandisk brands). I did what another poster suggested (I browsed to see what to try before posting here). When I go to disk utilities, I am unable to "verify "the flash drive and not able to "mount" it
The flash drive is grayed out as are the other steps.
I am ready to uninstall Mountain Lion and go back to the OS that my computer came with in Jan 2010. I have not had any issues with Mountain Lion until last month. I am open to suggestions and ideas, not sure what happened in May (I did not load any new software, no brown outs, black outs, nothing done differently in May that I had not been doing all along).
Thanking you in advance

Please read this whole message carefully, especially the warnings, before doing anything.
1. I can only guess which of the modifications you've made to your system is causing the problem. The changes suggested here should be considered provisional; they may not solve your problem, or they may remove functionality that you find useful. If a third-party system modification that you want to keep is causing the problem, refer to its developer for support.
2. WARNING: Back up all data now if you haven’t already done so. Before proceeding, you must be sure you can restore your system to its present state, even if it becomes unbootable. If you’re not sure you can do that, STOP — DON’T CHANGE ANYTHING. If you’re dissatisfied with the results of the procedure suggested below, restore from your backup. I will not be responsible for the consequences, and I will not be able to help, if you ignore this warning.
3. You should either remove or update the following system modification(s), if an update is available from the developer:
N/A
and definitely remove at least the following:
BlackBerry Desktop Manager
CleanMyMac
Eltima SyncMate
Seagate Storage Driver
† Sophos
† Symantec AntiVirus
4. Whatever you remove must be removed completely, and (unless otherwise specified in this message) the only way to do that is to use the uninstallation tool, if any, provided by the third-party developers, or to follow their instructions. If the software has been incompletely removed, you may have to re-download or even reinstall it in order to finish the job. I can't be more specific, because I don't install such things myself. Please do your own research.
You will generally have to reboot after uninstalling a system modification. Until you do that, the uninstallation may have no effect, or unpredictable effects.
Here are some general guidelines to get you started. Suppose you want to remove something called “BrickYourMac.” First, consult the product's Help menu, if there is one, for instructions. Finding none there, look on the developer's website, say www.brickyourmac.com. (That may not be the actual name of the site; if necessary, search the web for the product name.) If you don’t find anything on the website or in your search, contact the developer. While you're waiting for a response, download BrickYourMac.dmg and open it. There may be an application in there such as “Uninstall BrickYourMac.” If not, open “BrickYourMac.pkg” and look for an Uninstall button.
Again, please don't ask me to do this research for you. You can do it better than I can, because I haven't installed the product and I may not even know what it is.
If you can’t remove software in any other way, you’ll have to erase your boot volume and perform a clean reinstallation of OS X. Never install any third-party software unless you're sure you know how to uninstall it; otherwise you may create problems that are very hard to solve.
WARNING: Trying to remove complex system modifications by hunting for files by name often will not work and may make the problem worse. The same goes for "utilities" that purport to remove software.
5. I recommend that you never reinstall the modifications marked with a dagger (†) above, if any. If your problem is resolved after uninstalling all the above modifications and rebooting, but you still want to use some of those not marked with a dagger, you can experiment with putting them back, one at a time, testing carefully after each step. Keep in mind that system modifications may be incompatible with each other or with future OS X updates, so it may not be clear which one is at fault.
6. If you still have problems after making the suggested changes and rebooting, post again. Remember: if you don’t like the results of this procedure, you can undo it by restoring from the last backup you made before you started.
Remove the Sophos product by following the instructions on this page.
Remove the Norton/Symantec product by following the instructions on either of these pages:
Uninstalling your Norton product for Mac
Removing Symantec programs for Macintosh

Disappointed with Mountain Lion Please Help?

Ever since i installed OS X Mountain Lion onto my Macbook White (Late 2011) my macbook has been running extremely slow at times my computer freezes and all apps become unresponsive, and i also have an 8GB ram installed, i have also installed the update though it is still slow.... so this is what apple is releasing now? **** software that makes customer experiances bad? wow apple wow.

I have a MACBook Pro since December 2011, and it was running perfect up until i installed Mountain Lion. It starts with the screen saver, most of the times i cannot type my password because it freezes. If i'm lucky and be able to log in after screen saver i get the Spinning beach ball (busy signal) and cannot perform any task unless i reboot. I did not have any problems with Lion and i think i did reboot 2-3 times since December, but with Mountain Lion i'm forced to reboot every day. Mountain Lion it's definitely worst than Windows.
What does Apple have to say abut this????

Mountain Lion Drops Battery Life and Freezes Often, Mountain Lion Drops Battery Life and Freezes Often, Mountain Lion Drops Battery Life and Freezes Often

I use MacBook Pro 13", 2011 edition. Since I installed Mountain Lion, my MBP's battery life drop from 7+ hours to roughly 5 hours overnight. Worse still, it freezes about once a day. Does anybody else experience this? Got tips to troubleshoot these issues?

I initially had similar issues with Mountain Lion, however I thought it was isolated to my configuration. I did make some adjustments using the command line power management tool and the difference are night and day. I never thought it amy have been a change in Mountain Lion. In any case, given the prevalence of this, I created a blog listing the changes I made and explaining it for those with increased interest.
http://michael.olivero.com/post/2012/07/24/MacBook-Air-improved-battery-life-wit h-Mountain-Lion.aspx

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