HT5048 do you need lion before updating to mountain lion?

I have 10.6.8 and i see that a new os is coming out next month called moutain lion. I didnt upgrade to lion. Do I need lion before updating to mountain lion?

Upgrading to Mountain Lion - http://www.apple.com/osx/how-to-upgrade
Mac OS X: System requirements for Mountain Lion (10.8) - http://www.apple.com/macosx/specs.html
Lion and Mountain Lion application compatibility - http://roaringapps.com/apps:table

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Do I need external hard drive to back up my iMac before update to mountain lion? My is OS 10.6.8

Do I need external hard drive to back up my iMac before update to mountain lion? My is OS 10.6.8.

First, repair your hard drive and permissions:
Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions
Boot from your Snow Leopard Installer disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu. After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the installer.
If DU reports errors it cannot fix, then you will need Disk Warrior and/or Tech Tool Pro to repair the drive. If you don't have either of them or if neither of them can fix the drive, then you will need to reformat the drive and reinstall OS X.
Second, make a bootable backup to an external drive using the Restore option of Disk Utility:
Clone using Restore Option of Disk Utility
1. Open Disk Utility in the Utilities folder.
2. Select the destination volume from the left side list.
3. Click on the Restore tab in the DU main window.
4. Select the destination volume from the left side list and drag
       it to the Destination entry field.
5. Select the source volume from the left side list and drag it to
      the Source entry field.
6. Double-check you got it right, then click on the Restore button.
Destination means the external backup drive. Source means the internal startup drive.
Third, purchase and download Mountain Lion from the App Store. Be sure you meet the requirements for Mountain Lion:
Upgrading to Mountain Lion
To upgrade to Mountain Lion you must have Snow Leopard 10.6.8 or Lion installed. Purchase and download Mountain Lion from the App Store. Sign in using your Apple ID. Mountain Lion is $19.99 plus tax. The file is quite large, over 4 GBs, so allow some time to download. It would be preferable to use Ethernet because it is nearly four times faster than wireless.
     OS X Mountain Lion - System Requirements
       Macs that can be upgraded to OS X Mountain Lion
         1. iMac (Mid 2007 or newer) - Model Identifier 7,1 or later
         2. MacBook (Late 2008 Aluminum, or Early 2009 or newer) - Model Identifier 5,1 or later
         3. MacBook Pro (Mid/Late 2007 or newer) - Model Identifier 3,1 or later
         4. MacBook Air (Late 2008 or newer) - Model Identifier 2,1 or later
         5. Mac mini (Early 2009 or newer) - Model Identifier 3,1 or later
         6. Mac Pro (Early 2008 or newer) - Model Identifier 3,1 or later
         7. Xserve (Early 2009) - Model Identifier 3,1 or later
To find the model identifier open System Profiler in the Utilities folder. It's displayed in the panel on the right.
     Are my applications compatible?
         See App Compatibility Table - RoaringApps.
     For a complete How-To introduction from Apple see Upgrade to OS X Mountain Lion.

After a long in "stop" period, the internet connection (ethernet) doesn't work. before updating to mountain lion this problem didn't exist.

after a long in "stop" period, the internet connection (ethernet) doesn't work. before updating to mountain lion this problem didn't exist.

Gave up on the GUI. This script derived from http://blog.netnerds.net/2012/07/os-x-how-to-setup-nat-on-lion-and-mountain-lion / seems to work for me:
gwdev=en0 # This is my WiFi connection (has Internet connection)
targetdev=en1 # This is the USB to Ethernet adapter (to give Internet connection)
/sbin/ifconfig $targetdev down
/sbin/ifconfig bridge0 create
/sbin/ifconfig bridge0 up
/sbin/ifconfig bridge0 addm $gwdev
/sbin/ifconfig bridge0 $HOST_ADDR
/sbin/route add default -interface bridge0 -ifscope bridge0 -cloning
/usr/sbin/sysctl -w net.inet.ip.forwarding=1
/sbin/ipfw add 100 divert natd ip from any to any via $gwdev
/usr/sbin/natd -interface $gwdev -use_sockets -same_ports -unregistered_only -dynamic -clamp_mss -enable_natportmap -natportmap_interface $targetdev

I have several macs with Intel core duo 2 operating systems. All are running os x10.6.8. Is it necessary to upgrade to Lion before upgrading to mountain lion when it comes out this summer? Do I need to have the "base" version of 10.7?

I have several macs with Intel core duo 2 operating systems. All are running os x 10.6.8. Is it necessary to upgrade to Lion before upgrading to Mountain Lion when it appears this summer? Do I need to have the "base" version of 10.7 first?

This is unknown, it will be up to Apple and AFAIK they haven't announced that yet.

Do i need os x lion to update to mountain lion

I am still running mac os x 10.5.8 (Leopard, if I am not mistaken) and I guess I need to update to mountain lion since I am thinking about acquiring the new iPad or iPod touch.
Can anyone help as to what I need? I just bought through Amazon.com Mac OS X Snow Leopard and once I get it will upgrade to Snow Leopard 10.6.8, I think. What else do I need to upgrade to Mountain Lion OS X 10.8?

You need the Mac App Store to get Mountain Lion. So you either need Snow Leopard 10.6.8 or Lion 10.7 to get Mt Lion. However, you need Snow Leopard to get Lion, so I would just upgrade to Snow and then jump over Lion to Mt Lion if possible. But you also need to make sure that your Mac can run Mt. Lion.

I currently have Snow Leopard. Do I have to purchase Lion before I purchase Mountain Lion which will be coming out soon?

Do I have to purchase Lion before I can purchase Mountain Lion due out soon?

no one can answer this with 100% accuracy until the system requirements for 10.8 are officially released. They can only guess, which is of no help.

I still have OS X 10.6.8. Am I going to have to purchase Lion before I purchase Mountain Lion?

I never upgraded to Lion (10.7.x), because I was told to wait for Mountain Lion. I didn't see much that really made me interested in Lion anyways.. Once Mountain Lion comes out in July am I going to have to purchase
Lion first, and then also purchase Mountain Lion..?

Yeah I have no idea what the answer to my question is. I am getting a million people saying that I don't have to pay, a million people saying I do. Here's what I've got:
I really do know everything about my laptop, but when it comes to the operating system I do not know a thing about it and I'm not getting much help haha. I have no idea if I have Snow Leopard or not. I got my macbook pro in 2010 never did any upgrades on it. I've been told 10.6.8 is Lion and I've been told it's Snow Leopard. I don't have a clue.

Do I need to download lion to move onto mountain lion?

I am downloading snow leopard right now, and I was wondering if I need to download lion before I download mountain lion? Can I just go straight to mountain lion?

You don't need Lion 10.7 but do need to update to 10.6.8. If you're installing it from a retail DVD and not using a copy on your organization's LAN (if any), it'll be either 10.6 or 10.6.3.
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If I have the Snow Leopard OS do I need to update the Lion OS before the new Mountain Lion OS?

If I have the Snow Leopard OS do I need to update the Lion OS before the new Mountain Lion OS?

Apple has not detailed Mountain Lion's requirements or how it will be made available, and probably won't until much closer to release. So we cannot answer your question at this time. Keep an eye on Apple's web pages for Mountain Lion as well as the many Apple-related news web sites and I'm sure you'll see the announcement when it comes.
Regards.

Has anyone else noticed since the last update to mountain lion, if you pit it to sleep, when it wakes there is no sound. you have to reboot to get sound?

I have found, in the past few days, since the latest update to Mountain Lion, if the Mac is put to sleep, there is no sound available when it wakes. I have to re-start to get sound back. Is this general??

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These steps are to be taken while booted in “normal” mode, not in safe mode. If you’re now running in safe mode, reboot as usual before continuing.
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Some of the commands will line-wrap or scroll in your browser, but each one is really just a single line, all of which must be selected. You can accomplish this easily by triple-clicking anywhere in the line. The whole line will highlight, and you can then copy it. The headings “Step 1” and so on are not part of the commands.
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Launch the Terminal application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
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Step 2
Repeat with this line:
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Do I have to update to lion before I can update to mountain lion in the summer?

Sorry, Ive just never updated from snow lepoard and not sure how this will work... Do I need to purchase lion now or do I just need to wait and "save money" and just update to mountain lion when it comes out??

If your machine qualifies for 10.8, I'm almost positive Apple will provide a one step upgrade from 10.6
Cheaper it might not be, easier it will be.
You can get iCloud email on Snow Leopard 10.6
http://www.wilmut.webspace.virginmedia.com/notes/icloudSL.html
BE WARNED!
10.7 will not run a lot of your older software, especially PPC based programs and hardware drivers for third party printers and such.
Some of this great older software can never be gotten again as some developers decided to bail when AppStore arrived, not interested in sharing 30% with Apple and being subjected to their many "changes" and control.
10.6 has Rosetta and it run PPC based software, Rosetta is not on 10.7.
DO YOUR RESEARCH BEFORE UPGRADING TO 10.7!!
It can cost you more in software upgrades, RAM requirements, new external hardware and possibly slow down your machine(s) if they are dated.
http://roaringapps.com/apps:table

I'm running on Mac OS X 10.5.8. Do I need to buy snow leopard first before upgrading to Mountain Lion?

I'm running on Mac OS X 10.5.8. Do I need to buy snow leopard first before upgrading to Mountain Lion?

Make sure your machine meets the minimum system requirements:
http://www.apple.com/osx/specs/
Although it says 2 GB RAM is the minimum, it's generally recommended to have at least 4 GB unless you only use your machine for "light" use (no movie editing/burning, etc).

Do i need to make an back-up of my files before i get mountain lion?

do i need to make an back-up of my files before i get mountain lion?

Even though the Mac OS X updaters are very smooth and rarely run into problems, it is always wise to make a clean, and bootable backup before performing a major update. When things go wrong they go wrong in the worst possible way

Hi! I just updated to Mountain Lion to make full use of iCloud, and I am attempting to turn on Photo Stream. I currently have iPhoto '09, version 8.12, and think I need to update to iPhoto'11, but I'm reluctant to do this due to very bad reviews.

Hi! I just updated to Mountain Lion to make full use of iCloud and am attempting to turn on PhotoStream. I have iPhoto '09, version 8.12, so I think I need to upgrade to iPhoto '11. I'm reluctant to do this as I've read a ton of bad reviews written by people who have purchased the new version. Any suggestions? Is it worth it?

Obviously only you can decide what is "worth it". Millions and millions and millions of people use and like iPhoto '11. Some don't. If you want PhotoStream then you must upgrade to the minimum software levels
LN

Will I need to update from Mountain Lion (10.8.4) to Mavericks prior to the Yosemite rollout this fall?

I am running Mountain Lion (10.8.4) currently. I rolled back to Mountain Lion from Mavericks back in October 2013 because I was having problems with it. However, I've heard there are improvements to Maverick since my initial install. My question is will I need to update from Mountain Lion to Maverick in order to update to Yosemite this fall? Thanks in advance.

jdeclanflynn wrote:
...My question is will I need to update from Mountain Lion to Maverick in order to update to Yosemite this fall? Thanks in advance.
If your goal is to install Yosemite upon its release, I doubt you will need to do it from Mavericks.
If Mountain Lion does not have features you need and Yosemite will, then, as WZZZ suggest, give Yosemite a chance to have any bugs worked out first.
If your concern is security, Mavericks is the current OS but Apple is still providing Security Updates for Lion, so Mountain Lion should still be good to go for a while yet.

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