HT5444 I am at 10.7.5 on a 2009 Macbook Pro.  Why should I upgrade to Mountain Lion

I am at 10.7.5 on a 2009 Macbook Pro.  Why should I upgrade to Mountain Lion?

In ways, Mountain Lion is a more efficient operating system than Lion, however, if you are happy with Lion and it meets all of your needs, there is o reason to change.  You can easily enough compare the features of the two and see if you are missing something that is important to you.  And then decide if you want to change.

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  • HT5444 I would like to use a copy of Mountain Lion for development, but the store tells me I cannot download it because my MacBook 4,1 is not compatible! What can I do to download it?

    I would like to use a copy of Mountain Lion for development, but the store tells me I cannot download it because my MacBook 4,1 is not compatible! What can I do to download it?
    I have paid for it and all...

    You can't do anything. See:
    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
    Your computer does not meet the requirements to run Mountain Lion.
    Upgrading to Lion
    If your computer does not meet the requirements to install Mavericks, it may still meet the requirements to install Lion.
    You can purchase Lion at the Online Apple Store. The cost is $19.99 (as it was before) plus tax.  It's a download. You will get an email containing a redemption code that you then use at the Mac App Store to download Lion. Save a copy of that installer to your Downloads folder because the installer deletes itself at the end of the installation.
         Lion System Requirements
           1. Mac computer with an Intel Core 2 Duo, Core i3, Core i5, Core i7,
               or Xeon processor
           2. 2GB of memory
           3. OS X v10.6.6 or later (v10.6.8 recommended)
           4. 7GB of available space
           5. Some features require an Apple ID; terms apply.

  • HT5444 mac pro 2007 and later doesn't work with mountain lion

    how do i downgrade back to a later version since lion or mountain lion dose not work with my pro tool 10 version?

    Downgrade Lion/Mountain Lion to Snow Leopard
      1. 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.
      2. After DU loads select your hard drive (this is the entry with the
          mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. Note the SMART status
          of the drive in DU's status area.  If it does not say "Verified" then
          the drive is failing or has failed and will need replacing.  SMART
          info will not be reported  on external drives. Otherwise, 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. 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.
      4. Quit DU and return to the installer. Install Snow Leopard.
    This will erase the whole drive so be sure to backup your files if you don't have a backup already. If you have performed a TM backup using Lion be aware that you cannot restore from that backup in Snow Leopard (see below.) I suggest you make a separate backup using Carbon Copy Cloner.
    If you have Snow Leopard Time Machine backups made while on Snow Leopard, then you may do a full system restore per #14 in Time Machine - Frequently Asked Questions.  If you have subsequent backups from Lion, you can restore newer items selectively, via the "Star Wars" display, per #15 there, but be careful; some Snow Leopard apps may not work with the Lion/Mountain Lion files.

  • HT5444 it says when i try to download mountain lion that The product distribution file could not be verified. It may be damaged or was not signed. so what do i do

    The product distribution file could not be verified. It may be damaged or was not signed.

    This should also work for Mountain Lion.
    Mavericks Download can’t be verified

  • HT5444 Assistance needed to update to Mountain Lion

    My Mac is a MacBook Mid 2007, Software is Mac OS X Lion 10.7.5.
    It is compatible to the OS X Mountain Lion system requirements mentioned under the 'System requirements for OS X Mountain Lion' page. However when I try to install it reads the following: "We could not complete your purchase. OS X Mountain Lion is not compatible with this computer."
    Could anybody assist on how I can update to Mountain Lion and over come this problem?
    Thanks

    Hi Niel
    I do have OS X Lion already installed, do you know how I can update to Mountain Lion and over come this problem?
    Thanks

  • How to update to Mountain Lion from 10.5?

    How do i update an 2008 macbook pro with OS 10.5 to Mountain Lion?

    First see if your MBP meets this criteria:
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5444
    If so, get a Snow Leopard disk fro Apple and install same on your MBP and the update to 10.6.8.  This is a prerequisite. 
    Then purchase Mt. Lion from the App store and download and install it.
    Ciao.

  • HT1444 how do i upgrade my Mac OS on my MacBook Pro

    I have MacBook Pro with Mac OS 10.6.8. I want to install iBook Author software but when I try to install, I get error message stating that I need Mac OS X 10.7.4 or later to able to install this application. There seem to be no software updates available from menu. Could anyone tell me how I can obtain Mac OS X 10.7.4 or later? Thank you.

    Check to ensure that your computer is compatible for the upgrade first -
    Mountain Lion System Requirements - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5444.
    Go to your applications folder, and open up "Apps Store".  Once open, in the top right, type in Mountain Lion.  You can download it here. 

  • How do I get my Mac OS 10.7 macbook pro connected to my already-functioning Brother HL-5370DW printer?

    We recently purchased both a new Brother HL-5370DW (wireless) printer and a 15 inch macbook pro with OS X v.10.7.  I got the printer set up using the CD-ROM's setup assistant, my older mac and our time capsule and it works great from there - no problems connecting or printing.  However, now that we are trying to add the new mac, we can't figure out how to get them to talk to each other.  When we try to run the setup assistant from the CD-ROM, we get an error message saying that PowerPC applications are no longer supported.  We thought maybe that was related to it being a flash-based assistant, so we installed flash, but that made no difference.  We downloaded the latest printer drivers from Brother and installed them, but still no dice.  Any thoughts?  My husband is convinced that the problem must lie in the time capsule and he wants to do a factory reset of that.  I think that is nuts because if it was the time capsule, why would the older computer still work fine printing through it?  Help!

    Check to ensure that your computer is compatible for the upgrade first -
    Mountain Lion System Requirements - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5444.
    Go to your applications folder, and open up "Apps Store".  Once open, in the top right, type in Mountain Lion.  You can download it here. 

  • Update from ios 10.6.8

    Hi i own a 2009 macbook pro i want to update from iOS 10.6.8, what iOS do i need to upgrade? and how do i purchase this?
    Thanks

    Assuming your MacBook meets all the system requirements listed here: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5444
    then you can purchase Mountain Lion for $19.99 + tax from the Mac App Store. http://www.apple.com/osx/how-to-upgrade/

  • I recently purchased a Nokia Lumia 1020 and I am unable to instal the Windows phone App.

    I keep getting this error message when I try to install the Windows App: Windows phone can't be installed on Mac HD becasue Mac OS X Version 10.7 or later is required. Under the About this Mac section it says it is: MAC OS X 10.6.8 but there there are no updates available. Any assisitance would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

    10.6.8 is Snow Leopard. 10.7.x is Lion. You need to upgrade, at least, to Lion (or the current release, Mountain Lion) in order to use the software.
    You can purchase Lion (10.7.x) by calling Apple and getting a redemption code for the Mac App Store. If you want to upgrade to Mountain Lion, make sure that your MacBook Pro meets the minimum requirements -> http://support.apple.com/kb/ht5444 and, if so, you can purchase and download it directly from the Mac App Store.
    Good luck,
    Clinton

  • Where do iCal To Dos go in Mountain Lion?

    I'm about to upgrade from Snow Leopard to Mountain Lion but first need to know if all my (completed & not-yet-completed) To Do items in iCal will disappear, since Mountain Lion no longer has To Dos as part of iCal, but rather has Reminders as a separate App.
    I have hundreds of completed To Do items that are a record of activities over quite a few years, as well as 40+ uncompleted To Do items from today out to years from now, & don't want to lose them.
    Any comments or suggestions?
    Thanks!

    While browsing these discussions I noticed a thread that might be of interest to you:-
    Is anyone besides me still running Snow Leopard and extremely hesitant about upgrading to Mountain Lion?
    Eric Root
    Currently Being Moderated
    Re: Is anyone besides me still running Snow Leopard and extremely hesitant about upgrading to Mountain Lion?
    Jan 18, 2013 1:06 PM (in response to Summa03)
    What I did on our two computers was partition the hard drive so that both Snow Leopard and Mountain Lion can be used on the computers. This allowed me to be able to retain/use older applications and games on the Snow Leopard partition. This will allow you to do a clean install of Mountain Lion on the newly created partition. The Mountain Lion installer has a button that allows you to select another drive so you don't install it over Snow Leopard. I cleverly name one partition Snow Leopard and the other one Mountain Lion so I wouldn't confuse the two (I never claimed to be smart).
    To partition, you need to have sufficient free hard drive space (I suggest 50 GB minimum). Boot off the Snow Leopard DVD or the disks that came with the computer and use Disk Utility to partition your hard drive into two partitions. If you plan to make Mountain Lion your primary OS, then you can reduce the size of the Snow Leopard partition so most of the free hard drive space is available for Mountain Lion.
    After getting all that sorted out, I found that while booted in Mountain Lion I could access the Snow Leopard partition. That allowed me to drag file and applications from Snow Leopard to Mountain Lion. Applications that won't work with Mountain Lion will be grayed out with a slash through them.
    Not all Mountain Lion features may be available. The Apple support article below covers that:
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5444
    Mountain Lion doesn't act like Snow Leopard. For example, scrolling is reversed, but if you spend enough time in System Preferences, you can get the OS to be mostly like Snow Leopard.   
    Using some workarounds, I can access Mail, Calendar (read only), and Address Book/Contacts on the Snow Leopard partition using iCloud, which I use every night.

  • HT4910 How do I get additional streams I've created on my iPhone into iPhoto?

    I create a new stream on my phone. I add photos to the stream and delete them from my camera roll. When I connect the iPhone to my Mac, the streams (other than the Photo Stream) are nowhere to be seen. How do I get the other streams into iPhoto and setup to sync?

    Shared photo streams require OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2 or higher) and iPhoto '11 9.4 or Aperture 3.4 (see http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4759).  You'll have to upgrade to Mountain Lion from the Mac App Store in order to see them on your Mac.  Mountain Lion system requirements are shown here: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5444.

  • Trying to us an old VGA power Mac monitor on my 2006 imac

    I Thought I had a fix for my quickly dying imac.  It's guts are fine but the LCD monitor has developed a form of computer tourets.   I've just lost 1/3 of the screen.  Tested it out to determine that my graphics card is fine but the monitor is not,
    I have a spare vga monitor that I was using on a first generation powermac.  I _thought_ i had found the proper connector (mini-dvi to VGA).  Tried to connect them today but there's a problem:  The pins don't match (the mini-dvi female end can't accept the male vga monitor plug as it's too big and has many more pins than it can accommodate).
    HELP!!!!!  Is there another adapter required?  If so, what's the product number or name?

    I'm sorry, but your Mac is way too old to update to Mountain Lion. Look here.
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5444
    Mavericks was released yesterday and Mountain Lion is no longer available in the MAS. You need to be running OSX 10.6.8 in order to have the MAS on your Mac in the first place.
    Maybe you should think about investing in a new Mac - or maybe a refurb, if you can't afford a new one, or settle for the OS that you are running now. As far as I know, you cannot buy Tiger which might be the next step up for your machine.

  • I have a Macbook 10.6.8 and a new iphone5 how do I use the Cloud if it isn't already on my Mac?

    I have a Macbood 10.6.8 and did not elect to add the iCloud when Mobile Me went away.  I am now purchasing an iPhone5 and am wondering how to use iCloud with the two devices to sync photos, contacts etc.

    You'll need to update to either OS X Lion or Mountain Lion in order to sign into your iCloud account on your Mac.  Either can be upgraded from 10.6.8, but check the system requirements to see which your system will run (Lion requirements: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4949; Mountain Lion requirements: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht5444).  If you need Lion, call the Apple online store to purchase the download code to download it from the Mac App Store (1-800-MYAPPLE in the U.S.).  Mountain Lion can be purchased directly from the Mac App Store.
    After upgrading, you'll find iCloud in System Preferences.

  • Can't not videos on my Macbook pro 10.6.3

    I can't watch videos on sites like NBA.com or videos on Yahoo.com. But I could watch videos on youtube. I tried reinstalling google chrome and flash player/quicktime and nothing as helped/fixed. Does anyone know what is the problem?

    Also, make sure that your computer can in fact be upgraded to the newer OS version.  Check your computers model and year - https://selfsolve.apple.com/agreementWarrantyDynamic.do.
    Once you know the model and year, ensure that your model is supported for the 10.8 OS - http://www.apple.com/osx/specs/.
    Snow Leopard System Requirements - http://support.apple.com/kb/SP575.
    Lion System System Requirements - Mac OS X 10.7 Lion System Requirements
    Mountain Lion System Requirements - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5444.

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