I cannot download the OS X Mountain Lion for the Mac Mini

I purchased a Mac Mini last week and cannot install the latest version of Mountain Lion.  This is preventing me from installing the current version of Aperture. I read on cnet.com that this is an issue.  Has Apple provided a fix? 
Thanks, Mark

The update was available last week and Apple removed it; I'm sure there was a reason why they did that.
In any case, there are two different builds of 10.8.2 - that is why one version is and will be available since it is for the majority of machines out there. That build is 12C60 (and is running on my 2010 iMac). Only some 2012 machines such as yours require a special build which is the one that was taken off for the moment (before it disappeared, that was build 12C3006).
So, try to be patient; hopefully they're working on it and the update will be available asap.

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