I have a MBP bought in june 2011. I need a good batt life. should i risk installing mountain lion
So, yeah, the title says it all.
I've updated my laptop to Lion quickly after use. I've had some bugs that have never dissapeared, like the cursor dissapearing, safari locking and closing itself, when it goes to sleep it hardly ever gives the full screen back after I press a button, just the little square around my default pic and where I should fill in my password. I've never seen them as much trouble, being used to a constant crashing windows before this one.
Lately we have some internet issues, but that's not my laptops fault. I don't use proxies so I shouldn't have trouble with that.
Let me quickly say that I use my laptop daily. I live quite an end from school and usually watch movies or make homework in the train up and back on my laptop. When I get to school, I just put it on during the first period, load it somewhere during the 3rd, and make it home and load it here. In school, I put it in 'sleep', so I don't restart it every lesson, I'm too lazy to do that. It's in constant use for usually 6 hours in school.
Now, it came to my attention that ML gives some trouble with the battery life. And I can't afford to lose my battery life. That would make my life a lot more complicated, because by doing homework in the train I save a lot of time so I have some free time in the evening, which I usually also spent behind my computer.
I'm downloading ML as we speak, but should I instal it? Or should I wait for a fix for this bug. I've heard from some people that the update makes their batt life better. Does the year you bought it matter, or are that just lucky people?
BTW, if it crashes, I have a Time Machine back up and actually, I don't need it, because there's nothing on it. I copy everything to my HDD, just in case.
This morning my MBP just woke up from sleep and is working without any glitches. I don't know what to say about this.
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Hardware Overview:
Model Name: iMac
Model Identifier: iMac11,1
Processor Name: Intel Core i7
Processor Speed: 2.8 GHz
Number of Processors: 1
Total Number of Cores: 4
L2 Cache (per Core): 256 KB
L3 Cache: 8 MB
Memory: 16 GB
Processor Interconnect Speed: 4.8 GT/s
Boot ROM Version: IM111.0034.B02
SMC Version (system): 1.54f36
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I purchased my Macbook Pro in November 2011 and just installed mountain lion but do not have the power nap option.. anyone know why?
It is for the MacBook with built in flash storage.
http://www.apple.com/osx/whats-new/features.html#powernap
4. Power Nap requires a Mac notebook with built-in flash storage. May require a firmware update. -
I have bought a new imac late 2012 and I want to wipe clean my 2008 mac and install Mountain Lion on the old computer for my kids to have.
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After the OS installation is complete and the Mac restarts to begin its new owner setup procedure, just shut down the Mac. Your kids can take it from there.
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Disable anti virus software.
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Error installing Mountain Lion on 13" MBP (late 2011)
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this is the installer log. hope i'll hear good news from u after this. btw, is it possible to create a 2nd partition, install mountain lion on that partition, and use that partition to access the original partition to retrieve my old files?
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Cant install mountain lion on a new hard drive 2011 mac pro 17"
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4.- tried the same thing on target mode without success
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6.- created a different partition to see if it would install it there didn't work.
i just don't understand why
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if you answer this you would be a personal hero of mine
cheersMake Your Own Mavericks, Mountain/Lion Installer
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sudo /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ Mavericks.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume
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First, I thought there was some sort of malware infecting my system, so I scanned the computer with Sophos, iAntivirus and ClamXav. This process took the better part of a day because everything was so slow. The results were all clear. Next, I decided to repair permissions, empty the cache, and use CCleaner. No improvement.
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Memory: 4GB 1333 MHz DDR3
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http://pastebin.com/EY34q5BfMake a "Genius" appointment at an Apple Store, or go to another authorized service center.
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Hi!
I have a MacBook Pro early 2011 i5 13" with 4GB RAM. I'm still running it on Snow Leopard. I'm just wondering if anyone has installed Mountain Lion on a similar machine and can fill me in on the performance after installing Mountain Lion. Is it ok to switch to Mountain Lion or will it slow the machine down significantly? Thanks!Before you upgrade, make sure all your software supports it based on post July, 25, 2012 reports on
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AirPlay Mirroring
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iMac (Mid 2011 or newer)
Mac mini (Mid 2011 or newer)
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Boot to your Lion recovery partition by holding down both the Command and the R keys while booting. Open Disk Utility from the Recovery partition and select your hard drive (usually named "Macintosh HD" unless you've renamed it) and click on Verify Disk. If you come up with any errors, click on Repair Disk. At the end of the cycle you will get a message that the disk was successfully repaired or a message that the hard drive could not be repaired.
If you're able to repair the disk, just reboot as normal and open the "Install OS X Mountain Lion.app" and the installation will proceed. If Disk Utility was unable to repair the disk, you need to get to your local Apple Store as soon as possible so that they can see if the disk is salvageable or beyond repair.
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Has your problem been solved by the updates??
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