I've bought Mountain Lion but my iMac's HD isn't the correct format (Mac OS Extended(Journaled) instead of GUID partition what do I do?
Can I just back up to Time machine, then reformat disk then re down load?
As mende1 stated, the two are different and must be both.
If you open Disk Utility and select the hard drive (the type, size, and serial number), not the volume (Macintosh HD), it will tell you at the bottom of the screen what the Partition Table is. It should be GUID. If not, then you will need to back it up, then repartition the drive. Also, copy the Mountain Lion installer onto another drive so you don't have to download again. It is in the Applications folder.
There are a few methods to get back where you are, including wipe, install old OS, restore from TM, install ML.
You might search the web for a tutorial on creating a boot/install disk using the Mountain Lion installer.
Another easy way is to use something like Carbon Copy Cloner or SuperDuper to clone your current OS onto another drive. Then, boot using the external you cloned. Use Disk Utility to re-partition the internal drive as noted below, then Clone your current OS back to the internal. Then, use the installer you tucked away to reinstall.
If running Snow Leopard, you need to boot using your install disk, then open Disk Utility.
If running Lion, you need to boot into the Recovery HD by holding down cmd-r on restart.
From there, open Disk Utility, select the hard drive, then the Partition tab.
Select 1 partition from the partition layout dropdown (or however you'd like, just don't use current).
Set the Name of the disk. Macintosh HD is the norm, but you can name it anything you want.
Set the Format to Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
Click the Options Button.
Set the Partition Table to GUID Partition Table.
Back on the partition tab, click Apply.
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I've tried to purchase Mountain Lion but when I click 'buy' I get the message, "We could not complete your purchase. OS X Mountain Lion is not compatible with this computer." I'm using an iMac with Lion OS on it, Why is it incompatible?
Your Mac must be one of the following models:
iMac (Mid 2007 or newer)
MacBook (Late 2008 Aluminum, or Early 2009 or newer)
MacBook Pro (Mid/Late 2007 or newer)
MacBook Air (Late 2008 or newer)
Mac mini (Early 2009 or newer)
Mac Pro (Early 2008 or newer)
Xserve (Early 2009)
From here > Apple - Upgrade your Mac to OS X Mountain Lion. -
I bought Mountain Lion but no I photo included?
I bought Mountain Lion but no I photo included?
Mountian Lion does not come with iPhoto.
However, iPhoto should have come with your Mac so you should already have it.
Matt -
xI bought Mountain LIon but no dmg is downloaded. I can see the invoice from Apple but not the OS I supposed to receive. Is it a bugg?? I have a mac book air. Thanks
Thanks for the reply.
However the trick is that it cannot download at all.I m asked to download the application. Then I put my Apple ID, then it start to download but just 1s... Then ....Nothing. No application, no error message... Just a nice invoice.... -
I have mac book pro and recently bought mountain lion online, i then used bootcamp to upload windows 7 now i have no sound when i use windows what can i do to get sound.
Install the required Windows drivers: Boot Camp Support Software 5.0.5033. Download this link preferably from Windows. Otherwise, download onto a FAT formatted USB disk from which you can copy to your Windows system.
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Error Message, during installation of Lion; “This disk is not formatted as Mac OS Extended (journaled). Use Disk Utility to enable journaling or reformat the disk.” The disk I selected to install OS X on, was the only one listed, “Macintosh HD”. The results of a Disk Utility check are; Format: Mac OS Extended (journaled), Name: Macintosh HD. There is a fresh Time Machine backup. The computer was Restarted and installation attempted again - same result. I have downloaded Lion a second time, and tired install again, same results. The computer is a December 2007, iMac 24” with 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4 GB Memory, s/w version 10.7.5; Disk Capacity 319 GB, Available 117 GB. Macintosh HD has alway been the system disk, does it now have an identity crisis? Would reformatting the disk mean Erasing it? Exactly what do I do in Disk Utility to “reformat” the disk, I don’t see that listed on the menus. This computer is getting cranky, I no longer Shut Down at night, only Sleep. If it’s Shut Down, the next morning I am treated to a white screen, for a long time, before it finally shows me the Log On Screen. Suggestions would be appreciated.
RRFS - This took me a long time to finally get to a fix. Your reply led me to investigate the Repair Disk Partition - as it turned out there wasn't one; the HardDrive was going bad slowly. The 10 to 40 minutes it took to startup in the morning, was the HD trying to find it's way. I had the 320GB HD replaced with a 2TB HD. All is OK now. Thank You very much!! Also, the Apple store geeks couldn't make it better but the locally owned Apple retailer did just great with it. from San Luis Obispo County - Peace.
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I have mountain lion but my pages doesn't give me the icloud option
So, I have mountain lion, but I still need to go to safari to reach icloud and download my docs.
Am I doing something wrong?Welcome to the Apple Community.
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it would appear something like this, for itunes, quicktime play and so on and so forth. Any way to fix this problem?
Have you tried going to System Preferences/Desktop & Screensaver/Screensaver, and choose "Start after Never"? That turns off the screensaver. Then, under System Preferences/Desktop & Screensaver/Desktop, choose the image you want. You can vary the sleep by playing around with System Preferences/Energy Saver, and playing around with your preferences.
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I currently have Snow Leppard on my iMac.. I bought Mountain Lion, but it wont download to my hard drive.. HELP, please..
Your Tag states that you have OS X 10.5 that is Leopard...
Snow Leopard is OS X 10.6
Goto the Apple Icon... Top left of a Finder window...
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I am running OS X Lion on a mid 2009 MacBook Pro with 4GB of ram and a 160GB HDD. I was going to download Mavericks from the app store but waited to long. Now that Yosemite is out Mavericks has disappeared from the app store. WHY? A person can buy and/or download Snow Leopard, Lion, and Mountain Lion but not Mavericks??? And the kicker is that it was FREE!!! I just wanted to load Mavericks on my MacBook Pro to see how it performs. If I could live with any slow downs or quirks, I'd leave it installed. If not, I'd roll my system back. Apple's policy of ramrodding unstable product down our throat is BS. I don't want to use Yosemite until it has become more stable!
Upgrading to Snow Leopard
You can purchase Snow Leopard through the Apple Store: Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard - Apple Store (U.S.). The price is $19.99 plus tax. You will be sent physical media by mail after placing your order.
After you install Snow Leopard you will have to download and install the Mac OS X 10.6.8 Update Combo v1.1 to update Snow Leopard to 10.6.8 and give you access to the App Store. Access to the App Store enables you to download Mavericks if your computer meets the requirements.
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.
Upgrading to Mountain Lion
To upgrade to Mountain Lion you must have Snow Leopard 10.6.8 or Lion installed. Purchase a redemption code at the Online Apple Store: OS X Mountain Lion. Mountain Lion is $19.99 plus tax. Use the code to redeem a download of Mountain Lion from the App Store. 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. -
i downloaded Mountain lion, but now i can't access all the info that was in my notes. Where can I locate them?
Refer to this post and see if it helps: https://discussions.apple.com/message/19099058#19099058
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Have purchased mountain lion but it did not download
Have purchased mountain lion but it did not download
Hi,
I have the same issue. the machine in which I paid for now says the transaction did not go through while a paired Mac machine at work says I have already purchased and so will download on it own (but nothing happens after that). -
I bought mountain lion for my macbook pro and I'm trying to install it and it says there was an error and I need to boot up but I don't have any other start up disks to boot up with. Are there any suggestions of how I could get my computer started?
Hold the Option key down and restart. Select one of the drives that comes up and hit the Return key.
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hi i have a apple imac 27 2009 and i have purchased mountain lion but near the end it says An error occurred while running scripts from the package “mzps6175750011235388779.pkg”
can you please advise me what should i do to fix thisSome ideas.
https://discussions.apple.com/message/20034600#20034600
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