I was looking at buying a MacBook Air from Staples but it has Mountain Lion os. Do I have to upload my receipt when I go to download new Mavericks OS X?

I was looking at buying a MacBook Air from Staples but I notice it gas a Mountain Lion os. Will I have a problem downloading new Mavericks OS X and will I have to upload my purchase receipt when I try to download?

Mavericks is a free upgrade to all: http://www.apple.com/osx/how-to-upgrade/

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Hi - was looking to buy a macbook air soon but wanted to get it with lion software....anyone know when that is available and second question is what is best software for personal money management that works with lion.....use quicken now thanks

Hi - was looking to buy a macbook air soon but wanted to get it with lion software....anyone know when that is available and second question is what is best software for personal money management that works with lion.....use quicken now thanks

quicken should work with lion.
Quicken Essentials will work with Lion. Most people that have used Quicken for a while (i.e. Quicken 2007) have found that Quicken Essentials isn't much better than a basic spreadsheet. It is a significant step down from previous versions and does not offer many of the features previously offered. Right now, it seems like the two most common options are iBank and MoneyDance.
Frankly... this is a major opportunity for these companies. The largest commercial distributor of this type of product has been Intuit (Quicken). That makes it hard for any other company to get any of that market as so many people were already using Quicken and may have had years of data stored in it. Now, with Quicken effectively out of the picture, it's a great chance for another company. Just imagine if iPhones were suddenly off the market. That would give other manufacturers a tremendous opportunity since they wouldn't have to fight an up hill battle against a market giant.

Issue when updating my 2,1 Macbook Air from 10.6.8 to Mountain Lion.

I am trying to update my 2,1 Macbook Air from 10.6.8 to Mountain Lion however when I go to install it, it says "This update requires OS X version 10.8.". I cant see a resolution anywhere and so was hoping you guys could help?

Yes, and that's good and correct.
Now:
LousyFool wrote:
If the installation of ML doesn't start automatically after the download, you'll find a file named "Install Mac OS X Mountain Lion.app" under Applications. That will get it going.

I am looking at buying a MacBook Air over the Pro mainly for the 12 hour battery. Just wondering if battery is compromised by upgrading to 8mb and upgrading to I7 Intel dual core. I am not very tech savvy so apologies if dumb question

I am looking at buying a MacBook Air over the Pro mainly for the 12 hour battery. Just wondering if battery is compromised by upgrading to 8mb and upgrading to I7 Intel dual core. I am not very tech savvy so apologies if dumb question

If both computers were configured identically, then they would both lose the same amount of battery life with respect to the same starting configuration - comparing apple to apples. I don't know how much the added RAM, etc. would reduce battery life, but it would be less for both models.
Battery life is a tricky subject because most mfgr.s like to suggest as long a life as possible, but often do so under a set of conditions that are not common to most users. Apple is no different. Their computers do have good battery life, however. But not likely as long as what is in the ads for the typical user.

I want to make a bootable usb drive for my macbook air,and my ystem is osx mountain lion 10.8.5. How can i download it again without repaying for it so i can make my bootable flashdrive? I'm pretty new at this computer stuff so i don't know how things

I want to make a bootable usb drive for my macbook air,and my system is osx mountain lion 10.8.5. How can i download it again without repaying for it so i can make my bootable flashdrive? I'm pretty new at this computer stuff so i don't know how things work.
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This is not difficult and you will not have to download from the app store.
your computer has what is called a recovery partition that came with it.
simply hold cmd+R while you boot up. let go a second after you hear the chime.
you will boot into the recovery partition.
Use disk utlity to format your usb drive and then exit Disk utlity and go to Reinstall Mountain Lion.
it will ask you which disk you want to install ML onto. Choose your new USB drive.
easy peasy

Did macbook air mid 2009 running slow with mountain lion?

did macbook air mid 2009 running slow with mountain lion?

Yours is the first computer I've heard about on these forums that is attempting to run Mavericks with only 2GB of RAM.
Indeed that is acceptable per the Mavericks requirements:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5842
... but as you may know, Apple has not sold computers with as little as 2GB RAM for quite a while.
I suggest therefore you make sure you remove any applications that may be overtaxing your machine. Examples are browsers other than Safari, Mac cleaning products (such as Mac Keeper), or any other non-Apple app that has some startup process running (such as Outlook).

I have a MacBook Air, which I just upgraded to OSX Lion. I also have the latest version of iTunes. When I try to stream to the AirPort, the Airport resets, and the wireless connection on the macbook locks up. Any suggestions where to start?

I have a MacBook Air, which I just upgraded to OSX Lion. I also have the latest version of iTunes. When I try to stream to the AirPort, the Airport resets, and the wireless connection on the macbook locks up. Any suggestions where to start?

To free up hard drive space the best bet is to move data files that you don't need access to all the time. Likely candidates are music, video, and photos. Things like word processing and spreadsheet files can also be moved but they tend not to be very large and so don't free up much space. The problem with moving the above mentioned files is that iTunes and iPhoto need to know where the files are stored.
Here's an article explaining how to move the iTunes folder. You can move the iPhoto library using the Finder but there is a slight complication. Start iPhoto, open the Preferences and click on the Advanced tab. The first option is "Copy items to the iPhoto Library". If this option is checked, copy the iPhoto library to your external folder (drag it from the Pictures folder to your external drive) and then delete it from your Picture folder. If this option is not checked, it is a bit more complicated and we'll need to talk a bit.

Macbook upgraded from 10.5.8 to mountain lion. I lost the update when I tried to restore my old information. How can I get my update back without paying again?

I took my mac to an iStore in South Africa however my country does not have an iStore. Macbook upgraded from 10.5.8 to mountain lion. I lost the update when I tried to restore my old information. How can I get my update back without paying again?

Ok, that sounds like a valid approach...but now the question is, when you say you lost the upgrade when you tried to restore, exactly what do you mean? Restore from a Time Machine backup, or another kind of backup? What happened to the operating system when you did that?
If it damaged the operating system, you should be able to recover it by restarting your computer holding either the Option key (should result in a grey screen that shows the macintosh hard drive and a recovery hard drive), or by holding the Command and R keys while starting.
You can use the recovery hard drive to reinstall Mac OS X either way. If the Option key restart, click on the recovery hard drive to boot from that.
Then with either approach you will have a screen with a drop-down that gives you choices, such as install Mac OS X, Disk Utility, Terminal. You will want to use Install (or Reinstall) Mac OS X...note, you must be connected to the internet from this point on.

I'm buying a MacBook Air from a retail store tomorrow, will I be able to get it with the RAM upgraded?

I'm planning on buying a new MacBook Air from an Apple retail store tomorrow and wanted to check on what the policy is with getting a non-standard configuration.
I'd like to get it with 8GB of RAM, do I need to call first, or reserve it or anything?

If you are planning to stop by at a U.S. Apple Store, an alternate approach would be to buy (and pay for) the MacBook Air online, configured as you would like it. One of the options available to you will be to pick it up at a specific Apple Store. Then you could see the date it would be available for you to receive it.

Is my Mid-2011 MacBook Air eligible for free upgrade to Mountain Lion?

hey pals, I bought the MC969 (11" 4GB 128GB) MacBook Air on 1st July 2012. Just wanna know that is the IVth Gen MacBook Air which is barely a week old, eligible for the mountain lion uptodate program?

Caution!
As stedman1's reference states, the customer must purchase a qualitying new Mac system.
The question was about last year's Mac model. I'm convinced you will have to pay the $20 for Mountain Lion.
Anyway, you can check back on the stedman1 reference page once Mountain Lion is released for definitive results.

2012 Macbook Air Kernel Panics post after installing Mountain Lion

I recently purchased a 2012 13" Macbook Air. No Issues under Lion for over a month. After upgrading to Mountain Lion (and taking the firmware update to support power), I've been experiencing consistent shutdowns whenever I close the lid and let the machine sleep for more than a few minutes. I've been submitting the error reports and gave apple a call yesterday and we went through some troubleshooting steps but the problem has continued. Is anyone else experiencing this problem? Trying to figure out if it's a Mountain Lion or firmware bug that I will need to live with until a fix comes out or if it's possibly a third party software incompatability issue. Any help or thoughts would be greatly appreciated!

Hi guys! Just installed ML on my early 2009 MBAir (after market upgraded to a 240g SSD, but still just 2g of ram), and I panicked a bit at first when it turned out to be painfully slow and not displaying right (+slow trackpad!).
Bear in mind that the first thing ML will do is index your files for spotlight, which takes a while and is a bit of a resource hog that will slow everything else down and cause your machine to heat up.
I let it work all night, but by morning, my CPU usage was STILL at 100% and everything slow...
Activity monitor showed nothing over 10% CPU usage... First tip was to display ALL processes in Activity monitor, and not just MY processes, to see what exactly was sucking up my CPU!
Then, and it seems to often be the culprit on MBA's, it turned out that the kernel_task process was using up to 170% of my CPU usage (!). Problem is, that process sort of does a million things, so it can be hard to pinpoint the actual issue.
One of the things it does though, is work against overheating...
Given the download+install+indexing, my machine had been working all day and night, and was indeed getting super hot. Turning it off and letting it cool down for a whole fixed it all.
Kernel_task is back to normal, CPU usage is normal, display and trackpad are back to perfect. And in the end, ML is snappier than SL for me, even with the bare minimum in memory!
Good luck! <3

Plex Media or Server will not install on MacBook Air OS X 10.8.5 Mountain Lion

I am trying to install Plex Media Plex Server on the latest Mac OS X 10.8.5 - it will not install? Keep getting error. Have to manually open up server from downloads folder - rather than it automatically be on top menu bar like it is suppose to be? I get message that the program is not supported or a recognized Mac software. But I know several have used this media server with the Apple platform and their smart tvs with success - however, on older operating systems.

Since April 22, 2013 Netflix won't stream on my MacBook Pro 17" 2009 ver. Called Netflix support and was given the heave ho. Netflix asked if I used any other device. I told them I use an iPad with a Netflix app and they responded; "If you can successfully stream on one device its not our problem!" And that is Netflix Support response in a nutshell. Apparently, Netflix is trying to disable any device that they feel is simultaneously streaming from a single account. This is a pretty dastardly approach to enforce that policy which Netflix doesn't want new members aware of. I personally feel this is a misquided business approach devoid of any ethics or fair play whatsoever. But what else is new. Time to CANCEL YOUR NETFLIX NOW.

MacBook Air 2011 Fan increased after installed mountain lion

Hi all,
I have a Macbook Air 2011, Intel core i7. After when I installed ML I noticed that battery go down very fast (about 2:40h) and the Fan speed RPM is about 6500 all time, but I haven't any strong operation pending or App. I have the same app open since lion (Internet, chat, jdownloader) in background (skydrive,evernote,weatherhd) the same app and background task I have with Lion.
In monitor activity all task is from 1% to 20-30% of usage.
Any Tips?

I only have the fan kick in when the graphics is getting hit hard (playing games, driving external displays, etc) with crappy intel on board graphics.
Is your MacBook Air in a protective case, skin or having anything block the vent hinge?
Definitely sounds like the OS thinks it needs to keep running the fan.
You might try this smart temperature desktop widget and monitor your temperature to see if there is any sane reason for the fans to be on (they are loud!).
http://www.bresink.com/osx/TemperatureMonitor.html
My CPU Temp A Diode reports 117 plugged into AC with no fan running on a 13" MBA mid 2011

Macbook air 2011 a lot warmer after mountain lion upgrade

Hi,
Does anyone have the same experience, my macbook is a lot warmer after I upgraded to ML several days ago. Temperatures are a lot higher and it's uncomfortable on my lap even though I'm only browsing the web and have no other major processes running in the background. Even setting the fans higher with smc fancontrol does not help (of cours if I crank them up it will, but I got the MBA because it's quiet and cool to use on my lap, or used to be)
I'm really considering downgrading again.
Remco

I have both a 2009 MBP and a mid 2011 MBA with Mountain Lion installed. That fans aren't running any sooner, faster, or more often than with Lion. Maybe I'm lucky . What I suggest you do first is restart the computer and immediately launch the Activity Monitor and switch it to the CPU panel.
In the top window there's a list of every process running and the 4th column over is CPU. If you click on the word CPU you can sort the the processes in order by CPU usage - click until it sorts from highest to lowest. Now at a glance you can see which processes are taxing the CPU the most and by how much.
Right now I have Safari, Mail and quite a few other applications running and my highest usage is Safari with it ranging from 4% to 10% CPU usage. The processes in the background are all considerably less except for Mail every 5 minutes when it checks for new mail. That's about the same numbers I saw in Lion, though Safari is a bit more CPU and RAM hungry in ML.
For your computer to be running hotter it is using the CPU more (or the fans less). So the first step is to see if you have any processes (programs) really using the CPU at a rate that seems abnormally high. If nothing seems out of the ordinary, there are a couple programs that let you adjust the fan settings so they come on sooner and/or run faster.

Can I upgrade my MacBook Pro from Snow Leopard straight to Mountain Lion, or would it be wise to get Lion as well?

I am currently in the process of upgrading the operating system on my girlfriend's MacBook Pro (Model Identifier: MacBookPro5,1). I have purchased and installed Snow Leopard successfully, however I would like to upgrade to the latest operating system, which to date is Moutain Lion.
Am I able to do this?
Is it wise to perform such an upgrade on this model of MacBook Pro (can it handle it)?
I have heard that I can upgrade straight from Snow Leopard to Mountain Lion. What are the advantages and disadvantages of doing this? Will I lose anything at all by not installing Lion before Mountain Lion?
Thanks for the help everyone. Hopefully I can get these questions answered soon.

And the only way to figure that out would be verifying my disk using the Disk Utility?
Thank you for that. If I am not missing out on anything by skipping Lion then that will be my option. A few extra dollars in my pocket is always a good thing.

I was looking at buying a MacBook Air from Staples but it has Mountain Lion os. Do I have to upload my receipt when I go to download new Mavericks OS X?

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