If mountain lion is released before my laptop ships...

If mountain Lion is released tomorrow and my laptop ships 2 days later from china, would it have mountain lion already installed? I bought the MacBook pro retina and arrival dates say July 30, but I got one day shipping, so if mountain lion is released tomorrow, my Mac will ship around 2-4 days after.

We don't know. It will have what it has when it is ready for shipment. I don't think they will retrieve it from shipping to upgrade the OS. We don't even know when Mountain Lion will be released, other than sometime in July. Might be late July 31.

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    Just check in with this link when ML is released for instructions on how to claim your upgrade.
    http://www.apple.com/osx/uptodate/

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    Apple's US App Store Terms of use (Look Here) state:
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    Keep check this link for details as the day gets closer.  The instructions for your upgrade will be here:
    http://www.apple.com/osx/uptodate/

  • Mountain Lion Australian Release time

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  • HT1338 hi has anyone been using the new OS Mountain Lion recently released?

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    Start by removing your worthless "anti-virus" software according to the developer's instructions. That's as likely as not to be causing the problem. Reboot and test. Back up all data before making any changes.

  • Will Lion still be available for download when Mountain Lion is released?

    Hi all,
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    viper_x wrote:
    Hi all,
    My Mac mini is still running Snow Leopard. I have been tempted to wait for Mountain Lion to be released before upgrading, but am now concerned that Lion (10.7) may no longer be available for download on the store after Mountain Lion (10.8) is released should I want to run it instead.
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    You can purchase, download and archive the Lion installer now and save it for future use if it is not available later...

  • Mountain Lion Update Doesn't Finish - Laptop will not boot

    Hi,
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    I found out how to get to the disk utilities.  I also did a verbose log of the boot-up process, and it hung right after it said that the handshake with my internet connection was complete.
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  • With Mountain Lion Developer release, and most likely the finished release having all updates via the App store, how does ARD fit into the picture?

    The following question is based on what I have seen in some early reports of the Developer version of Mountain Lion.
    Since the Developer Release of Mountain Lion, and the final version also I expect, having all updates being installed via the App Store by the user, how is a administrator to keep hundreds of systems current with all updates?  The App Store requires, at least in its current version, a user to log in with their Apple Account ID and password even to do no cost updates.  In an Enterprise operation I expect a number, maybe the majority of users will just not bother to do the updates.
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    No one is going to be able to discuss how ARD might work with Mountain Lion since anyone running an ML system is under nondisclosure and cannot discuss it publicly. All anyone here can talk about is how ARD can (or cannot, as the case may be) be used to keep Lion systems updated.
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    Regards.

  • How can I reinstall Mountain Lion (already bought before) after I restore my MacBook unibody (restores it to snow leopard)?

    Originally I had upgraded my MacBook unibody to mountain and used time machine to back up my data. I then wanted to restore my MacBook so I did but it restored my MacBook to snow leopard. After restoring to an old time machine backup some of the apps aren't compatible because they require mountain lion but my system got restored to snow leopard. How can I reinstall my already purchased mountain lion if snow leopard doesn't have an App Store?

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  • If I buy an Imac now how do i upgrade when mountain lion is released

    If I buy an Imac now how do i upgrade when mountain lion is released

    The same way most of us upgraded from Snow Leopard to Lion last summer. Perform one last backup just in case. Make sure all important software is up to date. Download the new OS from the Mac Apple Store. Run and wait until the installer finishes.
    That's the short version. If you do a little searching with Google you'll find  Macworld did a very nice upgrade article for Lion and I'm certain 99% of it will apply to ML as well.

  • As soon as Lion is released, will new Macs ship with it?

    I'm planning to get a new Mac for college this fall. I wanted to wait until Lion is released to get it. I just wanted to be sure that as soon as Lion is released that the Macs will ship with it preinstalled. Does anyone have any information on this or know the answer?

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  • When is mountain lion being released

    i know it's being released this month, but what date? I've woken up every morning this month early to check my laptop and it hasn't been there :(

    I've woken up every morning this month early to check my laptop and it hasn't been there.
    Dude….Get A Life

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    The answer you accepted as a solution is absolutely false. Not only do you not need to purchase ML, but the App Store version will not install on your computer.
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